Red Wings & Lightning: Mock Salary Cap Trade Tony Wolak | December 9, 2020 If a few more things fall into place, Detroit Red Wings training camp will start later this month. Add one more holiday to the December calendar. Steve Yzerman got most…
Lightning Have Felt Brisebois’ Impact Since 2010 Elisabeth Baker | December 8, 2020 Canadian-born Julien BriseBois did not start his career as a general manager in the National Hockey League. He likely never imagined he would be managing the most recent Stanley Cup…
BriseBois, Cooper Give Canada Best Chance for Gold in 2022 Kyle Knopp | December 7, 2020 After a brief hiatus, the National Hockey League (NHL) announced in July that players will be available for the Beijing (2022) and Milan-Cortina (2026) Olympics. The 2018 Winter Olympics was…
Lightning Should Use Barre-Boulet to Fill Any Opening Day Roster Spots Zach Seifter | December 6, 2020 For Tampa Bay Lightning General Manager Julien BriseBois, and the entire organization, there has been one mission all offseason: Get younger and cheaper. It’s a mission created out of necessity…
Jon Cooper Optimistic About Upcoming NHL Season, ‘It’s Just a Matter of When’ [Video] Eugene Helfrick | December 5, 2020 Tampa Bay Lightning head coach John Cooper recently discussed how he was feeling optimistic about the start of the 2020-21 season. As he said in the video below, “we have…
Analyzing the Lightning’s Potential Trade Partners to Clear Cap Space Eugene Helfrick | December 5, 2020 It’s no secret that the Tampa Bay Lightning are in the middle of a deep cap crunch. Years of success led the franchise to lock down their veteran core to…
The Lightning Are Built to Repeat as Stanley Cup Champions Frank Quartarone | December 4, 2020 In 2019-20, the Tampa Bay Lightning were able to achieve the ultimate goal of every NHL franchise, win the holiest of holy grails, the Stanley Cup. The current core for…
NHL Rumors: Penguins, Red Wings, Lightning, Bruins, More Jim Parsons | December 3, 2020 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, what is going on in the NHL that not one free agent has been signed in over a month? Is there another wave of deals…
Lightning Seeking to Become the 2nd Team to Repeat in the Salary Cap Era Kyle Knopp | December 2, 2020 The Stanley Cup is considered the hardest trophy to win in professional sports and even harder to win in back-to-back seasons. Since the salary cap was instituted ahead of the…
The Lightning Cannot Afford to Lose Anthony Cirelli Elisabeth Baker | December 1, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning won the Stanley Cup with a stacked team of stars and a few new faces, but after the playoffs, they found themselves in a salary-cap crunch…
NHL Rumors: Oilers, Maple Leafs, Lightning, Blues, Blackhawks, More Jim Parsons | November 30, 2020 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, after signing college prospect Philip Kemp, the Edmonton Oilers have finally found him a place to play overseas. In Toronto, there is some debate about…
Lightning’s Forward Corps Is a Highlight of the Franchise Eugene Helfrick | November 28, 2020 Since they joined the NHL almost 30 years ago, the Tampa Bay Lightning have been a franchise defined by high-end forwards. Even when the team struggled on ice with bad…