It’s rookie showcase season! Whether it’s up in Traverse City, Michigan (a town I came wildly close to moving to about a year ago), Buffalo, Las Vegas, St. Paul, Penticton, or good ol’ Estero, the younglings around the NHL are taking to the ice. For Lightning fans, the focus will be 144 miles south of Channelside Drive as the Bolts rookies will take on players from the Florida Panthers, Nashville Predators, and Carolina Hurricanes in the 2023 Southeast Rookie Showcase.
The rookies will play three games over the weekend with the first one later this afternoon (4:00 PM) against the Predators.