STOCKHOLM — Pat Maroon didn’t play for the 62-win Lightning last season.



The 31-year-old veteran wing hoisted the Stanley Cup with his hometown St. Louis Blues, who reached the sport’s pinnacle after being the worst team in the league at midseason.



But a few months into his first season with Tampa Bay, Maroon can’t help but feel attached to the Lightning team that won the Presidents’ Trophy yet got stunningly swept in the first round of the playoffs in April.



“I feel like I was here, the way everyone keeps talking about it,” Maroon said. “It breaks my heart because they’re still feeling it. I feel their pain.



“But you can’t rely on that anymore.”



Much has been made about the Lightning’s slow start — 6-5-2 heading into next weekend’s back-to-back with the Sabres in the NHL’s Global Series. Tampa Bay hasn’t played up to its standard and has...