Posts About "Yanni Gourde"
Gourde Signing Is High Risk, High Reward for Lightning
November 6th, 2018 Yanni Gourde has a unique story. After putting up 124 points in junior, he didn't have the impact people expected. He nearly gave up professional hockey but decided to give it one more shot with the Kalamazoo Wings of the ECHL. From there, Gourde was promoted to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL and now, in his second full...
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...
