TAMPA – What a weird and wild season this 2021 NHL campaign sets up as for 56 games.
Playing the same seven teams eight times presents unique challenges not possible in other seasons.
After playing a team a handful of times, there are very few secrets between teams. Tendencies are dissected as if the two teams were in a playoff series. By the time the fifth, sixth or seventh meeting comes around, it pretty much comes down to a who has the higher want to win.
On Monday, that team was not the Lightning. Factor in running into a former Vezina Trophy winner that has discovered a temporary Fountai...
