Ex-Lightning Fan Favorite Joins Hated Rival
This former Lightning forward is now playing for a division rival.
Trade deadline day proved to be very eventful, as players like Tomas Hertl (Vegas Golden Knights), Tyler Toffoli (Winnipeg Jets), Jake Allen (New Jersey Devils), and Evgeny Kuznetsov (Carolina Hurricanes) found new homes.
Interestingly, a former Tampa Bay Lightning forward also got moved to a club that Bolts fans will not be happy about.
The Minnesota Wild dealt forward Pat Maroon to the Boston Bruins in exchange for exchange for Luke Toporowski and a conditional 2026 sixth-round draft pick.
Seeing Maroon in a Bruins jersey will be quite strange, as the Bruins are one of the Lightning's biggest division rivals. With that, there's a possibility that the Lightning will face off against him in the postseason, which would make things even more weird.
Alas, Maroon should be a solid addition to a Bruins club that has been looking for toughness.
Maroon, 35, appeared in 280 games with the Lightning over four seasons, posting 29 points and 82 points. With that, he, of course, won two Stanley Cups.
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