Justin Godfrey
Justin G. came to be a hockey fan during his college days in Florida. He writes about sports, card collecting and other assorted things on his other site - The Hopeful Chase.
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Tampa Bay Lightning Use Free Agency to Bolster Defense
July 6th, 2012 If Steve Yzerman handles his holiday shopping like he does the free agency market, it’s safe to say no one will see him frantically running around on Christmas Eve scrambling for the last remaining Furby. It took the Tampa Bay Lightning general manager roughly four days to conduct all of his offseason business and now has...
Defense - The Lightning's Revolving Door
June 19th, 2012 The last time the Tampa Bay Lightning took the ice before Steve Yzerman was named general manager was April 11th, 2010. The players who lined up on defense were: Mattias Ohlund Kurtis Foster Matt Walker Andresz Meszaros Mike Lundin Matt Lashoff Scott Jackson (subbing for an...
Anders Lindback - Steve Yzerman's Latest Gamble
June 15th, 2012 The confetti had barely finished falling on the Los Angeles Kings’ Stanley Cup victory parade before Lightning GM Steve Yzerman pulled the trigger on a deal that allows him to cross off the number one item on his off-season to-do list. On Friday, Tampa Bay announced that they had traded Sebastien Caron, two 2012 second round draft...
Steve Yzerman Addresses Lightning Goaltending and Other Notes
May 24th, 2012 While the NHL playoffs continue on there hasn’t been much of note emanating from the offices of the Tampa Bay Lightning. That doesn’t mean General Manager Steve Yzerman and his staff hasn’t been busy. They’ve been working hard at 401 Channelside Drive (and around the globe) to reshape the roster in order to make a run at the...Would Tampa Be a Good Destination For Rick Nash?
Since their season ended a month ago, most of the talk about the Tampa Bay Lightning’s needs have revolved around goaltending – and with good reason. The duo of Dwayne Roloson and Mathieu Garon (with cameos by Dustin Tokarski and Sebastien Caron) finished near the bottom of almost every goaltending stat recorded. However, finding...
10 Potential Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltenders for 2012-13
April 30th, 2012 The biggest need facing the Tampa Bay Lightning this off-season is without a doubt, an upgrade in the goaltending department. Most of the press has linked them with Roberto Luongo, the woebegone superstar seemingly headed out of Vancouver on a one-way ticket. However, it is not a foregone conclusion that the Quebec-native will be...
