Posts About "Jeff Vinik"
Tampa Bay Is Ready to Shine for 2018 All-Star Game
June 2nd, 2017 The return of the NHL All-Star Game to Tampa Bay has been a long time coming. When Tampa last hosted the All-Star game back in 1999, the sport was still in its infancy in the city. At the time, no one knew if hockey would find a long-term foothold in the football-centric town. The Lightning organization had weak ownership, were on...
How Vinik Is Building the Lightning and the City of Tampa
October 22nd, 2016 The Tampa Bay Lightning are ranked No. 1 in the 2016 ESPN Ultimate Standings — a list that includes 122 franchises from across the NHL, NFL, NBA and MLB. The top spot was earned after a No. 3 ranking for the team in the 2015 edition. The honor is national recognition of the rise the organization has taken on and off the ice since...
Lightning Set to Honor Lecavalier's Legacy
October 18th, 2016 The Tampa Bay Lightning will honor Vincent Lecavalier when the team plays the Florida Panthers on Tuesday. It's a fitting way for the organization to honor Lecavalier's 14-year career with the Lightning — one in which he grew up as an NHL star alongside the Lightning and would become a Stanley Cup champion. It's a welcome...
Building the Lightning: Vinik's Vision Coming to Life
May 10th, 2016 “The best decisions aren’t always the easy ones.” The age old adage is often passed on to kids from parents, but it also is a phrase that many general managers in the National Hockey League can identify with. In a league currently made up of thirty teams, and with the salary cap tied to league revenues, the discipline and...
The Lightning Are Here to Stay
October 4th, 2015 The 2015-16 season will be the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 20th in the National Hockey League. It’s true. The team was established in 1992 and, well, do the math from there; here’s the part where you feel old. You recall the Bolts’ first moment of real relevance in drafting supposed-stud Vincent Lecavalier. But we digress. The...
Jeff Vinik, Lightning’s Extraordinary Owner
July 15th, 2015 On February 5, 2010, the NHL approved the sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning from a partnership known as OK Hockey to a former hedge fund manager by the name of Jeffrey Vinik. The sale price was reported to be approximately $170 million. In his first press conference as new owner of the Lightning, Vinik said “I will do everything in...
