No word has been associated with the Jon Cooper era of the Tampa Bay Lightning more than the word “Swagger.” It describes the way Cooper’s team plays, from the tic-tac-toe passes to Nikita Kucherov’s breakaway moves. It describes his look behind the bench, the confident smirk that annoys other fan bases to no end.
The word has circled Jon Cooper from day one with the Lightning. In an article with the Tampa Bay Times^ before Cooper coached his first game with the team, Cory Conacher described his system as, “A little run-and-gun.