Two years ago, in the depth of The Pause we ran a Twitter poll to coincide with SBNation’s Rivalry Week. It was a simple question - Do you consider the Florida Panthers the top rival of the Tampa Bay Lightning? The answer was overwhelmingly - no.
Do you consider the Florida Panthers to be the Lightning's top rival? If not, who would be?
— X - Raw Charge (@RawCharge) July 2, 2020
In the responses, most folks listed Boston as the top rival for the Lightning (even if it’s not reciprocated by Bruins fans) due to their recent meet-ups in the playoffs and the general testiness whenever they met in the regular season.