During this current run for the Tampa Bay Lightning, most of the stars for Tampa are either homegrown talents or players that the Bolts acquired via a trade. Since the inception of the salary cap in 2005, Tampa hasn’t swung for the fences too often during free agency to build their team.
But here and there, Tampa has lured some big-name players to town or kept players already here in town with big contracts that didn’t pan out.
Here at Bolts by the Bay, we will look at the five worst contracts the Lightning have had since 2005.