Posts About "Vincent Lecavalier"
Kucherov Putting Himself in Rare Company
March 24th, 2017 Last night's 6-3 win against the Boston Bruins was a big one for the Tampa Bay Lightning. Trailing those same Bruins by five points for the final wild card spot, the Lightning were in a precarious position. A loss would put them seven points out of a playoff spot and a Sisyphean climb for a playoff spot would ensue. But the Bolts...
Lightning to Honor Martin St. Louis
January 13th, 2017 On Friday night, prior to their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, the Tampa Bay Lightning will retire and raise the first number in franchise history. Despite his unceremonious departure from Tampa in 2014, the organization is making the correct decision by making Martin St. Louis’ #26 the first ever to be retired and hung in the...
What Happened to Scott Laughton?
December 3rd, 2016 Among the regularly dressed Philadelphia Flyers forwards, there are four undrafted free agents (Matt Read, Michael Raffl, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Roman Lyubimov) plus former late draft picks in Chris VandeVelde (97th in '05) and Dale Weise (111th in '08). Sitting in the press box most nights, dressed in a suit rather than equipment...
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...
Dan Boyle Retires as Last Member of Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup Team
October 6th, 2016 When Dan Boyle announced his retirement on Wednesday, he became the last remaining member of the Tampa Bay Lightning's 2004 Stanley Cup team to call it an NHL career. The only other remaining players from that team, forwards Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards, each ended their respective careers earlier this offseason. Boyle, 40,...
Worst Flyers Free Agent Signings Since 2010
July 20th, 2016 Yesterday, I looked at the top free agent signings the Flyers had made since 2010. The point was that in those years we saw deals made by former GM Paul Holmgren and Ron Hextall over about a five-year period. The next logical step is to look at the worst signings over that same era. While yesterday saw a good mix of players signed by...
