DARREN RADDYSH: Is Time of the Essence? How Much Should the Lightning Spend? And For How Long?

Locked On Lightning - Daily Podcast On The Tampa Bay Lightning · Feb 18, 2026 · 32m

Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Darren Raddysh has been on an absolute tear as of late, but he’s up for a new deal, and his recent success makes this deal much trickier for the Bolts. JBB noted earlier this season that he wanted to see a larger sample size, but now that the NHL season has only ~30 games remaining, is it time to get a deal done? How much are the Lightning willing to pay and for how long? The men’s Olympic qualifying round has concluded, and Greg and Nick discuss the impact of the Lightning players from this round. With the quarterfinal round happening throughout today, they…