Lightning coach finds out about Point signing on phone during meeting
Cooper pleasantly surprised while onstage next to BriseBois
by Dan O'Leary @DanOLeary25 / NHL.com Staff Writer
It may not have been the point of the Tampa Bay Lightning all-staff meeting, but it quickly became the Point Meeting.
The Lightning shared a clip of an internal meeting when staff were assembled to discuss team matters with coach Jon Cooper and general manager Julien BriseBois.
In the clip, Cooper's phone goes off, but the office faux pas is forgivable when considering the news he got from his device.
"There's no way. Really?" Cooper asks, sharing his phone onstage.
"Yeah, we just signed Brayden Point," BriseBois confirms.
Cue the applause.
It wasn't the only fun the team had in announcing the return of Point on a three-year contract.
The Lightning were well aware of the fact that Point's contract situation was weighing heavily on the minds of fans, so they had a little fun with that on Twitter.
Nothing wrong with celebrating good news.