Lightning’s Shallow Prospect Pool Not a Concern
The Tampa Bay Lightning’s homegrown talent, players such as Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Victor Hedman, Alex Killorn and Anthony Cirelli, form the nucleus of a winning championship team. So, even though Scott Wheeler’s annual NHL prospect rankings have the Lightning second-worst in the league, fans shouldn’t be worried (from ‘Tampa Bay Lightning Rank No. 31 in NHL Pipeline Rankings for 2022’, The Athletic, 8/22/2022). Current players drafted in the first round by the Lightning: Steven Stamkos, 2008 first-overall pick Of the current players, only Stamkos and Hedman made the Lightning roster after being signed by the team as 18-year-olds. Growing up in Tampa, she graduated from Plant High School—never dreaming her Tampa Bay Lightning would win three Stanley Cups....
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