Tampa Bay Lightning
TAMPA — Watching from above ice level gives Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman a helpless feeling.
Players prepare to take the ice, coaches game plan and scout the opponent looking for any advantage to exploit. Yzerman, meanwhile, sits around on game days just waiting for the action to start.
“It’s hard to sit and watch without having much of an impact this time of year,” Yzerman said.
Yzerman’s impact already has been made.
After Tuesday night’s series-clinching 4-1 win against Montreal, the Lightning are preparing to play in the Eastern Conference finals against the Rangers.