All Entries Tagged With: "Matt Walker"
For the Flyers, moving Nik Zherdev may be the best option
For the first time since he suffered a sprained knee against Ottawa last month, Dan Carcillo returned to the lineup in the Flyers 2-1 overtime win in Boston Saturday night. To clear the way for Carcillo’s return, coach Peter Laviolette made Nikolay Zherdev a healthy scratch for the third time this season. Zherdev was signed [...]
Flyers receive permission to keep Leighton on injured reserve
On Monday afternoon, Flyers general manager Paul Holmgren told reporters on a conference call that goalie Michael Leighton is not ready to return to the Flyers after a six-day conditioning period with the Adirondack Phantoms. Holmgren said that he filed for an extension for the conditioning assignment per the CBA, and a couple hours later, [...]
Lightning Could Use a Resolution on Ranger
As the Tampa Bay Lightning’s stabilizing summer continues, it seems as though one question mark after another gets washed away on a near daily basis. From Steve Yzerman’s appointment as general manager, to his magic act of shedding two bad contracts for lofty returns, to yesterday’s underrated depth signing of center Dominic Moore, need areas [...]
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 [...]
Yzerman Does It Again: Gagne Is A Bolt
Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman continued his quest for a world class organization today. Stevie Y went out and got proven scorer and leader, Simon Gagne from the Philadelphia Flyers. Gagne brings his goal scoring talents to Hockey Bay USA while the Flyers get defenseman Matt Walker and a fourth round pick in return. [...]
Philadelphia Flyers send Simon Gagne to Tampa Bay Lightning
According to different sources, the Flyers have officially shipped left-winger Simon Gagne to the Lightning in exchange for defenseman Matt Walker and a 4th round pick in 2011. Matt Walker, 30, has a cap hit of $1.7 million. The Lightning now has seven NHL defensemen under contract for next season (Kubina, Ohlund, Hedman, Lundin, Smaby, [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
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!
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 [...]
Forget Regina
This one was a “stinker.” The Lightning traveled to Regina, Saskatchewan and played an emotionless game in front of 7,000 fans at the Brandt Centre. The Ottawa Senators beat the Bolts 3-1, out shooting them 29-12. Carter Ashton played well and scored the only Lightning goal five minutes into the second period off of a [...]
Smitty Just Being Smitty
While I didn’t attend the Bolts tilt versus the Thrashers last night, I watched the tape and did what I’m sure all of the Lightning fans, players and management did…focused solely on returning goalie Mike Smith. The thing that I have always liked about Smith is that he is not a just a goalie, but [...]
Lightning Summer Of Discontent Is Thankfully Over
To be very clear, I am not a fan of Tampa Bay Lightning owners Oren Koules and Len Barrie. They have done some outright stupid things that have set the franchise back for years. They are embroiled in a business tug of war that will end with one of them face down in the mud, [...]
