In ranking the best lines in the NHL, there's also what we'll call the Tampa Bay Lightning problem.
Last season, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos played with Vladimir Namestnikov, and things were pretty good. Then Vlad was traded, J.T. Miller joined the line, and things were not as good. This season, Kucherov has played in several different combinations, including a reunion with his Triplets linemates of Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson, and that hasn't clicked yet. Meanwhile, the Bolts' most effective line of the past two seasons -- Brayden Point, Palat and Johnson -- has hardly seen any time together in 2018-19.