Insider: Realignment and the Tampa Bay Lightning
By now, you all have heard about realignment. The proposed plan that would put the Tampa Bay Lightning in a conference with the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs and Ottawa Senators. So is this a good thing for the Lightning? SportsTalkFlorida decided to go back in time, and see how the Lightning has played against each potential new divisional opponent since Steve Yzerman and Guy Boucher took over. The results may surprise you a bit.
Boston
2010-11
1-3-0 (1-1-0 home; 0-2-0 road)
2011-12
2-2-0 (2-0-0 home; 0-2-0 road)
2013
0-1-0 (0-1-0 home)
Buffalo
2010-11
2-2-0 (1-1-0 home; 1-1-0 road)
2011-12
3-1-0 (1-1-0 home; 2-0-0 road)
2013
DNP
Detroit
2010-11
0-1-0 (0-1-0 road)
2011-12
0-1-0 (0-1-0 home)
2013
DNP
Florida
2010-11
2-1-3 (1-0-2 home; 1-1-1 road)
2011-12
4-1-1 (2-1-0 home; 2-0-1 road)
2013
2-0-0 (1-0-0 home; 1-0-0 road)
Montreal
2010-11
2-1-1 (1-1-0 home; 1-0-1 road)
2011-12
2-2-0 (2-0-0 home; 0-2-0 road)
2013
0-0-1 (0-0-1 Home)
Toronto
2010-11
4-0-0 (2-0-0 home; 2-0-0 road)
2011-12
0-3-1 (0-2-0 home; 0-1-1 road)
2013
1-0-0 (1-0-0 home)
Ottawa
2010-11
2-1-1 (1-1-0 home; 1-0-1 road)
2011-12
0-4-0 (0-2-0 home; 0-2-0 road)
2013
1-0-0 (1-0-0 home)
Totals
28-24-8 (17-12-3 home; 11-12-5 road)
After seeing the numbers, and how the Lightning play against teams they will potentially be seeing a lot of moving forward, what are your thoughts on realignment?
Tags: NHL, Realignment, Tampa Bay Lightning
