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Tampa Bay Lightning Week in Review – Featuring The Quarterdeck Log
The Tampa Bay Lightning are 14-16-2 with 30 points through 32 games. After 32 games last season, the Bolts were 18-10-4 with 40 points. The Bolts are in fourth place in the Southeast Division and trail the division leading Florida Panthers by ten points. Tampa Bay has fallen to 13th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference. After 32 [...]
Top-20 best bang-for-the-buck NHL forwards in 2010-11
Yesterday I had a look at the worst goal scorers in the NHL compared to their 2010-11 actual salary, and without any surprise Scott Gomez was ranked number one at $1,142,857 per goal (7 goals for $8,000,000) more than $400,000 per goal than Matt Stajan who was ranked second. The list was not unanimous, as [...]
Predators Burnt by the Flames 3-1
All good things come to an end, and tonight, the Nashville Predators three game winning streak came to an end against the Calgary Flames in a 3-1 loss at Calgary. The Predators saw their potent penalty kill give up two power play goals and their effective offense rendered impotent by an aggressive Calgary defense that [...]
The race for the Frank Selke Trophy (Best defensive forward)
One third into the 2010-11 NHL season, let’s have a look at the best defensive forwards in the league this year. I have compiled a list of the best 20 players that should be considered for this prestigious, yet underrated award. Past winners since 2000-2001: 2000–01 John Madden New Jersey Devils C 2001–02 Michael Peca [...]
New weekly fantasy hockey ramblings at Hockey Independent
This will be a new weekly feature here at Hockey Independent as I will try to give you advice on your fantasy hockey drafts, whether it’s a keeper pool or not, and whether you are allowed daily/weekly roster changes or not during the season. You can have a look at my article on the 2010-11 [...]
Blog Watch: Quick Hits As We Await Eventual Kovalchuk Signing
Good morning folks. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday weekend and are now settled back in at their homes, vacation houses, offices, etc. Here are your quick hits to help get you through another day in the NHL’s off-season: Puck Daddy: Looking at the chances that the NHL adds another team in Canada. Hopefully, Jim [...]
Bolts Day 1 Free Agent Frenzy: Yzerman Performs Magic
The hockey Gods are shining down on Hockey Bay lately and that trend continued today as the NHL’s “Free Agent Frenzy” began. The chosen Lightning apostle, Steve Yzerman, blessed the Lightning faithful by making the team better while remaining fiscally responsible. Tampa Bay fans were overjoyed to hear that diminutive forward Martin St. Louis will [...]
B’s Enter Free-Agency With Big Needs & Little Money
It was a rainy day in March when the Bruins disappointed their fans by failing to pull the trigger on a trade that would’ve brought some much needed scoring up front to bolster a pedestrian offense. Despite a near-run to the Eastern Conference Finals amidst this lack of scoring, the B’s would once again come [...]
Attention NHL Shoppers: Lightning Free Agent Frenzy Is Here!
Now that the draft is over, Bolthead Nation can focus on the “Free Agent Frenzy” that begins on Thursday, July 1. The Tampa Bay Lightning probably won’t get involved in signing an upper echelon free agent player. The free agent pool is shallow as compared to other years and new GM Steve Yzerman simply cannot [...]
Lightning Playing Out The String…Again
The Lightning has plummeted from 6th to 14th place in the 15 team Eastern Conference in just two months. They are now eight points behind the eighth place Boston Bruins. With eleven games remaining, Boston needs to go 5-5-1 to force the Bolts to win every one of their ten remaining games. That accompanied with [...]
Heading Into the Trade Deadline…
With the NHL trade deadline less than 48 hours away, there is plenty to talk about for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Read on as I cover the Olympics, the assistant coaching change, and the upcoming trade deadline…
A look at former Canadiens’ players so far this season
Christopher Higgins The American forward is having a hard time in the Big Apple. In fact, Higgins only has five points this year, and only deux goals. Defensively, Higgins’ strength, is having difficulties adjusting to John Tortorella’s style of play posting a plus/minus differential of -5. Tortorella is mainly using him on the third line [...]
He’s Back…Vinny Leads The Way
Okay. I’m back and so are the amazing vanishing Lightning stars. Coach Rick Tocchet had to go all the way to the Arizona desert to find his three lost souls. Last night versus the Coyotes, captain Vincent Lecavalier escaped from the NHL witness protection program and scored twice and added an assist. Alex Tanguay netted [...]
Captain Vinny to the Rescue!
Thanks to a big night from Vincent Lecavalier, some stellar saves by Mike Smith, and also an off night for Phoenix goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov, the Lightning came out with a 4-1 win in Phoenix.
The First 15: Team Report
This is a full report of the Tampa Bay Lightning after 15 games. Team leaders, the good and bad news for the team, future forecasts, injury reports, and more!
Is James Wright the Right Answer for Lightning’s Woes?
The Background Story: Following a decent 2-1-2 start to the season, the Lightning have lost two straight with a 7-1 shellacking from the Ottawa Senators and a 4-1 loss to the Penguins. Though the goaltending was shaky at times and the defense was far less than decent, the biggest concern for the Lightning would have [...]
Early Estimations: Bolts Under The Magnifying Glass
It’s not time to panic or lose hope, but they’ve given us no real reason to think playoffs. The Tampa Bay Lightning is 1-1-2 in the first four games of the 2009-10 season. Here are my impressions of the Bolts’ early season performance. Goalie Mike Smith is not right. He has been solid…even amazing at [...]
OH YEAH, HOCKEY: Isles Gearing For Season Besides Another Groin Injury?
Besides Matt Moulson, if the rest of the team could get a point tweaking their groin, the Isles might be raising a few eyebrows instead of the LI cost of ice packs. As Katie Strang wrote in Newsday, these type of injuries give the kids trying to make the team an extra look. Hockey Independent [...]
Hockey Bay USA Season Preview And Prediction
2008-09 Recap: Dismal The Lightning finished 2008-09 last in the Southeast Division and 14th in the Eastern Conference with a poor 24-40-18 record and 66 points. They had four players that netted 20 or more goals and six players in total that had double-digit goals. Martin St. Louis (30 goals. 50 assists and 80 points) [...]
Bolts Cut Roster: Who’s In-Who’s Out
Once the scrimmage with Norfolk was completed last night, the Turk visited eleven Lightning players. After clearing waivers, forwards Martins Karsums and Blair Jones were assigned to AHL Norfolk. Goaltenders Dustin Tokarski, Riku Helenius and Jaroslav Janus (unsigned), defensemen Vladimir Mihalik and Ty Wishart, and forwards Juraj Simek, Paul Szczechura and Dana Tyrell were also [...]