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The DRASTIC DECLINE Of An NHL Juggernaut



Today let’s delve into one of the better NHL franchises of this decade, the Tampa Bay Lightning. Following a soft retool and a surprising regular season, Tampa had once again become the talk of the league, quickly rising as a favorite to win the Stanley Cup. Unfortunately, their hopes of returning to dominance was cut short by their biggest rivals, ending their season in disappointing fashion. But how did this rollercoaster season come to fruition? Well today let’s not only recap their flawed playoff run and regular season journey, but talk about their future and whether this should be a time for optimism or pessimism. Subscribe to Jimmy Hockey for more NHL News and Breakdowns.

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26 Comments

  1. Losing to the SCF winners is nothing to be ashamed for. Nothing went wrong. Mark your calendar, the lightning will be in the playoffs and no one will want to be facing them. Only one team can win the cup, and the Atlantic division is the toughest in the NHL.

  2. We got Gourde and Bjorkstrand for next season. Another year of Guentzel. Just have to figure out how to get past the Panthers. We were not the only team Florida undressed in the playoffs. We will be right back in it next year. Can’t wait long after that though to pull the plug. We gotta know when it’s over so we don’t become the Penguins. Great video as always!!! Loving the content recently

  3. The NHL is a joke. Last 6 cups have went to, you guessed it, teams with no income tax. The cap only hurts teams with the tax. Just my opinion here but I'm sure Bettman wants that Florida money and is willing to look the other way when one of their many rats does something dirty to let them win.

  4. Alexander volkov was in Tampa bay for 2 years. They won both times. I think we now know who the real leader of the dynasty was

  5. Success in the hard salary cap era is cyclical and great teams have a 3-5 year cup window to win a cup and then their players become too expensive or age out and they are then forced to start over or do a quick retool as the Blues have done. Either way the Bolts becoming less competitive is not really a surprise, but it is to be expected as it has happened to every franchise that’s won a cup since 2005 and the Panthers a few years from now will be no different like the teams that came before them.

  6. In the cap space era 2 cups in a row is a full blown dynasty. 3 cups in a row today would be equal to Habs historic 5 cup streak.

  7. *stanley cups. Don’t forget the Asterix. After all we all know deep down they weren’t real Stanley cups.

  8. They missed that third line from the first two cups, Gourde, Goodrow and Coleman. It would have been like the dynasty Islanders losing their all important third line of Bob Bourne and the Sutter bros.

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