Tampa Bay Lightning: Cory Conacher
5'8 forward Cory Conacher will go down in Tampa Bay Lighting lore for a long time, but not because of his playing exploits, as good as they were. Conacher will forever be remembered as the man whom Tampa Bay traded to bring in goaltender Ben Bishop from the Sens, which inextricably helped the Lightning reach their second Stanley Cup Final in 2015. Despite that strong rookie season produced by Conacher, in which he produced 9 goals and 15 assists, he never really saw the same success outside Tampa, bouncing around the league until last year producing the best season of his professional career thus far, a 52 point, championship winning effort with Bern in Switzerland. Finally back in the NHL with the Bolts, Conacher is rejoicing about the opportunity to play hockey in his comfort zone again, alongside his former teammates and under long time head coach Jon Cooper. As one of the only “new” players to Tampa Bay this season, the Bolts will be hoping he rediscovers that lightning in a bottle he uncorked in his first season in the pros.
