The Tampa Bay Lightning are back in the Stanley Cup Remaining for the third consecutive time and are searching to finish the NHL’s very first a few-peat because the New York Islanders received four straight from 1980 to 1983.

The Islanders comparisons are going to be a vital aspect of the storyline for Tampa Bay heading into the ultimate in opposition to the Colorado Avalanche and leading the praise is Wayne Gretzky, as "The Excellent A person" compared the resiliency of the Lightning to that of the Islanders of the 1980s.

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Wayne Gretzky addresses enthusiasts prior to the 2020 NHL All-Star Expertise Opposition at Company Centre on January 24, 2020 in St Louis, Missouri. (Bruce Bennett/Getty Photos)

"Their resilience is a whole lot like that workforce, the Islanders of the 80s in a feeling that, they can play you skating, they can play you defensive, they can perform you bodily. And like Billy Smith, like Grant Fuhr, this goalie (Andrei Vasilevskiy) is definitely distinctive," Gretzky explained to The Athletic in a tale revealed Monday.

"The even bigger the sport, the much better he appears to be to enjoy. They have it in their minds that they just cannot reduce. And their perform ethic is remarkable. You view them engage in, they perform difficult every single change. They play unselfish."

STEVEN STAMKOS' TWO Aims PROPEL LIGHTNING TO STANLEY CUP Ultimate: 'WE DESERVED TO Gain THE GAME'

Head coach Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning talks with the workforce all through a break in participate in towards the New York Rangers for the duration of the 3rd time period in Match Four of the Eastern Convention Ultimate of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena on June 07, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Mike Carlson/Getty Photos)

Tampa Bay came again from a 2- deficit in the Japanese Convention closing to beat the New York Rangers. The group also confronted a 3-2 deficit in opposition to the Toronto Maple Leafs prior to coming back to acquire the 1st-round sequence.

Even when confronted with accidents, the Lightning have damaged by way of time and once more. Brayden Issue hasn’t played given that the Sport 7 win in excess of the Maple Leafs, when others have taken their bumps and bruises.

"When you get knocked about, when you get knocked down that a lot of periods and the workforce continue to comes back, you know you have bought something. It just took us some time," Lightning mentor Jon Cooper said, by using the Tampa Bay Situations. "And know they’re back again and they just preserve coming again. To back. To back.

"It’s so amazing to be a section of. But it takes a large amount of perception, a great deal of braveness and a team from the operator all the way down to stick alongside one another."

Steven Stamkos #91 and head mentor Jon Cooper of the Tampa Bay Lightning rejoice the sequence acquire in opposition to the New York Rangers after Sport 6 of the Eastern Meeting Remaining of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Amalie Arena on June 11, 2022 in Tampa, Florida. (Mark LoMoglio/NHLI by way of Getty Visuals)

Colorado will have the tricky activity to end the Lightning’s professional offense and get by means of goaltender Vasilevskiy. The Avalanche swept the Edmonton Oilers on their way to their initial Stanley Cup visual appearance due to the fact 2001.

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