NHL: Five Teams Best Positioned To Win The Stanley Cup In 2022
By Jim Lynch
3. The Tampa Bay Lightning
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the Stanley Cup Champions until some team proves otherwise. I put them on this list as a team well-positioned to win the Cup because of the teams they have to face.
The Lightning are in a tough division with the Florida Panthers and the Toronto Maple Leafs, while Tampa might not have added as much as Florida or Toronto, they do have something that neither of the two teams have – previous playoff experience to lean on.
Neither Toronto nor Florida have won a playoff series in a long time, while this might be their year to do so, they are going to have to both get through Tampa Bay to win in the postseason, and that success and leadership is something Tampa can lean on that the other two teams just don’t have at this time.
The Lightning have been going through a losing streak as of late, but if there is ever a good time to hit a losing streak and face adversity I think it would be right now before the playoffs start, now they can figure it out and get ready for another deep playoff run.