Tampa Bay Lightning Milestones

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How the Tampa Bay Lightning history timeline works

In this deck you sort Lightning milestones by the year each one happened. Every card has a short description under its title, from founding moments and draft picks to Cup runs and jersey retirements. The first card starts on the timeline with its year showing. Then you take each new card and drop it into a gap. Pick the right one and the year appears; pick the wrong one and the card goes to its true spot while you give up one of three lives.

Tampa Bay packs a lot into a short history: a new team in a nontraditional hockey market, a first title, a rebuild through the draft and then a long run as one of the league's elite. The later cards bunch up tightly, with deep playoff runs in quick succession, so small details in each description count. Number retirements can catch you out, since they come long after the player's best years.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

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Here are 22 of the 22 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

Franchise founded Phil Esposito's expansion team debuted, Manon Rheaume tended goal in a preseason game, and Roman Hamrlik went first overall
A record hockey crowd More than 27,000 fans packed the cavernous ThunderDome to watch the young Lightning
First playoffs and a new home Tampa Bay reached the postseason for the first time and moved into a new downtown arena
Drafted Vincent Lecavalier The Lightning took the player billed as 'the Michael Jordan of hockey' first overall
Lecavalier named captain At age 20 he became one of the youngest captains in NHL history
First division title Tampa Bay claimed its first division crown under coach John Tortorella
Won their first Stanley Cup Led by Martin St. Louis and Brad Richards, the Lightning beat Calgary in a Game 7
Drafted Steven Stamkos Tampa Bay selected the sniper first overall
Drafted Victor Hedman The Lightning added the towering defenceman with the second overall pick
Jeff Vinik buys the team A new owner purchased the franchise and stabilized it
Pushed to Game 7 A Stamkos-led team reached the conference final, falling to Boston in seven games
Stamkos scores 60 The center hit 60 goals to win the Rocket Richard Trophy
Hired Jon Cooper Tampa Bay promoted the future long-tenured head coach
Traded Martin St. Louis The captain was dealt to the Rangers at his own request
Reached the Cup Final The 'Triplets' line drove the Lightning to the Final against Chicago
Another conference final Tampa Bay again reached the East final, this time losing to Pittsburgh
Retired Andreychuk's No. 3 The Lightning raised the first number ever to their rafters
Retired Lecavalier's No. 4 Tampa Bay honored its former captain by retiring his number
Record wins, stunning exit A 62-win season and Kucherov's MVP campaign ended in a first-round sweep by Columbus
Won the Cup in the bubble Inside the pandemic-isolated playoffs, the Lightning beat Dallas for the title
Repeated as champions Tampa Bay defeated Montreal to capture back-to-back Cups
A third straight Final The Lightning reached the Cup Final again before losing to Colorado