The morning after winning a second consecutive Stanley Cup, Coldstream害羞草研究所檚 Stacey Roest was back at Amelie Arena in Tampa Bay for staff meetings.
Roest is the assistant general manager for the National Hockey League害羞草研究所檚 Tampa Bay Lightning, who blanked the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 Wednesday, July 7, at home, to win the franchise害羞草研究所檚 third Stanley Cup title in five games.
害羞草研究所淭here害羞草研究所檚 a quick turnaround with the expansion draft (for the Seattle Kraken) and the entry draft (July 23 and 24) and as the man who looks after the team in Syracuse (Lightning害羞草研究所檚 top farm team), I害羞草研究所檝e got a lot of free agents to try and re-sign,害羞草研究所� said Roest after dinner in Tampa on Thursday, July 8. 害羞草研究所淚t was a good night last night, got some sleep and then back to work.害羞草研究所�
Roest has played a part in the development of Tampa Bay superstars, goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (Conn Smythe Trophy winner as NHL playoff Most Valuable Player in 2021, who also shut out the Dallas Stars 2-0 in the Cup clincher in 2020), leading scorers Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point, and role players Janni Gourde, Tyler Johnson and Ross Colton, who scored the game-winner Wednesday.
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The Lightning became the first team since the 2016 and 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins to win back-to-back Cups. This one would have been tough for Roest害羞草研究所檚 late father, Dick, to watch, as his dad was a big-time Montreal Canadiens fan.
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Asked to compare the two Cup wins, Roest said the first one, while always exciting, was completely different as the team played in the NHL bubble system in front of no fans and celebrated only with players and staff in the organization.
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Roest nor anybody with the Lightning got to enjoy a day with the Cup 害羞草研究所� the annual Stanley Cup off-season tradition 害羞草研究所� in 2020 due to COVID. The tradition is expected to resume at some point in 2021.
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