NHL Power Rankings: 2017-18 Way-Too-Early Edition, Part III -- "The Tampa Bay Lightning were hampered by Ben Bishop in net last season. The Bolts should be the team to beat in the East in 2017-18." Er, OK. [Blackhawk Up]
Tempered expectations await Mikhail Sergachev in Tampa: “For a younger player like that, we don’t want him playing seven or eight minutes a night,” Yzerman told NHL.com at the NHL Draft in June. “We want him playing regularly. We’ll let the situation play out. We’ll give him an opportunity certainly to make the team and play, but he’s going to have to earn it.