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Dear Lightning: An Open Thank You Letter

EDMONTON, ALBERTA - SEPTEMBER 28: Nikita Kucherov #86 and Alex Killorn #17 of the Tampa Bay Lightning skate with the Stanley Cup following the series-winning victory over the Dallas Stars in Game Six of the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place on September 28, 2020 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

Dear Tampa Bay Lightning,

I’m writing you today to simply say thank you. You see, winning that Stanley Cup Monday night was so much more than one season, one series of work. It was the culmination of so much for so many far beyond the walls of Amalie Arena or the playoff bubble.