Dan Girardi has already been designated the Tampa Bay Lightning fans’ new whipping boy. It used to be Matt Carle. Then it shifted to Andrej Sustr after Carle was bought out. Now, Sustr is getting a bit of a reprieve because of the addition of Dan Girardi. Internet banter is already out there about how much (or how little) he’ll score this year, and it’s true that he is an offensively limited defenseman. But I have a feeling he won’t be breaking any lack-of-scoring records this year for the Lightning.
For these records, a player must have played at least 70 games in a season.