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List of Tampa Bay Lightning general managers

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The Tampa Bay Lightning are an American professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). Often referred to as the Bolts,{{cite web|url=http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=394050 |title=Lightning Unveil Third Jerseys vs. Devils |publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League |work=NHL.com |date=2008-11-23 |access-date=2008-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227211443/http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NewsPage&articleid=394050 |archive-date=2008-12-27 }} the team joined the NHL in 1992 as an expansion team, and have won the Stanley Cup championship in 2004, 2020 and 2021. Having first played in the Expo Hall,{{cite web|url=http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=7084|title=1992-93 The Fun Begins|publisher=Lincoln Hockey and the National Hockey League|work=NHL.com|access-date=2008-12-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217182004/http://lightning.nhl.com/team/app/?service=page&page=NHLPage&id=7084|archive-date=2008-12-17}} and later in the ThunderDome (now known as Tropicana Field),{{cite web|url=http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/ballpark/ballpark_history.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071111181648/http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/ballpark/ballpark_history.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 11, 2007|title=Tropicana Field History|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P|work=MLB.com|access-date= 2008-12-21}} the Lightning have played their home games at the Ice Palace, currently titled Amalie Arena, since 1996. The franchise has had seven general managers since their inception.

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| Phil Esposito

| April 4, 1991 – October 13, 1998 ||

  • 1 playoff appearance

|{{cite web |url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1991/04/05/lightnings-esposito-wants-orlando-tie-in/ |title=Lightning's Esposito Wants Orlando Tie-in |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |first=Jeff |last=Babineau |date=April 5, 1991 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/14/sports/nhl-roundup-tampa-bay-esposito-brothers-dismissed.html |title=N.H.L.: ROUNDUP -- TAMPA BAY; Esposito Brothers Dismissed |work=The New York Times |date=October 14, 1998 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}

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| Jacques Demers

| October 13, 1998 – July 14, 1999 ||

  • No playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/lightning-strikes-demers/ |title=Lightning Strikes Demers |publisher=CBS News |date=July 14, 1999 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}

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| Rick Dudley

| July 14, 1999 – February 10, 2002 ||

  • No playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/dudley-resigns-as-lightning-gm-1.332947 |title=Dudley resigns as Lightning GM |publisher=CBC Sports |date=February 10, 2002 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}

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| Jay Feaster

| February 10, 2002 – July 11, 2008 ||

  • Won Stanley Cup (2004)
  • 1 conference title, 2 division titles, and 4 playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=484635 |title=Lightning General Manager Jay Feaster Resigns |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |date=July 11, 2008 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}

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| Brian Lawton

| October 22, 2008 – April 12, 2010 ||

  • No playoff appearances

|{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=484786 |title=Brian Lawton Named Lightning's Executive Vice President & General Manager |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |date=October 22, 2008 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=525039 |title=General Manager Brian Lawton and Head Coach Rick Tocchet to Be Replaced |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |date=April 12, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}

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| Tom Kurvers (Interim)

| April 12, 2010 – May 25, 2010 ||

|{{cite web |url=http://lightning.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=530144 |title=Tampa Bay Lightning name Steve Yzerman Vice President and General Manager |publisher=Tampa Bay Lightning |date=May 25, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2015}}

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| Steve Yzerman

| May 25, 2010 – September 11, 2018 ||

|{{cite web |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-puck-daddy/how-steve-yzerman-won-the-2015-nhl-gm-of-the-year-award-234512260.html|title=How Steve Yzerman won the 2015 NHL GM of the Year Award|first=Sean|last=Leahy|work=Yahoo Sports: Puck Daddy|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=July 24, 2015}}

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| Julien BriseBois

| September 11, 2018 – present ||

|{{Cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/steve-yzerman-steps-down-as-tampa-bay-lightning-general-manager/c-300052884 |title=Yzerman steps down as Lightning general manager |website=NHL.com |date=September 11, 2018}}

Notes

  • {{note label|Note1|a|a}} A running total of the number of general managers of the franchise. Thus any general manager who has two or more separate terms as general manager is only counted once. Interim general managers do not count towards the total.
  • {{note label|Note1|b|b}} Due to the temporary realignment and interdivision play there was no conference final in the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs. The league referred to it as the Stanley Cup Semifinals. The Prince of Wales Trophy was still awarded as it is in a traditional season.

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