The parades are done. The hangovers are kicking in. For the players of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the off-season has begun. They can begin recovering from the nicks, cuts, pulled muscles, and other assorted injuries that accumulate after playing 25 games in 65 days. Their job is over. For General Manager Julien BriseBois and his staff (minus one, more on that in a bit) the hard work begins now.
Once the trade deadline passes, the job of the GM is pretty much over and he can only hope that the moves he made prior to that were enough to get the job done.