Last week, Elliotte Friedman speculated that one of the reasons the Tampa Bay Lightning didn’t raise a fit when it was rumored that the Florida Panthers were in line to host an outdoor game was because the Lightning would also partake in the outdoor hockey festivities. As he stated on his 32 Thoughts podcast last Friday (the comments start around the 54:31 mark):
“One of the things I kind of wondered about was, why are the Lightning so quiet about an outdoor game going to Florida? I think it’s because they could be getting one too.