Speculation: 2024-2025 Tampa Bay Lightning predictions

[Point21]

With opening night just under 2 weeks away. What are some of your predictions for the season?
What is your biggest "Hot Take"?
Where do we finish in the standings?
Playoffs? if so how far do we go?
Do we make a splash at the deadline now that we can accrue cap space?
Opening night roster?
Late season call ups?

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[Peacefool]

With opening night just under 2 weeks away. What are some of your predictions for the season?
What is your biggest "Hot Take"?
Where do we finish in the standings?
Playoffs? if so how far do we go?
Do we make a splash at the deadline now that we can accrue cap space?
Opening night roster?
Late season call ups?

We will make PO. Kuch gonna be Kuch, Healthy Vasy is OP. I really hope Atkinson wont be Sheary vol.2 and will be influantial at score board, I hope Sheary wont be Sheary vol.1 and will score at least 40 points. Really hope some of young guys will make a team and will do it like Point Cirelli or at least Colton.
I think this season will be more optimistical than previous one. Go Bolts!

 

[Todd1a]

With opening night just under 2 weeks away. What are some of your predictions for the season?
What is your biggest "Hot Take"?
Where do we finish in the standings?
Playoffs? if so how far do we go?
Do we make a splash at the deadline now that we can accrue cap space?
Opening night roster?
Late season call ups?

I’d say playoffs, at some point geekie gets called up , JBB trades for at least 1 good forward at the trade deadline. I’d say we finish 3rd in the Atlantic division.

 

[DFC]

With opening night just under 2 weeks away. What are some of your predictions for the season?
What is your biggest "Hot Take"?
Where do we finish in the standings?
Playoffs? if so how far do we go?
Do we make a splash at the deadline now that we can accrue cap space?
Opening night roster?
Late season call ups?

Hot Take: PP doesn't miss a beat without Stamkos.

2nd in the Atlantic, if Vasy is decent.

2nd round exit.

No splash at the deadline.

 

[JoVel]

Hot Take: PP doesn't miss a beat without Stamkos.

2nd in the Atlantic, if Vasy is decent.

2nd round exit.

No splash at the deadline.

I wouldn't go as far as saying doesn't miss a beat, but as long as we have Kucherov our PP will be good. Sure it might drop from top 3 to top 5 or something.

Since Stamkos has actually been mostly healthy ever since we've ran this same power play configuration with these four players, the 2020 playoffs are really the only relevant sample size to use as a reference for what we could expect this season. In 2019-2020 our PP% went from 23,1 in the regular season to 22,7 in the playoffs.