With the rebuild in full swing in Tampa the intent behind the moves has shifted from unloading top talent to forming what will be the new culture and identity of the future Lightning franchise. In year one of this rebuild GM Levergneux has pushed to bring in several players that he believes encompass the ideals of heart & soul players, who leave it all on the ice. Levergneux has created a group of defensive minded checking forwards who will be a pain in the side of every team facing the Lightning this season. Combined with a stringent defensive minded D-core, the Lightning are planning to play spoilers for all teams in their Atlantic division. This year's Lightning squad may not win many games, but they will never leave a contest without putting up a fight.  

Key Players Added to Push this new culture include: 

Austin Watson, Key Stats: 89 CHK, 84 DEF 

Nic Dowd, Key Stats: 82 CHK, 88 DEF 

P-E Bellemare, Key Stats: 87 FO, 88 DEF 

Dustin Brown, regarded as a hard to play against and a leader of men 

Brendan Gallagher, small stature, but plays as big as anyone on the ice 

Parker Kelly, hits everything that moves, Key Stats: 83 CHK 

Dylan Demelo, Ian Cole, Kris Russel, all over 81 DEF 

Joel Edmundson, Key stats: 82 CHK, 84 DEF 

To end today's article Tampa would like to announce their captain group for the year: 

Captain: Jason Spezza 

Alternate Captain #1: Dustin Brown 

Alternate Captain #2: Austin Watson 

Next in line: P-E Bellemare