For the second straight season, the Tampa Bay Lightning's campaign came to an end at the hands of the Florida Panthers. The two in-state rivals have clashed for NHL supremacy over the last few seasons, and once again, the Panthers captured the Stanley Cup. The team down in Sunrise has won back-to-back Cups and is looking to join rare company with a threepeat.

However, don't be surprised to see the Lightning raise an issue with their quest. The Bolts went back-to-back in 2019-20 and 2020-21, so they know what this type of success tastes like. The team's core, led by captain Victor Hedman, all-world goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, and Russian sniper Nikita Kucherov, remembers those triumphs. It's something they would love to experience once again. If they want to do so, then it's certainly p

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