![]() ![]() ![]() “And we’ll do or best to get back on top.” “We’ve got a few new faces, fresh blood for our team,” Vasilevsky said. ![]() It’s a group coached by Jon Cooper entering his 10th season, and a lineup that also includes Nikita Kucherov, Victor Hedman and Andrei Vasilevskiy, the NHL’s only goalie to finish in the top five in the Vezina Trophy voting in each of the past five seasons. ![]() Minus defenseman Ryan McDonagh and winger Ondrej Palat, the Lightning still feature a playoff-tested core that enabled them to become the NHL’s 14th franchise to reach the final in three consecutive seasons, and first since the Edmonton Oilers did so from 1983-85. “But I still think that we’re a team that’s going to be competing for the Stanley Cup at the end of the season.” “Sure, there are a lot of factors that are going against us in terms of losing some good players, and people are going to talk about the core getting a little older,” Stamkos said. ![]()
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