Speculation: 2024-2025 General Lightning Discussion II: New year, same Cooper shell

[Felonious Python]

Yanni Gourde will probably get moved at the deadline.

Mathieu Olivier seems interesting. Fights aren't a huge thing in the playoffs, but we've shed a lot of that over the past few years.

Nils Hoglander's profile reads like a guy the Lightning would get. A fearless, undersized forward.

 

[Lightning1995]

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We just gotta upset the apple cart, I don’t think we will ever be the most talented team in the postseason until we do a full rebuild.

I agree we won’t be the most talented team anymore but that’s doesn’t change the fact the draw sucks

 

[nhljohnson]

With the way Kuzmenko’s season has gone, shouldn’t take much to take him off CGY’s hands. There might not be a better spot to try for him to try and salvage what is a contract year.

 

[Todd1a]

I was thinking about Andersson a bit this morning and it could actually be a super savvy move if the cap has the bigger than expected jump that EF is reporting. You could essentially build 3 very solid 2-way pairs of:
Moser - Andersson
McDonagh - Cernak
Hedman - Raddysh

Which would allow us to give Hedman more sheltered starts as he ages and begins to decline. This would be allotting a lot of capspace for Defense though, so you'd have to be pretty confident in Geekie at 2RW as we would have very minimal budget to upgrade their and would need to spend pretty much the entire remaining cap on our third line.

Yep we can use a player like Andersson sooner or later mcdonagh and Hedman will get worse and age

It'll have to be a top priority once his season is over. I am going to be a little surprised if he doesn't have to play in the AHL for a spell

Are 2nd and 3rd lines aren’t that good Howard could play on our 3rd line now

 

[Point21]

Decent depth piece and adds a bit of offense to the back end

 

[These Are The Days]

Yep we can use a player like Andersson sooner or later mcdonagh and Hedman will get worse and age


Are 2nd and 3rd lines aren’t that good Howard could play on our 3rd line now

The NHL is a different beast. Ask Conor Geekie

 

[Rschmitz]

Decent depth piece and adds a bit of offense to the back end

Lack of size means he’s 100% not coming here, but his lack of smarts away from the puck probably gets him through waivers

 

[JTBF81]

Halfway point officially. Tampa is 8 pts better than last year at this point (23-15-3 vs 19-17-5), top offense in the league, top 5 power play, improved pk to now top 10, and improved defense/goaltending to now 9th in ga/g at 2.75 and 5th in team goaltending with a .910 sv%. All of this against the league's 2nd toughest schedule in the 1st half. Definitely heading in the right direction, and with a couple of good tdl moves, they definitely could have another deep run this season.

 

[Hint1k]

A Russian sport site says Tampa is one of the teams interested in Maxim Shabanov. He is undrafted, currently plays in KHL. Stats: 5th in points, 41 point (17 goals + 24 assists) in 45 games.

Wants to try NHL next season. He is small - 173 cm height (5'8'') and 71 kg (151 lbs), 24 years old.

Total KHL regular season stats: 124 points (61 goals + 63 assists) in 187 games. KHL playoffs - 11 points (3 goals + 8 assists) in 15 games.

He can play all positions and situations - pp, pk, center, left and right wings.

 

[FinnLightning26]

I don't know if a 173 mm player has much of a NHL future.

 

[TampaIceman]

I don't know if a 173 mm player has much of a NHL future.

Odds are against him but Atkinson is that size and he had a pretty good career before injuries ruined him. Not to mention St Louis and Johnson. It obviously takes a special player and the career will probably be shorter due to wear and tear but it is possible.

 

[FinnLightning26]

Odds are against him but Atkinson is that size and he had a pretty good career before injuries ruined him. Not to mention St Louis and Johnson. It obviously takes a special player and the career will probably be shorter due to wear and tear but it is possible.

I was just being a smartass since 173 mm is 17.3 cm which is 6.8 inches.

But yes, smaller players definitely can have a good career. His stats are intriguing and because it only costs a contract spot, what the hell. Sign him if he's willing to come here.

 

[Zwui21]

A Russian sport site says Tampa is one of the teams interested in Maxim Shabanov. He is undrafted, currently plays in KHL. Stats: 5th in points, 41 point (17 goals + 24 assists) in 45 games.

Wants to try NHL next season. He is small - 173 cm height (5'8'') and 71 kg (151 lbs), 24 years old.

Total KHL regular season stats: 124 points (61 goals + 63 assists) in 187 games. KHL playoffs - 11 points (3 goals + 8 assists) in 15 games.

He can play all positions and situations - pp, pk, center, left and right wings.

Hell yeah, in order to extend our window we gotta hit some swings like that (as well as upgrading our roster with trades).

 

[Peacefool]

A Russian sport site says Tampa is one of the teams interested in Maxim Shabanov. He is undrafted, currently plays in KHL. Stats: 5th in points, 41 point (17 goals + 24 assists) in 45 games.

Wants to try NHL next season. He is small - 173 cm height (5'8'') and 71 kg (151 lbs), 24 years old.

Total KHL regular season stats: 124 points (61 goals + 63 assists) in 187 games. KHL playoffs - 11 points (3 goals + 8 assists) in 15 games.

He can play all positions and situations - pp, pk, center, left and right wings.

Dude definetly have some skills and speed

 

[Zwui21]

Goncalves on waivers

 

[These Are The Days]

Goncalves on waivers

I wish I could say I'm surprised. I hope he gets picked up. He has nothing to prove in the AHL and just needs time that we can't give him to develop

 

[Rschmitz]

Goncalves on waivers

Waiting for the other shoe to drop, trade or recall?

 

[LightningStrikes]

Moser should be at least another week or two away from practicing again. Another recall incoming?

Maybe Crozier finally gets another chance. Adding a D would make sense with how packed our schedule is.

 

[The Macho King]

He's also been a pretty big non-factor.

 

[LightningStrikes]

He's also been a pretty big non-factor.

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