On October 14, 2020, the Lightning announced that it had re-signed forward prospect Ross Colton. Thomas was originally drafted by Lightning in the 4th-round of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft. Thomas has been with the Syracuse Crunch for the past 4-seasons where he has appeared in over 200 career games. On October 12, 2020, the Lightning announced the re-signing of defensemen prospect Ben Thomas. Gibson appeared in net in 25 games for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers this past season. Borgman played in 53 games this past season for the San Antonio Rampage. Martin had spent the previous season with the Lightning's AHL affiliate the Syracuse Crunch. The Lightning also re-signed Spencer Martin to a one-year contract extension. The Lightning signed defenseman Andreas Borgman and goaltender and Christopher Gibson. The Lightning also made a series of depth signings that day. Schenn's contract will count only $800k against the salary cap. Scheen appeared in 25 regular season games and 11 playoff games during the Lightning's championship run. Īround the same time Lightning re-signed defenseman Luke Schenn to a one-year contract extension. Maroon skated in all of the Lightning's playoff games on their way to winning their second Stanley Cup in Franchise history. That same day the Lightning announced that it had signed forward Patrick Maroon to a two-year contract extension. Johnson cleared waivers the following day after going unclaimed by another team. Johnson has a $5 million cap hit with 4-years remaining on his current contract with the Lightning. On October 9, 2020, the Lightning placed Tyler Johnson on waivers after being unable to trade him prior to free agency. The team did not issue qualifying offers to Devante Stephens, Carter Verhaeghe and Dennis Yan. Later in the evening the Lightning announced that it had issued qualifying offers to Anthony Cirelli, Erik Cernak, Ross Colton, Mathieu Joseph, Dominik Masin, Mikhail Sergachev, Ben Thomas and Alex Volkov. Īt the 2020 NHL Entry Draft the Lightning selected Jack Finley, Gage Goncalves, Maxim Groshev, Jack Thompson, Eamon Powell, Jaydon Dureau, Nick Capone, Amir Miftakhov and Declan McDonnell. Smith signed a one-year deal after appearing in 3 regular season games for the Lightning and spending the majority of the season with the Syracuse Crunch. Stepehens was signed to a two-year extension after being part of the 2020 Stanley Cup championship roster. On October 7, 2020, the Lightning re-signed forwards Mitchell Stephens and Gemel Smith to contract extensions. The Lightning's off-season began after the team captured its second Stanley Cup in franchise history in a 4–2 series win over the Dallas Stars. Tampa Bay would then repeat as champions in five games against the Montreal Canadiens. They went on to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes in five games to earn a spot in the Semifinals, where they defeated the New York Islanders in seven games to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the second consecutive season. In the first round, the Lightning defeated their in-state rival the Florida Panthers in six games. The Lightning entered the 2021 Stanley Cup Playoffs as the defending Stanley Cup champions and the third seed in the Central Division. Opponents in each game during the regular season and potentially the first two rounds of the playoffs are from within the new division. The regular season schedule was announced on December 23, 2020. This new configuration retained Chicago, Dallas, and Nashville, while it added Detroit and Florida from the Atlantic Division, as well as Carolina and Columbus from the Metropolitan Division. īecause the COVID-19 pandemic was still ongoing prior to the season, as part of the league's return to play protocols, the divisions were realigned and the Lightning were put into the Central Division. It was reported Decemthat the two parties had tentatively agreed to a 56-game season scheduled to begin on January 13, 2021. In a joint announcement from the NHL and NHLPA on October 6, 2020, a target date of Januwas set for the start of the season. The Lightning entered the season as the defending Stanley Cup champions. The 2020–21 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 29th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991.
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