Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Na June 25, 2014, Lightning bịanyere aka na Ryan Callahan maka afọ isii, $34.8 nde nkwekọrịta. Ndị otu ahụ nwetara Callahan n'oge gara aga na azụmaahịa nke zigara Martin St. Louis na New York Rangers, yana inweta ihe ga-aghọ nhọrọ nke mbụ na 2014
na 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Callahan gbara goolu isii ma nyekwa goolu ise na egwuregwu iri abụọ na Lightning. N'otu ụbọchị ahụ, ndị Lighting họọrọ iji ego ikpeazụ ha zụtara n'aka Ryan Malone. Malone meriri nsogbu mmerụ ahụ n'oge ya na Lightning, wee hụ ọnụọgụgụ ya ka ọ na-agbadata ihe mgbaru ọsọ ise na enyemaka iri na egwuregwu 57. Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, a nwụchiri Malone maka ịkwọ ụgbọala n'aṅụghị mmanya na iji ọgwụ cocaine eme ihe. Ndị otu ahụ gara n'ihu n'ụbọchị ha ji ọrụ n'aka site n'ịbịanye aka ọzọ na onye na-agbapụ J. T. Brown na nkwekọrịta afọ abụọ, otu ụzọ. Brown pụtara n'egwuregwu 63 na Lightning n'oge gara aga, gbaa goolu anọ na isi iri na itoolu mgbe ọ na-eme 13:02 na ice oge kwa egwuregwu. Brown pụtakwara na egwuregwu Stanley Cup anọ niile na 2014, na-enye aka abụọ.