Andrei Vasilevskiy Will Return to the Ice Dustin L. Nelson | October 28, 2015 The Tampa Bay Lightning have assigned goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League on a conditioning assignment, the team announced on Wednesday. Vasilevskiy was sidelined…
Lightning Road Hazard Dan Herrejon | October 26, 2015 Hard to imagine that with the NHL season just past five games for the Tampa Bay Lightning last week, that their coach, Jon Cooper would call a short four game…
Tampa Waives Kevin Poulin, Recalls Kristers Gudlevskis Dustin L. Nelson | October 24, 2015 In corresponding moves the Tampa Bay Lightning have waived former New York Islanders goaltender Kevin Poulin, according to Renaud Lavoie, and they’ve recalled Kristers Gudlevskis from the Syracuse Crunch of…
The Overuse of Ben Bishop Dan Herrejon | October 20, 2015 In each of the last two seasons, goalie Ben Bishop of the Tampa Bay Lightning has started over 60 games for the team. During this same time span, Bishop has…
Lightning Claim Kevin Poulin Off Waivers Dustin L. Nelson | September 27, 2015 With Jaroslav Halak and Thomas Greiss all but locked into the NHL lineup, it’s not surprising that the Islanders waived goaltender Kevin Poulin to get him ice time with the…
Ray Emery, Ryan Martindale Get PTOs From Lightning Dustin L. Nelson | September 8, 2015 Goaltender Ray Emery and forward Ryan Martindale will be heading to Tampa Bay Lightning training camp on professional tryout contracts (PTOs), according to Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times.…
Vasilevskiy Surgery Keeps Things in Neutral Dan Herrejon | September 5, 2015 The Tampa Bay Lightning experienced some bad news this week as backup goaltender, Andrei Vasilevskiy, had surgery this past Thursday to remove a blood clot near his left collarbone. Obviously,…
Andrei Vasilevskiy is Out; Who’s In? Dustin Nelson | September 4, 2015 With Friday’s news that Andrei Vasilevskiy will miss the next two-three months following surgery to remove a blood clot, the Lightning are going to need to figure out their goaltending…
Andrei Vasilevskiy Out 2-3 Months After Surgery Dustin L. Nelson | September 4, 2015 Young Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Andrei Vasilevskiy will miss 2-3 months after having vascular surgery to remove blood clot, the team announced on Friday. The team explained the procedure in…