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Tampa Bay Lightning Send Cory Conacher to Ottawa Senators for Goaltender Ben Bishop on Deadline Day
April 3rd, 2013 at 12:00 PM
***VIDEO1*** In a surprising move, the Tampa Bay Lightning have made a deal at the trade deadline for a goaltender. No, not Roberto Luongo of the Vancouver Canucks, long linked to Tampa Bay in trade rumors; not Miikka Kiprusoff of the Calgary Flames, who reportedly would not report to a new team...

Tampa Bay Lightning Trade Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Carolina Hurricanes for Adam Hall and a 7th Round Pick
April 2nd, 2013 at 2:40 PM
***VIDEO1*** It was announced this morning that the Tampa Bay Lightning have traded defenseman Marc-Andre Bergeron to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forward Adam Hall -- lost to the Canes earlier this season on waivers -- and a 7th round pick in this summer's NHL entry draft. While this move left...

Lindy Ruff was Never Frontrunner for Tampa Bay Lightning
March 26th, 2013 at 2:03 PM
With the recent firing of Guy Boucher as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, "free agent" head coach Lindy Ruff, formerly of the Buffalo Sabres, was immediately pegged as the likely candidate to replace him. "He has connection to Yzerman from Team Canada", "the Bolts need a tough, disciplinarian...

Guy Boucher and the Death of the 1-3-1
March 26th, 2013 at 1:43 PM
Late last night, I listened to the popular Marek vs. Wyshynski podcast featuring Jeff Marek of Sportsnet and Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports. On yesterday's installment, with the two co-hosts discussing the recent firing of Guy Boucher as the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Jeff Marek posited that a game against...

Tampa Bay Lightning Name Jon Cooper as New Head Coach
March 25th, 2013 at 10:38 PM
Over the past few seasons, my faith in Guy Boucher as head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning has slowly dwindled. Once one of his staunchest defenders amidst the many cries for his head, over the past few weeks I've slowly come to the realization that Guy Boucher as head coach...

Guy Boucher Fired by Tampa Bay Lightning
March 24th, 2013 at 1:47 PM
***VIDEO1*** While "fire Guy Boucher" had become a common enough refrain amongst fans and media guys in other markets, many people (myself included) thought General Manager Steve Yzerman would take a more measured, patient approach to the team's recent struggles as players from the AHL continue to be incorporated into the...

Tampa Bay Lightning Center Nate Thompson Signs 4-Year Contract Extension
March 23rd, 2013 at 2:32 PM
***VIDEO1*** In a somewhat surprising move by Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Steve Yzerman just as this afternoon's game with the Ottawa Senators was beginning, Lightning forward Nate Thompson has signed a 4-year, 6.4 million dollar extension to stay with the club.   Thompson's new deal with Tampa worth $1.6 M per year...

Adam Hall Waived by Tampa Bay Lightning, Youth Movement Beginning?
March 15th, 2013 at 12:26 PM
***VIDEO1*** Perhaps the youth movement in Tampa Bay had already begun. After all, Cory Conacher, Alex Killorn, Ondrej Palat, Radko Gudas and Tyler Johnson are all currently on the Tampa Bay Lightning roster right now anyways, and Richard Panik made his debut earlier this season. But this afternoon, the Bolts made a move that...

Guy Boucher not the Problem for Struggling Tampa Bay Lightning
March 5th, 2013 at 2:49 PM
***VIDEO1*** Late last night, an apparently not uncommon thought amongst an increasingly vocal Tampa Bay Lightning fanbase surfaced on Twitter and elsewhere. The common refrain? A call for Guy Boucher's head. The third year coach, who set expectations exceedingly high in his first season by reaching Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals in...

Tampa Bay Lightning 1st Round Pick Slater Koekkoek Traded in OHL
January 10th, 2013 at 11:24 AM
***VIDEO1*** Tampa Bay  Lightning GM Steve Yzerman surprised many by following a run on defensemen early in the first round and selecting Peterborough Petes defender Slater Koekkoek 10th overall (whom many had ranked in the bottom half of the first round or even lower) instead of the much more highly rated...

Question of the Week: Who is the Villain of the Lockout?
December 14th, 2012 at 8:45 PM
Our friends over at Raw Charge run a segment called the "Question of the Week", where lead editor John Fontana poses a question to the Lightning blogosphere and then reposts the answers. This weeks food for thought was pointing the finger at one person or entity responsible for the ongoing 2012-2013 lockout,...

How the 2012 Lockout Hurts the Tampa Bay Lightning
September 21st, 2012 at 4:26 PM
***PHOTO1*** On the heels of an official announcement by the NHL that all preseason NHL games have been canceled through the end of September, it is appropriate to take a step back and examine how this ongoing lockout will affect the Tampa Bay Lightning specifically. To do so, it is important not...

AHL Syracuse Crunch Benefiting from Affiliation with Tampa Bay Lightning
September 11th, 2012 at 2:18 AM
***VIDEO1*** With the NHL lockout creeping closer and closer -- talks stalled last Friday and the expiration date of the current CBA is September 15 -- it seems more and more likely that Tampa Bay Lightning fans will have to become Syracuse Crunch fans fairly soon if they want to see...

Phil Esposito Considering Opportunity with KHL Amidst Ongoing NHL Labor Uncertainty
September 4th, 2012 at 2:53 AM
***VIDEO1*** Tampa Bay Lightning founder and current radio color commentator Phil Esposito is reportedly mulling over an offer to take a more active role in hockey operations. It just won't be with the Tampa Bay Lightning, the team he founded in 1992, with the NHL or even in North America. The relatively young...

Tampa Bay Lightning Near Middle of Pack in Business Week’s Smartest Spenders in Sports
August 31st, 2012 at 9:34 PM
According to data compiled and presented by Business Week, the Tampa Bay Lightning rank near the middle of the 122 major sports franchises in North America in terms of efficient spending. The Bolts were ranked 72nd of 122 teams from the NHL, NFL, NBA, and MLB. Cited by the report were...

Tampa Bay Lightning Prospect Jaroslav Janus Signs Tryout Deal with KHL HC Slovan Bratislava
August 28th, 2012 at 7:54 PM
***PHOTO1*** With the summer re-acquisition of Finnish goaltender Riku Helenius, a 1st round draft pick (15th overall) of the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2006, as well as a trade for Nashville Predators net minder Anders Lindback, the Lightning suddenly faced a conundrum the organization had never faced before in its 20...

Contract Details Surface for Newest Member of Tampa Bay Lightning: Dmitry Korobov
August 7th, 2012 at 8:10 PM
Capgeek recently released the contract details for the newest member of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Belarusian defenseman Dmitry Korobov. Korobov's 2-year deal with the club comes with a cap hit of $775,000 via a $725,000 salary in year one and a $825,000 salary in year two. Korobov's deal is 2-way, and his salary...

First Nomination Deadline Approaching for Tampa Bay Lightning Community Heroes for 2012-2013
August 5th, 2012 at 2:27 AM
Per the team's official website:  We are delighted to be entering the second season of our program and look forward to reading your nominations for local, grassroots Community Heroes who are using their lives to make the greater Tampa Bay community a better place. The initiative, funded and founded by Tampa Bay...

Tampa Bay Lightning Give More Responsibility to Coach Steve Thomas
August 3rd, 2012 at 10:16 PM
After several seasons spent working with the prospects and developing players, coach Steve Thomas' role is reportedly being expanded by General Manager Steve Yzerman for the 2012-2013 season. There has been an open spot behind the Lightning bench since Assistant Coach Wayne Fleming stepped down due to his ongoing battle with...

Tampa Bay Lightning Sign KHL Defenseman Dmitry Korobov
August 2nd, 2012 at 11:38 AM
***VIDEO1*** General Manager Steve Yzerman's love affair with Russian players continues. Per the official Twitter account of the team, the Tampa Bay Lightning have signed 23-year old defenseman Dmitry Korobov to a 2-year, 2-way contract. Korobov was born in Belarus but like prospects such as Nikita Kucherov, Nikita Nesterov, Nikita Gusev, Andrei Vasilevski...