It's been a wild ride. Emotions have been up and down throughout the year. And it may just be getting started going into the offseason.
Coming off the loss to the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2015 Stanley Cup Finals, it seemed like the Tampa Bay Lightning were poised to return to the Finals and capture the second Stanley Cup in franchise history. In the preseason, they were one of a handful of teams in the East that were promoted as being favorites to win the Stanley Cup.
It was a short offseason and some players were still recovering from ailments when training camp came around, namely Tyler Johnson with his broken wrist.