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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

Roman Hamrlik was selected first-overall by the Lightning in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft and was the franchise's first ever draft pick. He would get his first taste of NHL action in the 1992-93 regular season, playing 67 games.

Hamrlik would go on to play in six seasons for the Bolts before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers in December of 1997 in exchange for Jason Bonsignore, Steve Kelly, and Bryan Marchment. He scored 52 goals in 377 games for Tampa Bay, racking up more than half of them (27) on the power play.

The blueliner would go on to play for the likes of Montreal, the Islanders, Edmonton, Calgary, Washington, and the Rangers throughout his 20-year career in the NHL. In total, he would record 155 goals in 1,395 games.

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