History Says Yzerman Will Sell at Deadline Eugene Helfrick | January 24, 2018 Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman is known to be a shrewd businessman when it comes to making trades. Part of how he has turned Tampa Bay into a contender is…
How the Tampa Bay Lightning Are Changing Their City The Hockey Writers | July 29, 2017 When I told my uncle that I was going to be writing about the Tampa Bay Lightning online, he was ecstatic. Not as much about the writing part, but more so…
Lightning’s Yzerman Continues to Build Depth Steven DiOssi | July 5, 2017 Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman’s most newsworthy moves this summer have come in trading Jonathan Drouin for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and the signing of free agents Chris Kunitz…
Yzerman Has Defining Decisions to Make Eugene Helfrick | June 7, 2017 At the start of the 2016-17 season, it looked like the Tampa Bay Lightning would be in a bad spot heading into the 2017 offseason. Between a number of high…
Lightning’s Yzerman Eyes NHL Expansion Draft to Start Summer Steven DiOssi | April 15, 2017 For Tampa Bay Lightning, the 2016-17 regular season has come and gone and for the first time in four years, they are not one of 16 teams in the Stanley…
Should Tampa Fans Still Trust the “Yzerplan” The Hockey Writers | March 13, 2017 For Tampa Bay Lightning fans, it’s been a long year. Starting with Steven Stamkos’s injury in November, the Lightning have faced a list of injuries as long as the wait…
Five Questions Lightning’s Yzerman Faces Now Steven DiOssi | February 18, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning return from the bye week with back-to-back contests against the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche this weekend. With 26 games left to play in the regular season,…
What is Lightning’s Yzerman to Do? Steven DiOssi | January 30, 2017 As the NHL All-Star break draws to a close and teams return to regular season play, there’s perhaps no one with more to prove than the Tampa Bay Lightning. Picked…
Calls for Jon Cooper’s Head Absurd Dan Herrejon | January 24, 2017 One of the oldest clichés in sports, in general, is that all coaches are hired to be fired. Pretty self-explanatory. We get it. Unless some poor guy behind the bench…
Keeping Kucherov in Tampa Bay Darren Faria | August 10, 2016 The Tampa Bay Lightning have approximately $6.59 million in cap space as of today, and if I’m Steve Yzerman I’m sitting in my office every day contemplating giving Kucherov $6-6.5 million…
Conacher Continues to Beat the Odds in Return to Lightning Steven DiOssi | August 3, 2016 The buzz created when the Tampa Bay Lightning signed free agent forward Cory Conacher to a one-year contract earlier this summer has been hard to ignore, but a look at…
Despite Stamkos and Hedman Extensions, Yzerman’s Work Continues Steven DiOssi | July 12, 2016 Being an NHL general manager is a full-time job, but Tampa Bay Lightning GM Steve Yzerman is working overtime this summer. Earlier this off-season, Yzerman was able to ink Steven…