The off-season often feels like torture for Tampa Bay Lightning fans. Sure, we live here in Florida where the sun shines brightly over white sand beaches, margaritas flow like waters, and there’s always a party somewhere. Alas, something is still missing…Hockey.
Once August rolls around, things get just a little harder for the average Tampa Bay Lightning fan. The Free Agency Period has all but come to a close, there is very little action on the home front; fans are so very close to the start of the new season, yet so very far away.
The good news is, there is finally an end in sight for those of us here in the Bolts Nation.