Posts About "Mitchell Stephens"
Lightning Top 4 Prospects 2018
March 7th, 2018 After making a major futures trade for Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller at the 2018 trade deadline, the Tampa Bay Lightning's prospects pool has experienced one of its biggest shake-ups in recent memory. While Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman tends to hold futures close to his heart, this year he traded two top prospects,...
OHL Team Anagrams (Part 2) – Amalgam Art Shone!
July 23rd, 2017 This is the second in a two-part series of articles in which I've attempted to devise an appropriate anagram—a word, phrase, or name formed by rearranging the letters in another, such as DIRTY ROOM from DORMITORY—for each team in the OHL. Yesterday’s article looked at the Eastern Conference teams; today I’ll tackle the...
Depth of London Knights Apparent in Lopsided Win
March 10th, 2017 On Thursday, the Ontario Hockey League’s London Knights showed just how deep they are beating the Guelph Storm by an 8-2 score. The key, however, was that they got contributions offensively from 14 different players - five of whom had multi-point games. Following their Memorial Cup run in 2015-16, the Knights lost three major assets...
10 Standouts From World Junior Quarterfinals
January 3rd, 2017 Finland bottoming out excepted, the World Juniors quarterfinals passed without significant surprises. The four teams advancing are a part of the big five. It was a round where big players played big and showed why they're highly regarded. And, even with no upsets, there was plenty of drama beyond worries about Canadian hockey...Mitchell Stephens Gets Entry-Level Deal From Tampa
April 5th, 2016 The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed 2015 2nd round (33rd overall) draft pick Mitchell Stephens to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Monday. The deal carries a $840,000 AAV, reports TVA's Renaud Lavoie. The 19-year-old played 39 games for the OHL's Saginaw Spirit this season, potting 20 goals and 38 points. He...
Revisiting the Callahan-St. Louis Trade
July 6th, 2015 On the day of the 2014 NHL Trade Deadline, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager, Steve Yzerman, was forced into making a blockbuster trade. His captain, Martin St. Louis had requested a trade from the Lightning, while they were battling for a top playoff spot in the East. As executive director of Team Canada's Olympic ice hockey team,...
