Gary Roberts was probably the only guy in the league that took training more seriously than Rod the Bod.
I’m always late to the party on these but I love these posts.
Carter Verhaeghe might be on that list someday
Honorable mention to Denis Savard.
The first training camp in 1992-93 also had both Tony McKegney and Ron Duguay, although neither stuck.
Seems like Flames players really shouldn’t play for the Lightning. Lol
Peter Budaj
3 1 and dones with Stanley Cup rings to show for it is fairly impressive for the Bolts.
Would but honorable mention to Manon Rhéaume, that played basically 1 period in a preseason game.
Only woman to have played in the nhl.
Dwayne Roloson too
Had no clue about Nabokov
I had no idea that Wendy Clark played for Tampa.
Man, the 98 Caps got reverse swept by the Lightning after going up 2-0 on the road and both goalies eventually decided the grass was greener.
That playoff series was also what forced the firesale of Bondra, Jagr, Oates, Lang and Gonchar. It’s also what got us in pole position to drafting Ovi, so I’ll take it.
Edit: this was 2003, not 1998. This is what you get get for commenting after reminiscing after a few drinks. Stick tap to u/MOLightningBro
As a life long Bolts fan, a couple thoughts:
Cory Stillman was so damn good the year he was with the Bolts. He played an important role in winning their first cup. Rock solid forward.
Wendel Clark was the lone Lightning player to make the 1999 All Star Game, which was also in Tampa. He was our captain that year. The crowd went nuts when they introduced him onto the ice that weekend. I was at the skills competition and the game, I was only in grade school at the time but I remember it fondly.
Where’s ohlund or salo
Roberts in any other jersey besides a Leafs or Calgary is odd to me. It hasn’t stopped me collecting all his cards lol
I had been a fan of Tanguay at earlier teams but even accounting for age his season here was the most diabolically lazy one I’ve ever seen.
Ellis and Niittymaki were one season Bolts as well, lots of goalies just passed through before Bishop held the spot for a while.
Darryl Sydor, Mattias Ohlund, Sami Salo, Dino Ciccarelli, Dwayne Roloson, Matthew Barnaby, Mike Commodore
I thought Gerard Gallant was Steve Buscemi for a sec.
The old Tampa Bay unis were nice
Oh and the hockey terrorist is in there….
Cory Stillman was a monster the one year we had him. IIRC he played on the second line with Brad Richards and Freddy Modin.
No Sheldon keefe?
Brendan Morrow was on a lot of teams.
4 former Caps on made the list, more than usual.
When the hell did Nabokov play for Tampa that’s insane
Wendel Clark played there? No wayyyyyy
Gotta say, Tampa had some nice sweaters over the years..
Mike Commodore is another good one
Seeing Ranford makes me want to play NHL 99 and see what I can do with that default roster. 😅
Kolzig in the Lightning uniform is just basically wrong. 771 games for the Caps over 16 years. 8 games for Tampa.
Pointless aside: Kolzig is the only NHL player to have been born in South Africa
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Gary Roberts was probably the only guy in the league that took training more seriously than Rod the Bod.
I’m always late to the party on these but I love these posts.
Carter Verhaeghe might be on that list someday
Honorable mention to Denis Savard.
The first training camp in 1992-93 also had both Tony McKegney and Ron Duguay, although neither stuck.
Seems like Flames players really shouldn’t play for the Lightning. Lol
Peter Budaj
3 1 and dones with Stanley Cup rings to show for it is fairly impressive for the Bolts.
Would but honorable mention to Manon Rhéaume, that played basically 1 period in a preseason game.
Only woman to have played in the nhl.
Dwayne Roloson too
Had no clue about Nabokov
I had no idea that Wendy Clark played for Tampa.
Man, the 98 Caps got reverse swept by the Lightning after going up 2-0 on the road and both goalies eventually decided the grass was greener.
That playoff series was also what forced the firesale of Bondra, Jagr, Oates, Lang and Gonchar. It’s also what got us in pole position to drafting Ovi, so I’ll take it.
Edit: this was 2003, not 1998. This is what you get get for commenting after reminiscing after a few drinks. Stick tap to u/MOLightningBro
As a life long Bolts fan, a couple thoughts:
Cory Stillman was so damn good the year he was with the Bolts. He played an important role in winning their first cup. Rock solid forward.
Wendel Clark was the lone Lightning player to make the 1999 All Star Game, which was also in Tampa. He was our captain that year. The crowd went nuts when they introduced him onto the ice that weekend. I was at the skills competition and the game, I was only in grade school at the time but I remember it fondly.
Where’s ohlund or salo
Roberts in any other jersey besides a Leafs or Calgary is odd to me. It hasn’t stopped me collecting all his cards lol
I had been a fan of Tanguay at earlier teams but even accounting for age his season here was the most diabolically lazy one I’ve ever seen.
Ellis and Niittymaki were one season Bolts as well, lots of goalies just passed through before Bishop held the spot for a while.
Darryl Sydor, Mattias Ohlund, Sami Salo, Dino Ciccarelli, Dwayne Roloson, Matthew Barnaby, Mike Commodore
I thought Gerard Gallant was Steve Buscemi for a sec.
The old Tampa Bay unis were nice
Oh and the hockey terrorist is in there….
Cory Stillman was a monster the one year we had him. IIRC he played on the second line with Brad Richards and Freddy Modin.
No Sheldon keefe?
Brendan Morrow was on a lot of teams.
4 former Caps on made the list, more than usual.
When the hell did Nabokov play for Tampa that’s insane
Wendel Clark played there? No wayyyyyy
Gotta say, Tampa had some nice sweaters over the years..
Mike Commodore is another good one
Seeing Ranford makes me want to play NHL 99 and see what I can do with that default roster. 😅
Kolzig in the Lightning uniform is just basically wrong. 771 games for the Caps over 16 years. 8 games for Tampa.
Pointless aside: Kolzig is the only NHL player to have been born in South Africa