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Lightning's Four Best Contracts for 2018-19
August 30th, 2018 Since taking over as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Steve Yzerman has made it a point to control his available cap space by all means necessary. So, in a world where the bridge deal is slowly dying off, Yzerman has worked the system to keep his best players...
Stamkos & Kucherov: Together for the Long Haul
August 26th, 2018 In a fairly quiet offseason, in terms of trades, the Tampa Bay Lightning managed to make a few deals with their own. These moves could determine the team's short and long term future. After locking up forward J.T. Miller and defenseman Ryan McDonagh to long term...
Yzerman Locking Up Lightning for Long-Term Success
July 16th, 2018 In a week when all eyes were on the Tampa Bay Lightning and a potential trade for Ottawa Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson, Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman still made headlines without making a move on that front. He unexpectedly extended star forward Nikita...
Lightning Make Major Upgrade With McDonagh
February 27th, 2018 Well, it finally happened. After what felt like a season of speculation, rumors, fake tweets, and, of course, some good old-fashioned red herrings, the Tampa Bay Lightning have their man. It took Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman until the last minutes of the...
Lightning Create More Defensive Questions
July 6th, 2017 Heading into the 2016-17 season, it looked like the Tampa Bay Lightning had assembled the best stable of defensemen for the franchise in the last decade. The team that had struggled defensively for years had a mixture of youth, veteran experience, and high-end talent...
Lightning Fans Should Be Excited About Libor Hajek
March 22nd, 2017 General Manager Steve Yzerman made a signing of great importance yesterday by inking defenseman Libor Hajek (LEE-bohr, HIGH-ak) to a three-year, two-way entry level contract. With dust and cobwebs occupying the Lightning's defense prospect cupboard, this becomes an...
Should Lightning Be Shopping Filppula?
January 19th, 2017 Valtteri Filppula has been a perfect fit with the Tampa Bay Lightning ever since leaving the Detroit Red Wings back in 2013-14 to join his new team in the Sunshine State. At 32-years-old, and with the Lightning pressed tight up against the NHL’s salary cap, could...
Stamkos Happy With Decision to Stay in Tampa Bay
October 25th, 2016 Steven Stamkos was under hockey's microscope this summer due to his unrestricted free agent status and the speculation that the Markham, Ontario native could be on his way out of Tampa Bay. Among those hopeful who thought Stamkos could be coming to their city were the...
Offer Sheets Could Be Coming Kucherov’s Way
October 6th, 2016 When we look at the history of teams offering restricted free agents (RFAs) offer sheets, in hopes of plucking players from another team, we can see that the practice is a rarity in today’s NHL. Whether it's because of the compensation a team must pay for essentially...
Stamkos’ Decision Shows Loyalty to Lightning Runs Deep
June 30th, 2016 With just under two days before the start of the NHL’s free agency period, Steven Stamkos and Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman ended their silence and the hockey world listened. On Wednesday, Yzerman announced that the team had come to terms on an...
Deadline Moves for Tampa Bay Lightning
February 27th, 2016 The Monday 3:00 p.m. NHL trade deadline is fast approaching and the Tampa Bay Lightning have yet to pull the trigger on a move to upgrade the team. Looking at the recent trade deadline history of General Manager, Steve Yzerman the lack of moves with two days before the...
Ray Emery, Ryan Martindale Get PTOs From Lightning
September 8th, 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. We speculated last week that Emery may make sense as a PTO candidate for Tampa...
