Yep, you're right. Yzerman has gradually destroyed this team. It's not like he constructed the team coming off of the NHL's best regular season ever

None of Gourde, Johnson and Palat are better than Ferland however they are all more individually skilled and faster which suits the Lightning’s game.

And swept in 1st round while quitting on ice .. if you dont know a topic stay away .. only 0-6 in last 6 playoff games while being outscored like 15 to 5

Your 100 % right... and that's the issue .. a losers strategy to win Cup

Not really. You can win the cup with speed and skill. Look at the Penguins in 2016. The players need to be resilient and that’s tough when you have so many egos in the locker room. It’s coach Cooper’s responsibility to get these guys back on track.

Not really .. you won cause of Crosby and leadership and balls of Kessel and others.. Tampa "stars" led by Stamloser collapse repeatedly and with no grit guys .. like Pens had.. Tampa has no chance .. definition of insanity is ..

for a bolt lover you sure seem to hate a lot of bolt players

I refuse to blindly accept mis management and lack of leadership .. that is a true fan telling it like it is .. most of Tampa fans dont understand offsides ..

lmao tampa is one of the best run organizations in the league, and stamkos is a good captain. just because they fluked out of the playoffs in four games doesn't mean everything is bad and the world is ending.

imagine having kuch and stamkos under 10 million and thinking the team is poorly managed.

Winners win and losers lose .. only measurement of teams at end of the day .. otherwise we all would be Toronto fans

yeah toronto fans are dumb for sticking by their team in miserable losing seasons. nothing says fake fan like sticking around in the bad years.

Which means they have to do something more. Give it another chance and if it happens again then try to get more experienced playoff players. I think you're also forgetting what they've done in the past. With a similar core they have made Game 7 CF (2018), missed playoffs by one point (2017), Game 7 CF (2016), Game 6 Finals (2015). You're being ridiculous. I think that the problem is actually simply that they hadn't played a meaningful game in weeks because they were so much better than anybody else that they were guaranteed the President's Trophy by the TDL. The teams they were playing were giving it 110% for every step of the way. Don't forget about their 5 goals in the 1st period or whatever it was. They will learn their lesson and probably win the Stanley Cup next year or come very close. Yzerman engineered the NHL's best ever team and this post is ridiculous.