The Lightning had one of the strongest defensive cores in the league in a lot of people’s minds, and that might just be because of the stellar season the whole team had. But yet, despite all the love the blue-line gets, the top four gets most of the credit.
But what about the bottom 2 defensive pair and the Lightning’s 7th defenseman?
I’m here to show you that they, too, contributed towards the Lightning’s success. First, let’s start off with , who was recently signed to a 2 year deal worth an average of $1.7M per year.