The Lightning’s defensive personnel was mostly set entering camp this season. Victor Hedman, Ryan McDonagh, Anton Stralman, Mikhail Sergachev, Dan Girardi, and Braydon Coburn were the locks for the roster. The more significant questions were whether Jake Dotchin and Slater Koekkoek would be the 7/8 personnel on the roster moving forward and if either of those players could push Girardi or Coburn out of the lineup.
Thus, let’s take a quick look at the defensive personnel and what we could expect from them entering this season.