Why The Lightning Should Take a Swing at an Auston Matthews Trade... And How To Make It Work

About this episode

The episode discusses the potential impact of trading for Auston Matthews on the Tampa Bay Lightning's championship aspirations.

What if the Tampa Bay Lightning stunned the NHL and swung a trade for Auston Matthews? Could Matthews’ elite scoring be the missing piece to reignite Tampa’s championship push and unleash Nikita Kucherov’s full playmaking potential?

People in this episode

Host: Josh Sperber

Topics covered

• trade speculation
• NHL
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• Auston Matthews
• hockey strategy
• championship push

Keywords

• Auston Matthews
• Tampa Bay Lightning
• trade
• Nikita Kucherov
• NHL
• hockey
• championship

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Organizations: Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL

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