The Colorado Avalanche are an exciting young team with a bright future ahead of them. But they’re exactly that — a young team.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are a brilliant, seasoned team expected to contend for the Stanley Cup every season. They can play a fast, skill game or a slow, gritty game and everything in between. They limit their mistakes, rebounding quickly from the few they make, and make opponents pay for their own mistakes quickly.
And they never stop. As we saw in the game last night, it didn’t matter how big their lead was, Tampa never let up on the physical play, and they certainly didn’t relent on the scoring.