![]() The team further announced that it would be placing Callahan on Long Term Injured Reserve for the upcoming season, which is the final year of his contract. Doctors gave Callahan the recommendation that it was medically in his best interest to no longer play hockey. On June 20, 2019, the Lightning announced that Ryan Callahan had been diagnosed with a degenerative disk disease of the lower spine. Anthony Cirelli was named to the All-Rookie Team. Nikita Kucherov and Andrei Vasilevskiy were named to the NHL first All-Star team and Victor Hedman was named to the NHL second All-Star team. Additionally, the NHL announced the NHL All-Star teams and the NHL All-Rookie Team. Vasilevskiy was the first goaltender in franchise history to win the award. Andrei Vasilevskiy was awarded the Vezina Trophy. Kucherov was the second player in franchise history win the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy. Nikita Kucherov was awarded the Ted Lindsay Award and Hart Memorial Trophy. That same evening, the NHL conducted the 2019 NHL Awards in Las Vegas. Walcott missed the majority of the previous season due to injury. On June 19, 2019, the Lightning announced that they had re-signed defenceman Daniel Walcott to a 1-year contract extension. In 74 games last season Coburn produced 23 points, which set a personal best during his tenure with the club. Coburn was coming off a three-year contract with the team. The contract will carry a $1.7 million cap hit. On June 18, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenceman Braydon Coburn to a two-year contract extension valued at $3.4 million. Last season Gaunce appeared in two regular season games with the Lightning. On June 14, 2019, the Lightning re-signed defenceman Cameron Gaunce to a 1-year contract extension. On May 28, 2019, Tammela signed with Lukko of the Liiga hockey league in Finland. On May 23, 2019, the Lightning and forward prospect Jonne Tammela mutually agreed to part ways via contract termination. Rutta appeared in 14 regular season games and 4 playoffs games for the Lightning after coming over in a trade from the Chicago Blackhawks. The Lightning's first move of the off season happened on May 3, 2019, when the team signed Jan Rutta to a 1-year contract extension. The Lightning's off season began on April 16, 2019, when they were swept by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs. On August 27, the playoffs were briefly suspended as the remaining teams decided not to play their next scheduled contests in the wake of the shooting of Jacob Blake. Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. On September 28, 2020, the Lightning won their second Stanley Cup in franchise history, and the first in 16 years since 2004 after defeating the Dallas Stars in six games. Shifting to Edmonton, they competed in their fourth Eastern Conference Finals in the past six seasons, defeating the New York Islanders in six games. The Lightning then defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first round in five games, and the Boston Bruins in the second round, also in five games. ![]() ![]() For seeding, they competed in a four-team single round-robin along with the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, and Philadelphia Flyers, in which they finished in second place. The Lightning began in Toronto with the other Eastern Conference teams and were given a bye into the first round by virtue of having the second-highest point percentage in the Eastern Conference at the time of the pause. The playoffs began on August 1 in a modified format involving 24 teams. The conclusion of the playoffs would be held in Edmonton as the site of both conference finals and the Stanley Cup Finals. ![]() On July 10, following the extension of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement by the league and the Players' Association, it was announced that the Canadian cities of Toronto and Edmonton would be the locations the 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs would be staged in. On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled. The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lightning entered the season as the defending Atlantic Division and Presidents' Trophy champions. The 2019–20 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the 28th season for the National Hockey League (NHL) franchise that was established on December 16, 1991. ![]()
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