How the 2015 Stanley Cup finalist Tampa Bay Lightning were built
Tampa Bay Lightning timeline graphic: the trades, free agents, draft picks and hirings that built the 2015 Stanley Cup finalists.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are playing in their first Stanley Cup finals since 2004, the year the franchise defeated the Calgary Flames in seven games for its first championship. No players remain from that club, but by scrolling down through our timeline, you can trace the trades, free agent signings, draft picks and hirings that year by year created the team’s current postseason roster.
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Total personnel
Draft picks: 11
Via trade: 5
Free agents: 8
- C Alex Killorn2007
Draft: 3rd round (#77) - C Steven Stamkos2008
Draft: 1st round (#1) - D Mark Barberio2008
Draft: 6th round (#152) - D Victor Hedman2009
Draft: 1st round (#2) - VP/GM Steve Yzerman2010
Hired: (5/25), ex-VP with Red Wings (2006-10) - C Tyler Johnson2011
Free agent: (3/7), WHL Spokane - C Vladislav Namestnikov2011
Draft: 1st round (#27) - RW Nikita Kucherov2011
Draft: 2nd round (#58) - D Nikita Nesterov2011
Draft: 5th round (#148) - LW Ondrej Palat2011
Draft: 7th round (#208) - RW J.T. Brown2012
Free agent: WCHA Minnesota-Duluth (3/28) - G Andrei Vasilevskiy2012
Draft: 1st (#19) - C Cedric Paquette2012
Draft: 4th round (#101) - D Matt Carle2012
Free agent: Philadelphia (7/4) - Coach Jon Cooper2013
Hired: (3/25), ex-coach of Tampa Bay’s AHL affiliates Norfolk (2010-12) and Syracuse (2012-13) - D Andrej Sustr2013
Free agent: WCHA Nebraska-Omaha (3/21) - G Ben Bishop2013
Trade: from Ottawa for C Cory Conacher, 2013 4th round pick (4/3) - LW Jonathan Drouin2013
Draft: 1st round (#3) - C Valtteri Filppula2013
Free agent: Detroit (7/5) - RW Ryan Callahan2014
Trade: with 2014 2nd round pick, 2015 1st round pick — from NY Rangers for RW Martin St. Louis (3/5) - C Jonathan Marchessault2014
Trade: with LW Dalton Smith — from Columbus for F Dana Tyrell, D Matt Taormina (3/5) - D Jason Garrison2014
Trade: with rights to F Jeff Costello, 2015 7th round pick — from Vancouver for 2014 2nd round pick (6/27) - C Brian Boyle2014
Free agent: NY Rangers (7/1) - D Anton Stralman2014
Free agent: NY Rangers (7/1) - LW Brenden Morrow2014
Free agent: St. Louis (7/11) - D Braydon Coburn2015
Trade: from Philadelphia for D Radko Gudas, 2015 1st round (conditional) and 3rd round picks (3/2)
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