Victor Hedman

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 [...]

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 [...]

In the rumor department there are rumblings coming out of Vancouver.  First up, a Senators forward Dany Heatley has included the Canucks on his wish list of teams to be traded to.  But it is becoming increasingly difficult to find a team wanting to absorb Heatley’s contract which has five years left at 7 million [...]

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 [...]

As the 2008-09 season regular season comes to an end some teams are already looking to the future. Currently, there are 4 teams who are just waiting to be mathematically eliminated–The New York Islanders, the Atlanta Thrashers, The Tampa Bay Lightning and the Ottawa Senators. These teams are now trying to figure out who they [...]