Posts About "Yanni Gourde"
NHL News & Notes: Gourde, Tkachuk & More
November 2nd, 2018 In today's News & Notes, Yanni Gourde has signed a big contract extension, Brady Tkachuk is approaching a return and both Alex Formenton and Evan Bouchard have been returned to the London Knights of the OHL. Related: NHL News & Notes: Ryan Donato, Jesse Puljujarvi & More Gourde Signs Contract Extension The Tampa Bay...
Gourde Signs Contract Extension With Lightning
November 2nd, 2018 The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Yanni Gourde to a six-year contract extension worth $31 million, the team announced Friday. Gourde is in the second year of a two-year deal that he signed with the team in 2017. He'll be seeing a sizeable increase in annual salary as his current deal pays him $1 million per season while his new...
Lightning's Contract Conundrum With Gourde
October 22nd, 2018 In the quest to capture the Stanley Cup, every team will inevitably bleed talent as they attempt to retain franchise faces while staying under the leagues' hard cap ceiling. If handled improperly, a franchise can be forced to trade a keystone player for pennies on the dollar or get nothing out of one of their former stars...
How Deep Are The Lightning?
September 22nd, 2018 The Tampa Bay Lightning have become one of the NHL's best teams over the last five seasons. Sure, it helps to have generational players like Steven Stamkos, Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman, but there is more that goes into a deep playoff run than three players. The Bolts dropped their first two preseason games — both to the Carolina...
Lightning Need to Solve Scoring Slump
March 30th, 2018 There's no doubt that the Tampa Bay Lightning have been an offensive juggernaut throughout the 2017-18 season. With a team that features scoring superstars like Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos, it felt like they could score at will. Not only are the Lightning ranked first overall in goals for per game and goals scored, they have done...
These QMJHL Overagers Deserve Deals
March 28th, 2018 Each season there are countless overage players skating in their final year of Quebec Major Junior Hockey League eligibility while doing everything they can to catch the attention of an NHL franchise. These players want to show scouts that they were overlooked during their draft years and deserve an opportunity to play...
