All Entries Tagged With: "Matt Smaby"
Tampa Bay Lightning 2011-12 Season Preview: Master Chef Yzerman is Whipping Up a Winner
Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman’s recipe for success finds the Bolts armed and ready to continue their climb to the top of the NHL in the coming season. No one could have predicted the 2010-11 Bolts would make it to the Eastern Conference Final and finally succumb to the eventual Cup winners, the Boston Bruins [...]
Lightning Acquire Bruno Gervais From Isles
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired 27 year old, Bruno Gervais from the New York Islanders for future considerations. The 6’0″, 200 lbs. defenseman has played six NHL seasons, all with the Islanders. He has accumulated nine goals, 59 assists and 164 penalty minutes in 331 NHL games. Gervais will be a part of the Bolts [...]
Pens Shutout Bolts 3-0 In Game 1
The playoff savvy Pittsburgh Penguins scored twice in eighteen seconds early in the third period and went on to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 last night. The Bolts were making their first playoff appearance in four years. Despite being the second highest scoring team in the Eastern Conference, the Lightning couldn’t solve Penguins goalie [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 76: Lightning 5 – Senators 2 “Getting Their Mojo Back” The Tampa Bay Lightning (41-24-11, 93 points) are on the verge of clinching their first playoff appearance in four years. The Bolts played a solid game at the St. Pete Times Forum and beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Tuesday night. The Carolina Hurricanes won [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 63: Lightning 1 – Devils 2 “Playing Their Game” If you didn’t know better, you would have thought the Tampa Bay Lightning and New Jersey Devils were playing in another era, using straight wooden sticks and skating in slow motion. The Devils held the Bolts to a meek 16 shots on goal and snapped [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game 55: Lightning 4 – Sabres 7 “Blasted” The Tampa Bay Lightning (33-17-5) lost a golden opportunity to put some distance between them and their Southeast Division rival Washington Capitals on Tuesday night. The Caps lost earlier in the evening to the San Jose Sharks and the Bolts could have gone up five points over [...]
The NHL’s Statistical Anomaly: The Tampa Bay Lightning
Through 46 games, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s record is 26-15-5 including a sparkling 13-4-2 at home and a respectable 13-11-3 on the road. The Bolts sport a 22-10-3 record versus Eastern Conference teams. Tampa Bay resides in 1st place in the Southeast Division, is 2nd seeded in the Eastern Conference and is the 6th best [...]
Tampa Bay Lightning Week In Review
Game Eleven: Lightning 2 – Ducks 3 OT “Lethargic” Steven Stamkos’ hot streak continued, but it wasn’t enough to give the Tampa Bay Lightning the win. Stammer scored his league-leading 10th goal of the season in a 3-2 OT loss to Anaheim. The Bolts center leads the NHL with 20 points and has a league-best [...]
Bolts Cut 21: UPDATED
The Lightning trimmed their roster to 28 today by cutting 21 players. The cuts were as follows: Forwards – Alex Berry, Mitch Fadden, Stefano Giliati, Alex Hutchings, Niklas Persson and James Wright. Defensemen – Mark Barberio, Radko Gudas, Scott Jackson, Kevin Quick and Ty Wishartt. Goaltenders – Jaroslav Janus and Dustin Tokarski have been assigned [...]
The Bolts Beat, 9/21/10
In this week’s edition of The Bolts Beat, Mike and Jon talk about some of the first impressions of training camp, who stood out, who did not and take another preseason look at the Southeast Division with TBL.com contributor Mark Pukalo. And Jon’s delusions about the New York Jets only get worse… Powered by Podbean.com [...]
Quite the Coup After All: Trade Price for Gagne Well Worth the Risk
So, yeah, I’ve spent much of the last week preaching every reason I could think of as to why Steve Yzerman and the Tampa Bay Lightning should not acquire Simon Gagne from the Philadelphia Flyers and I did so in several forums. Here, where comments and responses elsewhere were split – about 50/50, in terms [...]
“Methodical” Building Of Bolts Continues
New Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman continues to remake the Lightning roster. After re-signing Marty St. Louis and signing goalie Dan Ellis and defenseman Pavel Kubina last week, Stevie Y stayed busy this week. Bolts re-sign defenseman Mike Lundin and forward Teddy Purcell The Lightning re-signed both defenseman Mike Lundin and right wing Teddy [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Encouraging!
He was on the ice for 27 minutes and 15 seconds, four and a half minutes longer than anyone else. He skated skillfully and with purpose. His coach Rick Tocchet said, “If I had to say who tried and played hard…(he) would be in my top, absolutely.” I know, you’re thinking Marty or maybe Vinny. [...]