Posts About "Yanni Gourde"
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...
The 2018 Calder Trophy Race
March 10th, 2018 The 2018 Calder Memorial Trophy race has a much different feel to it compared to the last few seasons. In 2016 and 2017, there were generational players making their career debuts who dominated the Calder conversation. This season, however, there is a crop of high-talent rookies who can all make a serious case to win the Calder. No one...
History Says Yzerman Will Sell at Deadline
January 24th, 2018 Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman is known to be a shrewd businessman when it comes to making trades. Part of how he has turned Tampa Bay into a contender is by making smart trades that benefit the team in the long term rather than for short-term gain. Since taking over as GM in 2010, Yzerman has rarely parted with future assets...Tampa Bay Lightning's New Secret Weapon
January 12th, 2018 Once upon a time, a small, undrafted player signed with the Tampa Bay Lightning and went on to play in the NHL. Sound familiar? It's happened a few times with the Lightning organization. See: Tyler Johnson, Cory Conacher, Jonathan Marchessault, and some guy named Martin St. Louis. Yanni Gourde is another one of those diamonds in the...
The Lightning's Undervalued Players
November 4th, 2017 In order to have the best October in franchise history, the Tampa Bay Lightning needed just about everything to go right. Between the offensive domination of Steven Stamkos and Nikita Kucherov, Brayden Point’s strong start to his sophomore campaign or the surprising play by rookie defenseman Mikhail Sergachev, the Lighting have a lot...
Lightning's Yzerman Continues to Build Depth
July 5th, 2017 Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman's most newsworthy moves this summer have come in trading Jonathan Drouin for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev and the signing of free agents Chris Kunitz and Dan Girardi. But Yzerman is quietly re-signing a handful of the team's depth players and bringing in others who could be wearing a...