Player Discussion: Tampa Bay Lightning All Time Player Ranking #7

[JoVel]

Right, the boring ones are out of the way, you can now proceed to grab each other's throats.

1. Nikita Kucherov 87,9 %
2. Martin St. Louis 46,2 %
3. Victor Hedman 59,4 %
4. Steven Stamkos 50,0 %
5. Andrei Vasilevskiy 78,9 %
6. Vincent Lecavalier 95,5 %

 

[JoVel]

I went with Point. I almost gave it to Richards because he did win the Conn Smythe, but Point's 2020 run was probably better anyway. And that Smythe voting between him and Hedman was insanely close. To the point where, had Point gotten even a secondary assist on the 2-0 goal in game 7, he might've just won it.

Having said that, I think it should've been Hedman by a bigger gap than it was, but point still stands.

 

[LightningStrikes]

Went with Point too. Four 40+ goal seasons, one 50+ goal season, three 90+ point seasons, insane playoff performances both offensively and defensively. Not recently but he was a monster and especially during our Cup runs.

 

[Stammertime91]

Point, Richards, then there's a divide...

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

I'm actually gonna go with Bishop here. I can seldom remember a time we lacked a true 1C but I do remember almost a decade of the curse of Khabibulin and Bishop being the chosen one to break it

 

[JoVel]

I'm actually gonna go with Bishop here. I can seldom remember a time we lacked a true 1C but I do remember almost a decade of the curse of Khabibulin and Bishop being the chosen one to break it

As much as I like Bishop, his 100% injury rate in the playoffs will unfortunately knock him down at least a few spots for me.

 

[Sky04]

Point here, then McD for me, you have to give both credit for their roles in the 2 cups.

 

[Stammertime91]

Point here, then McD for me, you have to give both credit for their roles in the 2 cups.

McD over Richards is interesting given Richie has a CS. Though, I think after that its a pool of Pally, McD and Khabi? Idk.

 

[Sky04]

McD over Richards is interesting given Richie has a CS. Though, I think after that its a pool of Pally, McD and Khabi? Idk.

It's still 1 cup vs 2 and McD was the shutdown defenseman on 3 consecutive finals appearances, after next season McD will have spent as many seasons here as Richards and has already played over twice as many playoff games.

 

[Stammertime91]

It's still 1 cup vs 2 and McD was the shutdown defenseman on 3 consecutive finals appearances, after next season McD will have spent as many seasons here as Richards and has already played over twice as many playoff games.

Fair points. The CS does it for me in the end. No problem with either being interchangeable though. Both fall out of the Mount Rushmore but still in the very good/important category of our cup runs.