John-Michael Liles: A Fit With Tampa? Mike Poepping | October 3, 2013 The Tampa Bay Lightning are looking forward to their first game of the season on Thursday, and are focused on what they need to do on the ice to be…
Lightning Preseason Round Up: What Did We Learn? Mike Poepping | September 27, 2013 With the preseason coming to an end this weekend I thought it would be a good time to see what we here in Hockey Bay have learned about our Tampa…
Buffalo Sabres Divison Foes: Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Womeldorf | September 21, 2013 With the reformatting of the divisional format in the NHL, you might be left with questions about the team’s in Buffalo’s division, the Atlantic Division. Who will the Sabres be…
How Can the Lightning Get Back to 2004? Prospects Need to Step Up Mike Poepping | September 14, 2013 The Tampa Bay Lightning fans may feel like their current team is a far cry from the Stanley Cup winning club of 2003-2004, but in reality the club may be…
Welcome to the East Detroit! Jamie Shinkewski | August 23, 2013 A new season, a new conference, a new division, and Detroit hasn’t seen any of these teams in over a year. Without any inter-conference play during the lockout, the Red…
Coaching with Jon Cooper and Company, Makes Lightning Future Bright Mike Poepping | August 16, 2013 The Tampa Bay Lightning may be in a rebuilding stage, but unlike other clubs who have been in similar situations around the league, look for the Bolts to be a…
Power Ranking the No. 1 Overall Picks From 2000-2009 Ton DeFrancesco | August 16, 2013 Since the inception of the NHL Entry Draft, every decade has had their share of booms and busts at the No. 1 overall pick. The 80’s produced household names such…
Valtteri Filppula Signing Upgrades Bolts The Hockey Writers | August 2, 2013 There wasn’t a dry eye in the Bay in late June, when the Lightning announced that they would use one of their compliance buy-outs on long-time captain and face of…
Lindback or Bishop: Who’s the Goaltending Answer in Tampa Bay? The Hockey Writers | July 28, 2013 Just over a year ago, in June of 2012, the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired a talented (and tall) goaltender from the Nashville Predators by the name of Anders Lindback. The…
Defense: What Bolt Nation can Expect in 2013-2014 Mike Poepping | July 22, 2013 One of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Bolt Nation’s biggest question marks for the upcoming 2013-2014 season is its defense. The Lightning are coming off of a disappointing, albeit shortened,…
Mike Angelidis: The Pulse Behind a Championship Team Ted Warren | July 12, 2013 In every city that houses a successful pro hockey franchise, there is a pulse that fans and players rely on. There is one vital role on the team that affects…
Drouin, Peca Among Tampa Bay’s Top Prospects Mike Poepping | July 8, 2013 The Tampa Bay Lightning sure do have a lot to look forward to in the future due to their highly skilled prospects and AHL affiliate the Syracuse Crunch. There is…