NHL Expansion Draft: Tampa Bay Lightning Primer
The Lightning played most of the season without star center Steven Stamkos and nearly snuck into the playoffs with a late season run with Nikita Kucherov scoring 40 goals and Victor Hedman registering a career-high 72 points. Tampa has been…
NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning – Expansion, Killorn, Drouin
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times: Lightning GM Steve Yzerman has a busy offseason in front of him as the tries to improve his team after missing the playoffs. "The expansion draft is…
NHL Rumors: Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning
On the Ottawa Senators ... Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: The Senators have shown that they have lacked true grit in past years, and more recently in Games 3 and 4. Chris Neil was added for Game 5, replacing…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Scouting Canes-Kings, Flyers and Capitals
On the Tampa Bay Lightning ... GM Steve Yzerman on the Nikita Nesterov trade to the Canadiens. Erik Erlendsson: The trade was made for roster reasons as the Lightning felt they would lose either Nesterov or Luke Witkowski on waivers.…
Injuries: Penguins, Lightning, Devils, Coyotes and Blues
On the Penguins ... Jenn Menendez of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Penguins Pascal Dupuis returned to practice yesterday. He's been out with a lower-body injury since a week before the season started. “Felt good. Good step in the right direction,” said…
2015-16 Tampa Bay Lightning Top 10 Prospects
A look at the Tampa Bay Lightning top 10 prospects heading into the 2015-16 season. Since joining the Lightning as GM, Steve Yzerman has done an excellent job guiding this franchise. Using his former team the Detroit Red Wings as a…
Quick Hits: Vegas, Leafs, St. Louis, Weber, Hedman and Line Combos
Scott Burnside of ESPN: Bill Foley wouldn't give ESPN their season ticket sales numbers, but sources saying they are now over 10,000. Down payments on those tickets reflect grass-roots buyers, individuals and small businesses throughout the Las Vegas area. Now…
NHL Rumors III: More on Taylor Hall
Jim Matheson: Wouldn't trade Taylor Hall, but this is the Oilers and they've traded Wayne Gretzky, Mark Messier, Jari Kurri, Paul Coffey, Grant Fuhr and Kevin Lowe. Dennis Bernstein: A team that is in 30th overall shouldn't have any untouchable.…