(This is the 21st in a series this month looking at each player on the Lightning’s roster. Up next: Steven Stamkos)
TAMPA — The Lightning knew it needed a grittier style of play in 2018-19.
Enter Adam Erne, a 6-foot-1, 214-pound winger who often played on the back two lines with some of Tampa Bay’s more hard-hitting players.
It didn’t take long for Erne to show his purpose on his team — seven hits in his first three games — yet he also grew into that purpose, learning how to play with physicality while not going over the top.