Tampa Bay Lightning Tickets

Tampa Bay Lightning Tickets

Its zero to hero in Tampa Bay as the Lightning has imported two defensemen to move the puck up and out of the zone. The team has one of the best offenses in the NHL, but they need to give new goalie Anders Lindback a chance to solidify his spot at the starter by keeping the puck on the other side of the rink. Tampa Bay Lightning tickets are going to be those for a playoff hockey club if the defense has indeed learned to do more than simply get in the way of the puck.

Center Steven Stamkos is the hockey version of a scoring point guard, ranking among the most dangerous goal scorers while dishing out enough assists to control the puck. Stamkos is a terrifying player for the opposition, one of the few modern players to even suggest it is possible to achieve the 50-in-50 feat. Regularly teasing the 100 point mark, he will reach this season with Martin St-Loius and Teddy Purcell feeding him from the wings and newly added defenseman Matt Carle moving the puck out of the Lightning’s back yard and putting the other team on defense quickly and often.

Sami Salo, the other new defenseman, will do much the same on the second line. It is actually quite conceivable that the Tampa offense will reach Top 5 status over the course of the 2012-2013 season and that at least seven or eight players will reach the 20-goal plateau. This will certainly help Lindback settle in at goal. He arrives a backup without much experience starting, but a net minder with the attributes of a starter. If he is able to demonstrate this potential and get particularly hot during the postseason, Tampa Bay Lightning tickets could be there once the Stanley Cup Finals come around. This would be the first time back since winning it all in 2004, though the franchise came so very close two seasons ago.