Inside the NHL’s Power Brokers: Who Truly Runs the League’s Most Dominant Franchises?
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It’s been four seasons since the Lightning last won the Cup, but they’ve maintained their esteem among the rest of the league.
Part of that is due to BriseBois’ stomach for making tough decisions. Maximizing the window with Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman, Brayden Point and Andrei Vasilevskiy is the name of the game, and BriseBois plays it well.
One panelist said that with better health in the first round against Florida, the Lightning could’ve won it all for a third time.
As one Western Conference assistant GM who had them second on his ballot put it: “No team has shown the ability to roll with the punches like they have — to maintain their roster despite cap and asset limitations while still putting out an elite on-ice product that is able to challenge for the Cup every year.”
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