Tampa Bay Lightning

After last summer’s big splash acquisitions not panning out and finishing 29th in the league, the Tampa Bay Lightning need to refocus which direction they’re going to go in when the 2009-2010 season begins.
Defence has been a notorious weak spot for the Lightning in recent seasons, and general manager Brian Lawton knows it.  That’s why [...]

Here are some of the recent on goings of the NHL’s offseason.  The Philadelphia Flyers signed defenseman Ole-Kristian Tollefsen to a one-year contract on Thursday.  Tollefsen appeared in only 19 games in 2008-09 with the Columbus Blue Jackets and recorded one assist and 37 penalty minutes.
Rumor has it that the top offer Alex Tanguay has received [...]

Yesterday saw the Montreal Canadiens come away with two very solid signings.  Montreal signed forward Travis Moen to a three-year $4.5 million contract and veteran defenceman Paul Mara to a one-year deal.  They added some size to the back end and some toughness, Moen, who will probably play on the third line.  I think he would be [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed defenceman and second overall pick Victor Hedman to a standard three-year rookie contract on Thursday.  The 6′6, 220-pound Swede was rated as the top European player available in the NHL Entry Draft.  Hedman will fit in well down in Tampa and along with Vincent Lecavalier the lightning have two players who [...]

Friday was one exciting night at the Bell Center in Montreal.  To start the night all the pieces fell into place and John Tavares who some said may not be the top pick in fact was selected 1st overall by the New York Islanders.  After an extremely impressive junior career Tavares takes his game to [...]

The Canadiens seem to be making the most noise before the NHL draft, which takes place at the Bell Center in Montreal.  The rumors are now Vincent Lecavalier and Jay Bouwmeester coming in via trade and/or free agency.  Tampa Bay is looking to shed their payroll and trading Lecavalier would save them something like 50 [...]

It seems with the draft looming this weekend teams are making all kinds of moves in order to better their teams.  The hot rumors of the day are as follows;  Boston Bruins forward and main playmaker Marc Savard is being shopped around by the Bruins.  He has one year left on his contract for $5 [...]

With just over a week to go until the 2009 NHL draft, prospects from all over the world are starting to get a little ansty waiting to find out where they will begin their professional careers.  Some of the top prospects will see team General managers jockey for position in order to select who will [...]

For those teams not playing in the Stanley Cup finals their off season has officially been over for a few weeks now.  Most general manager’s are trying to figure out what some of their moves will be to improve their respective teams for a run at next years Stanley Cup Final.  The Montreal Canadiens seem [...]

New York got a huge win last night over the Montreal Canadiens at Madison Square Garden.  The Rangers scored two 2nd period goals to pace them to a 3-1 win.  Chris Drury netted his 21st and 22nd goal for New York to lead all scorers.  More importantly the Rangers got the critical 2 points to [...]