Opening Night Lines

Team: 2023-24 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: Oct. 6, 2023

Published: Oct. 6, 2023

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

I'm echoing a couple Tampa fans here as we are in agreement to what we feel opening night should and will look like.

Really like these lines. 3rd line looked excellent in preseason and I just like the setup of it. Paul played well with Stamkos last year so just keep those two together. Give ABB his shot with them. 4th line worked well. D pairings are exactly as I predicted over the summer. 6th man is swappable but I was envisioning Hedman staying with Perbix and Sergachev staying with Raddysh and splitting Cernak to the 3rd pair to give us the confidence to roll 3 pairs.

The 5th man on the first pp unit could be anybody. Hedman and Sergachev will flip flop time on the first unit all season. The 2nd unit will be a blender to find out who works. All I know is that Eyssimont needs it get 2nd powerplay time. Depending on how Cirelli is played/conserved, his role is up in the air, but Eyssimont needs 2nd powerplay time, he is gonna go to work just watch.

2nd PK unit is a blender also. I will say though that Jeannot needs to stay as far from the PK as possible, he needs major work in that department. Please refrain from commenting bashing Jeannot, Tampa fans are all well aware of where the majority stands on the Jeannot trade.