TAMPA – Preseason game No. 4 for the Lightning featured a much different look than the previous game two days earlier.
Sunday against Florida, Tampa Bay put a virtual prospect team on the ice, particularly among the forward group. It was a stark contrast to the group put on the ice Friday against Nashville that was to heavy with the likes of Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov, Tyler Johnson and Ondrej Palat.
Instead, the team facing the Panthers featured five forwards yet to appear in an NHL game. So just as was the case with the first three preseason games, it wasn’t about the results, it was mo...
