In the year 2004, players from the Tampa Bay Lightning team stood at the top of the league holding the Stanley Cup trophy above their heads. Four years later, things got worse as the Bolts finished at the bottom.
The Vancouver Canucks lost their long time star forward Swede Markus Naslund to the New York Rangers, but filled their missing place in the offense with experienced Slovak forward who can execute on different positions Pavol Demitra (33).