Posts About "Steve Yzerman"
The Lightning's Week from Hell
April 20th, 2019 It has been a rough week for hockey in Tampa. On Friday, April 19th, the mood around the city was optimistic, despite the fact that the Tampa Bay Lightning blew a three-goal lead in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. This was the team that won 62 games after all, so one bad game couldn't derail the postseason... right? As we all...
NHL News & Notes: Yzerman, Oshie & More
April 19th, 2019 In today's News & Notes, Steve Yzerman has been hired as the new general manager of the Detroit Red Wings, TJ Oshie is injured and won't be back for a while and Johnny Boychuk is out for 3-4 weeks. Yzerman Named Red Wings General Manager The Red Wings would announce Friday that Yzerman accepted a job with the team and would be...
The Grind Line: Red Wings Decisions on Athanasiou, Yzerman & More
March 26th, 2019 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly column about the Detroit Red Wings. Rachel Anderson and Tony Wolak are the muckers who makeup THW’s forechecking unit and sound off on Red Wings...
NHL Rumors: Canucks, Lightning, Maple Leafs, More
March 17th, 2019 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there are updates on the Vancouver Canucks, the Tampa Bay Lightning and Steve Yzerman, the Toronto organization and their coaches and Pete DeBoer and the Sharks. Loui Eriksson Gone After July 1? We reported the other day that after being a healthy scratch from the Canucks lineup, the team might look at...
Lightning's Deadline Deals in the Yzerman Era
February 14th, 2019 During his time as general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning, Steve Yzerman approached every trade deadline differently. Some seasons he was a seller, auctioning off veteran players in order to help build the future of the franchise. Other seasons he was a buyer, cashing in some of those assets he acquired at past deadlines in order to...
Braydon Coburn Trade Revisited
February 8th, 2019 At 2:59 A.M. on Mar. 1, 2015 the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired defenseman Braydon Coburn from the Philadelphia Flyers. For Coburn, the Lightning sent Philadelphia a 1st and 3rd round pick in the 2015 draft along with defenseman Radko Gudas. Then Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman made this late night acquisition in order to add a...
