Posts About "Vincent Lecavalier"
NHL Draft Rewind: Lightning's Top Five Picks of All-Time
June 16th, 2016 During the Tampa Bay Lightning's 24-year history in the National Hockey League, the franchise has made some memorable (and not so memorable) selections in the NHL Entry Draft. Of the 217 players chosen by the franchise over the course of 24 entry drafts -- not counting three players chosen in the now defunct Supplemental Draft -- just 79...
Building the Lightning: Vinik's Vision Coming to Life
May 10th, 2016 “The best decisions aren’t always the easy ones.” The age old adage is often passed on to kids from parents, but it also is a phrase that many general managers in the National Hockey League can identify with. In a league currently made up of thirty teams, and with the salary cap tied to league revenues, the discipline and...
Looking Back: Bolts With No Cup Lore Since 2004
May 4th, 2016 Moving forward in the Stanley Cup playoffs, The Hockey Writers will be taking a short look at the past successes of the final eight teams left in the postseason. When was the last time they reached the Stanley Cup Finals? How long has it been since they hoisted the Cup? For the Tampa Bay Lightning, playoff success hasn’t exactly...
Vincent Lecavalier Will Retire As Planned
April 24th, 2016 After a difficult period in Philadelphia, Vincent Lecavalier was traded to the Los Angeles Kings this year, partly on the condition that he would be retiring at the end of this season, allowing the Kings out of the next two years of his $2.25 million cap hit. But Lecavalier found renewed life in Los Angeles. Last season he scored...
The Kings' Third and Fourth Line Centers Down the Stretch
March 31st, 2016 Since the recall of center Nic Dowd on March 22, the Kings and head coach Darryl Sutter have utilized three different players for the third and fourth line center position. Vincent Lecavalier and Nick Shore are the other two centers that have seem themselves in and out of the lineup. Prior to the start of the 2015-16 season, a...
Lecavalier’s Last Stand: The Final Role in a Storied Career
March 30th, 2016 Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: father time is undefeated. No matter how hard you train, how disciplined you remain, or how much you preserve your physical and mental health, all athletes eventually deteriorate over time. The game of hockey exemplifies this long-standing mantra with grueling seasons and amounts of physical...
