Tag: Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the Washington Capitals

Lightning looking to trade a defenseman Joe Smith: Have been hearing that the Tampa Bay Lightning are open to the idea of moving defensemen Slater Koekkoek or Brayden Coburn and have been calling teams to see if there is any…

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NHL Injuries: Khudobin, Boyd, Kempny, Schultz, Sprong, Kucherov, Hyman, and Perry

Khudobin won't miss much time Mark Stepneski: Dallas Stars goaltender Anton Khudobin has a minor issue and didn't practice yesterday. He's expected to be able to back up on Sunday. Kempny not ruled out for their season opener Tom Gulitti:…

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NHL Rumors: Maple Leafs, Senators, Sharks, Lightning, Bieksa, and Flyers

Dubas confident he can get Nylander, Matthews, and Marner signed to extensions Andrew Bottomley of Sportsnet: Back in July Toronto Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas said that "We can, and we will" with regards to signing William Nylander, Auston Matthews,…

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Atlantic Division: Tampa Bay Lightning Season Primer

Salary Cap Situation - source Cap Friendly Projected Cap Hit: $75,363,780 Projected LTIR Used: $0 Current Cap Space: $4,136,220 Deadline Cap Space: $19,233,423 Todays Cap Hit: $75,363,780 Roster: 21/23 Contracts: 49/50 Offseason Moves – In/Out - source Sports Forecaster In - Cameron Gaunce, D…

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NHL Injuries: Perry, Crawford, Forsling, Galchenyuk, Fabbri, Eakin, Johnson, and Hyman

Perry suffers a lower-body injury Eric Stephens: Anaheim Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said that forward Corey Perry suffered a lower-body injury during warm-up and had to be scratched. No further update yet. Crawford getting close to being able to practice…

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NHL Rumors: Tampa Bay Lightning and the Dallas Stars

The Lightning could look for a right-handed defenseman before the trade deadline Joe Smith of The Athletic: (mailbag) The Tampa Bay Lightning terminated Jake Dotchin's contract for "material breach." It's been reported that it was because of his lack of conditioning,…

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Current NHL Stars Who Were Late-Round Draft Picks

Inspired by Henrik Zetterberg's 'retirement' from the NHL, Lyle Richardson looks at some active NHL Stars who were drafted in the later rounds.

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NHL News: Flames, Bruins, Dotchin, Canadiens, Rangers, Blue Jackets, and Canucks

Tkachuk out with a lower-body injury Dan Rosen: Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk is out with a not serious lower-body injury. He will be held out of todays game as a precaution. Coach Bill Peters said he could play if…

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NHL Rumors: Rangers and Hayes … Karlsson, Lightning, Golden Knights and Maple Leafs

Hayes doesn't think the Rangers will trade him John Giannone: New York Rangers forward Kevin Hayes: “I had a great conversation with Dru (Chris Drury) and Gorts (GM Jeff Gorton) as soon as I signed my contract. I believe there’s no…

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NHL News: Crawford, Seabrook, Barrie, Sheahan, McGinn, Shaw, and Dotchin

Injury updates on some Chicago Blackhawks Eric Lear: Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Corey Crawford said that he had a concussion last year and he didn't have vertigo. Crawford added that most of the concussion symptoms are gone. Tracey Myers: Crawford on…

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NHL Rumors: The Ottawa Senators and Erik Karlsson

Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen: The Ottawa Senators could trade Erik Karlsson, but they may not be looking to move out all of their veterans. GM Pierre Dorion stressed they need the right mix of “Leadership, chemistry and character." “When…

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