TAMPA - Just over a year ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning faced all sorts of uncertainty surrounding the top prospect in their system.
A year later, the Lightning certainly have one of the top prospects in all of junior hockey in Sam O'Reilly, who did not join the organization until July. In the 10 months that have passed since being acquired from the Edmonton Oilers, O'Reilly's stock has risen so high the 20-year-old might turn out to be a Lightning anomaly.
"The way he plays the game already, even that small sample we got in training camp, tells me he probably won't need that much time in order ...
