The journey is over! The Tampa Bay Lightning have become champions once again with their 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars in Game 6 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. To say this championship was a longtime coming would be an understatement. However, the journey this organization, and two key pieces of its core (Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman), started over a decade ago.
In this three part series, I will go through the phases the Lightning went through to reach the pinnacle of the hockey world.