Lightning’s 3 Best Contracts for 2021 Eugene Helfrick | November 13, 2020 For the Tampa Bay Lightning, a cap crunch was an inevitability. Locking down core players to meaningful extensions adds up quickly, and even if everything had progressed as normal throughout…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Blue Jackets, Predators, Hurricanes, More Jim Parsons | August 9, 2020 In today’s NHL rumor rundown, the Blue Jackets got good news when it comes to a couple of potentially injured players, while the Tampa Bay Lightning got potentially bad news…
NHL Rumors: Lightning, Coyotes, Oilers, Penguins, More Jim Parsons | July 27, 2020 In today’s NHL rumors rundown, the Tampa Bay Lightning will have to do without their star defenseman for a few days, while the Edmonton Oilers will get one of their…
Lightning’s All-Decade Team: Defense Eugene Helfrick | March 29, 2020 At the start of the decade, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s defense had only one certainty: Victor Hedman. After he was selected second overall at the 2009 draft, the Lightning went…
Lightning Mid Season Award Winners Steve Marowski | January 9, 2020 The Tampa Bay Lightning are at the halfway point in their season and have started to catch fire lately. They have won eight straight games and are back in the…
Bolts Breakdown: Lightning Come up Big Against Atlantic Division Foes Steve Marowski | December 31, 2019 The Tampa Bay Lightning won all three games this week, and all were big wins against Atlantic Division rivals. They beat the Florida Panthers handily before the Christmas break, and…
Hedman, Binnington, Tavares Named NHL’s 3 Stars of the Week The Canadian Press | December 30, 2019 NEW YORK — Tampa Bay defenceman Victor Hedman, St. Louis goaltender Jordan Binnington and Toronto centre John Tavares are the NHL’s three stars of the week. Hedman led the league with eight…
Lightning Need to Find Hedman a Consistent Partner Eugene Helfrick | December 24, 2019 As the Tampa Bay Lightning approached the 2018 NHL trade deadline, it was clear that the franchise needed to add top-flight defensemen to round out their core. While many speculated…
Lightning 2019-20 Quarter-Mark Report Card Steve Marowski | November 24, 2019 We’re almost a quarter of the way through the 2019-20 season, and to say the Tampa Bay Lightning have underperformed is an understatement. The team is 11-7-2 so far, which…
Bolts Breakdown: Hedman Leads Lightning in Global Series Sweep Steve Marowski | November 11, 2019 It took 13 games and almost 5,000 miles for the Tampa Bay Lightning to find their game. They won both Global Series games against the Buffalo Sabres and did so…
Hedman Hopes to Play for Lightning Against Sabres in Sweden The Canadian Press | November 7, 2019 STOCKHOLM — Victor Hedman has ample motivation to get his banged-up body ready for a regular season game that feels different from any he’s played before. Hedman was racing against…
Lightning Have Strong Swedish Connection Eugene Helfrick | November 6, 2019 On Nov. 8 and 9, the Tampa Bay Lightning will play back-to-back games against the Buffalo Sabres in Stockholm, Sweden as a part of the 2019 NHL Global Series. This…