Posts About "J.T. Brown"
Ducks Drill Down: Kings Dethroned, Cogliano Suspended, Brown Claimed
January 15th, 2018 Coming off their league-mandated bye week, the Anaheim Ducks kicked off their unofficial second half of the season with a marquee Saturday-night matchup against their southern California rivals, the revitalized Los Angeles Kings. In what they have to hope is a sign of things to come in the second half now that they have a healthier...
Who Should the Lightning Protect?
March 15th, 2017 When Steve Yzerman traded Valtteri Filppula at the deadline, he not only saved the Tampa Bay Lightning $5 million in cap space, he also opened up an expansion draft protection spot. That's important because it increases the depth of forwards that the Lightning can keep from Vegas. Previously, Filppula was on the exempt list,...
Lightning Re-Sign Cedric Paquette, J.T. Brown
June 24th, 2016 The Tampa Bay Lightning have inked new deals with two of their younger players - re-signing Cedric Paquette and J.T. Brown. The 22-year-old Paquette has played the majority of the last two seasons with the Lightning (as well as two games in 2013-14) amassing 31 points (18g-13a) in 122 regular season games. While he hasn’t broken out...
J.T. Brown Out Indefinitely
April 16th, 2016 While the Tampa Bay Lightning are up 2-0 in their opening round playoff series against the Detroit Red Wings, they'll be proceeding without the services of winger J.T. Brown. He was injured in Game 2 and left the game. Now, Brown has been ruled out indefinitely, the team announced Saturday. The minimum time frame he'll be out is the...
Lightning Free Agents Battle For Contracts
February 22nd, 2016 At some point during a run of recent success like the Tampa Bay Lightning are currently enjoying, players continue to excel on the ice and will soon look for a nice new contract because of it. The Lightning are currently in a position where they have many restricted and unrestricted free agents to be at the end of the season. Assuming...
Lightning Getting Key Contributions from Unlikely Sources
December 9th, 2015 The Tampa Bay Lightning in their current form are not what they were last season. However, that does not mean that what turned out to be their fatal flaw from last season's Stanley Cup final against the Chicago Blackhawks is still a problem currently. That's actually very far from reality. A lot was made last May and June about how...
Athletic DNA of J. T. Brown
November 30th, 2015 As a young man in High Point, North Carolina, Thomas Edward Brown was not exposed to the game of hockey. Football was a different story and Brown, known as Ted or more familiarly, Touchdown Ted went from High Point to being an All-American running back at North Carolina State. Deceptively fast, Brown set scoring records for the Wolfpack...
Ryan Callahan's Quest For The Cup
June 12th, 2015 Ryan Callahan was named captain of the New York Rangers before the 2011-2012 season. That year the defensive-minded and shot blocking group surprised a lot of people and finished the regular season with 109 points; good for first place in the Eastern Conference. The Rangers of 2011-2012, to me, have a lot of similarities to the...
How Can the Lightning Get Back to 2004? Prospects Need to Step Up
September 14th, 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 closer to another cup run than many think. The true question is: can their coaching and veterans lead their highly skilled, and highly offensive prospects down the right road; the...
Thunder-Cats Ho! The Battle for the Sunshine State Becomes Relevant
December 3rd, 2012 As the temperatures around America and Canada continue to drop, the anticipation for hockey in Florida is beginning to heat up. This past year Floridians turned out in substantially better numbers than previous seasons to support their NHL teams. According to ESPN, the Tampa Bay Lightning filled their arena to 96.2% capacity on average...
Three Lightning Players Heading to Europe for the World Championships
April 17th, 2012 Even though the Lightning have been eliminated from post-season play, it doesn’t mean all of their players have retreated to the golf course for the summer. A select few, including head coach Guy Boucher, will be packing their bags and representing their countries at the IIHF World Championship in Sweden and Finland next month. The...
