After a few seasons of coming up short, the Tampa Bay Lightning finally made it back to the Stanley Cup Final. While the first game didn’t go as planned (three Stanley Cup Finals, three Game One losses in history) they are still a long way from being eliminated. So, how did this team come together?
It took the work of four different general managers to construct the roster that will be on the ice over the next ten days or so. Two of those gentlemen laid the foundation by drafting generational players, the next built the framework, and the fourth added the final touches that put the team over the top.