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25 Greatest Scorers in Lightning History: #14 |
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In honor of the upcoming season, which is the franchise's 25th, I thought it would be fun to use this hockey downtime to countdown the 25 greatest goal scorers in Tampa Bay Lightning history.
In constructing this list, I not only took into account the number of goals a player scored while playing in Tampa, I also considered a number of games they suited up for the Lightning. As this list progresses over the next few weeks, you will notice that some players are ranked higher than others even if their goal total was less. This is because although someone scored slightly fewer goals, they reached those numbers in fewer games.
Due to the Lightning still being a relatively young franchise, a good deal of these players are still active, and some of them still take the ice for the Bolts.
Enjoy!
The List So Far
Number 25: Pavel Kubina
Number 24: Victor Hedman
Number 23: Mikael Andersson
Number 22: Roman Hamrlik
Number 21: Dan Boyle
Number 20: Rob Zamuner
Number 19: Valtteri Filppula
Number 18: Alex Killorn
Number 17: Chris Gratton
Number 16: Teddy Purcell
Number 15: Ruslan Fedotenko
Number 14: Ondrej Palat
The 26-year-old Palat was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the seventh round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. He would get his first NHL opportunity during the 2012-13 season where he played 14 games and scored two goals for the Bolts.
Palat still has a lot of hockey left in his career but he has already accrued 307 games with Tampa Bay, scoring 74 goals. Of his 74 lamp-lighters, 12 of them have been on the power play, and 16 were game-winners. Palat's best season so far was in 2013-14 when he scored 23 goals and added 36 assists.
The Lightning just recently re-signed Palat to a new five-year deal. It is more than likely that his name will be ranked higher when we revisit Tampa's greatest scorers a few years down the road.
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