On a night where Dave Andreychuk and Brad Richards were honored for their recent enshrinement into the Tampa Bay Lightning Hall of Fame, the Bolts looked like a playoff team again with a dominating 7-0 win over the Philadelphia Flyers.
On Dec. 13 it was reported that St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong hired former NHLer Brad Richards as a consultant mainly to help their struggling power play.
Twenty years after raising the Stanley Cup for the first time, two more members of that iconic team will be inducted into the Tampa Bay Lightning Hall of Fame.
In the Salary Cap Era, only one player has ever received a maximum 20% contract.
Brad Richards' 5 year contract signed by the Tampa Bay Lightning on May 23, 2006 was the maximum 20%, with an annual average of $7.8M (upper limit was $39M)https://t.co/URouQTdjf3pic.twitter.com/gip3DNgLW5
The Stanley Cup Playoffs are where reputations can get made... or forever changed. A Cup-clinching goal, a goalie standing on their head and carrying a team to a level that was never thought possible, or simply a record-setting performance can take a great player and turn them into a legend.