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Oilers Need These Free Agent Bargains
May 8th, 2018 The Edmonton Oilers closed out their 2017-18 season with over $8.5 million in unused cap space. General manager Peter Chiarelli tried to be proactive in the summer of 2017 by trading winger Jordan Eberle and his $6 million cap hit in exchange for Ryan Strome and his $2.5 million cap hit. The move was designed to save the Oilers some cap...
Who Could Lightning Trade by the Deadline?
February 21st, 2018 With all the speculation about which players the Tampa Bay Lightning are looking to add at the trade deadline, it is easy to forget that Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman would have to make a few moves himself to fit a new player into the roster. Much like how he mitigated the cost of Braydon Coburn at the 2015 deadline by trading...
Syracuse Crunch Showcasing Lightning's Bright Future
January 18th, 2018 During the 2016-17 season, the Syracuse Crunch went on a deep playoff run, taking them all the way to the Calder Cup Final. Despite their success, however, Lightning GM Steve Yzerman had to retool nearly the entire Crunch roster due to an influx of drafted talent from juniors. Just a few weeks after falling to the Grand Rapid Griffins,...
Lightning Prospect Pool Gems
September 30th, 2017 While preseason hockey is often maligned, it does present a rare opportunity for teams to evaluate everyone at once. From franchise centermen to new draft picks, ice time is plentiful and shared during the preseason. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, this time has not been wasted, evaluating new talent as the more job secure players waited in...
Lightning & Crunch Have a Promising Future
June 19th, 2017 Tyler Johnson, Andrej Sustr, Richard Panik, Ondrej Palat, Vladislav Namestnikov, Brett Connolly, Radko Gudas. These names are familiar to most if not all hockey fans. While they may not still be with the Tampa Bay Lightning, they are all products of the Lightning’s development system and they were all on the Syracuse Crunch team that...
Preview: Lightning Close Out 5-Game Home Stand Against Predators
January 5th, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning host the Nashville Predators on Thursday to close out a five-game home stand. The Lightning have earned eight points in their past seven games and are 2-1-1 in the past four contests on home ice. They will look to bounce back from a 6-4 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday — in a game where they got off...