Lightning Flip Playoff Page After Gut Punch

The Lightning huddle in Tampa, eyes locked on shedding last spring's playoff scars that still sting like a Vasilevskiy glove save gone wrong. Julien BriseBois knows the core's hunger runs deep after that early exit, with whispers from the front office hinting at subtle tweaks to ignite another Cup chase. Stamkos and Kucherov lead the charge, but the real test comes when pucks drop in round one, where redemption hangs by a thread against a playoff field stacked with predators.