Patrick Maroon has signed a new contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

The cup is staying in Tampa for 5 years i guess

The Cup stays in Tampa

Dad bod Patrick Maroon

Translation: Tampa is winning back to back to back to back to back Cups

HE'S A HOMETOWN HERO BABEEEEEEEEEEE

Cheap deal for league MVP

School bus line in tact for the next 2 years

Don't see Tampa beating the Cats but a decent signing for a quality 4th liner.

Fantastic signing. No explanation needed.

Why not beat them last year when Florida was the home seed? Florida in a lot of ways remind me of the 18/19 lightning outscoring everyone all season then oops. Can't out score your way through the playoffs.

nothing not to like here.
Good contract, team friendly, and if he falls off he can be buried at no risk to the team.

Last year has nothing to do with this year guy - you should know that by now unless you became a hockey fan yesterday.

Lol, we basically have yet to see Tampa play with a healthy Kuch + healthy top4 Dcore this season.

We'll be fine.

Cats have had injuries too. Don't see Bolts getting far this year, sorry. Cats are simply better.

You completely ignored the second part where ii state how they just outscore people good luck. Let me know to paraphrase Shaq how TB's *** tastes at the end of the season

I mean... yeah. No brainer basically. Tampa will keep running him til the wheels fall off.

Stop focusing on paraphrasing Shaq and look into some basic grammar lessons.

When the the Leafs get Mike Hutchinson back you're all in trouble.

Hoping he would sign in Ottawa but this is good too.

Just because one team is a better hockey team doesn't mean they will win a playoff series. 18/19 Lightning were better than Florida this year and 18/19 Columbus were much worse than Tampa is right now. Tampa has winning experience. Florida has Hornqvist. Also star power is important in the playoffs and the Lightning have slightly more of it:

Kucherov > Huberdeau (I know huberdeau is playing really well this year, but kucherov led the playoffs in points 2 years in a row. Also he technically has more ppg this year too. He has just been injured.)
Point = Barkov (Barkov's probably better, but Point has proved it in the playoffs and Barkov hasn't.)
Stamkos > Reinhart
Hedman > Ekblad
McDonagh < Weegar
Sergachev/Cernak >> Forsling/Montour
Rutta/Bogosian < Gudas/Nuutivara
Vasilevskiy >>>> Bobrovsky
Backup goalies don't really matter
Palat/Cirelli/Killorn > Duclair/Verhaghe/Bennett (only slightly)
TBL forward depth < FLA forward depth

Compare this however you want. It's pretty close, but tampa has proven playoff performers, Florida doesn't really. Tampa has an insanely good goalie. Florida doesn't

I still say Cats in 6. Bolts fans throwing stats at me like it'll change my mind. Your stats and your previous success all goes out the window in the playoffs. Cats in 6, maybe 5.

i could see Cats in 6, but I think that if it makes it to game 7 Tampa's taking it. Don't see anyone winning in less than 5, but could definitely see Cats in 6

the cup is staying in tampa

I'm going to laugh at you when they continue there streak of loosing playoff series