TAMPA — Putting together a lineup is like doing a jigsaw puzzle, except it’s a puzzle in which the pieces are in flux and there are multiple solutions.
The Lightning don’t often overhaul their lineup, but they make many little changes throughout a season. Early August is too early to determine a depth chart for this season, and offseason theories about it will change. But we can put together a lineup.
The front end
Tampa Bay’s 23-man roster right now doesn’t look too different at forward from last season. Ryan Callahan (back disease) and J.