Tampa Bay Lightning 20 Best Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
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When Steve Yzerman inherited the Tampa Bay Lightning roster in 2010, the team had missed the playoffs for 3 consecutive years, and had fallen on dark times after the Brian Lawton administration. You won’t read about any of Lawton’s free agent signings here, but his 2-year reign will be discussed extensively on their worst contracts list. Those dark years also granted them some high draft picks that were parlayed into Steve Stamkos and Victor Hedman. Getting those high picks laid the foundation for a dominant team in the future, back when the NHL had a lottery system that allowed the worst teams to get the highest draft picks (that was written after Detroit lost multiple lotteries despite being terrible).
Tampa Bay Lightning 20 Best Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
Tampa Bay Lightning 20 Best Contracts in the…
Tampa Bay Lightning 20 Best Contracts in the Salary Cap Era
When Steve Yzerman inherited the Tampa Bay Lightning roster in 2010, the team had missed the playoffs for 3 consecutive years, and had fallen on dark times after the Brian Lawton administration. You won’t read about any of Lawton’s free agent signings here, but his 2-year reign will be discussed extensively on their worst contracts list. Those dark years also granted them some high draft picks that were parlayed into Steve Stamkos and Victor Hedman. Getting those high picks laid the foundation for a dominant team in the future, back when the NHL had a lottery system that allowed the worst teams to get the highest draft picks (that was written after Detroit lost multiple lotteries despite being terrible).