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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 [...]
Smith Takes It Like A Man
Lightning goaltender Mike Smith stopped 32 of 33 shots and played 60 minutes on the way to a 2-1 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes in Everett, Washington. This was good news for Lightning followers, but even better news was that the Bolts backstop was run into by his teammate. Huh? Yep. Big Ryan Craig inadvertently [...]