TAMPA, Fla. — Reading into other teams’ scouts attending certain NHL games can be like silly season, especially around the trade deadline.



In the beginning of the season? It’s even harder to read the tea leaves.



But it certainly has been interesting how much the Lightning and Kings have been tracking each other this past week. Two Los Angeles scouts were at the Lightning-Ducks game Tuesday in Tampa, just a few days after Tampa Bay assistant GM Pat Verbeek was in L.A. for the Kings-Oilers matchup.



The Lightning’s West Coast scout, Gerry O’Flaherty, was at the Kings game Tuesday in Vancouver, and he was spotted at the Kings’ AHL Ontario affiliate recently too, per our Lisa Dillman.



What does this all mean? It’s probably nothing. Teams just doing their due diligence. After all, Leafs scout Blair MacKasey has been a fixture at many Lightning games this season, both at home and on the road. That doesn’t mean...