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Brandon Hagel Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Lightning Round: Ross Colton signs big in Denver
After seeing his signing rights traded to the Colorado Avalanche, Ross Colton's camp was preparing to make his case in arbitration. But before the hearing could start the two sides settled on a big four-year extension worth $4 million per year for the bottom six forward. I won't get into Colorado's cap situation because I'm either missing something huge or this team needs to shed some salary or three.
Syracuse Crunch hire a couple assistant coaches
The Syracuse Crunch have hired assistant coach AJ MacLean and goaltending coach Maxime Vaillancourt to join Joel Bouchard behind the bench. MacLean is the son of former NHL coach Paul MacLean and worked with the Toronto Marlies for eight years until being let go this summer after following Sheldon Keefe and Kyle Dubas from the OHL Soo Greyhounds. Vaillancourt was most recently the goaltending coach and video coach for the QMJHL Blainville-Boisbriand Armada for six seasons.
Lightning Round: Syracuse Crunch announce 2023-24 Schedule
The Syracuse Crunch, looking fresh with their new 30th anniversary logo, have announced their 72-game regular season schedule starting in October. Opening night is Friday, October 13th in Utica against the Comets, with the home opener the next evening on Saturday against Bridgeport. Syracuse Crunch Announce 2023-24 Regular Season Schedule - Syracuse Crunch The 2023-24 regular season schedule is here! The Crunch will open their 30th season on the road against the Utica Comets on Friday, Oct.
Ross Colton Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Lightning Round: hole in one!
We begin with Daniel Walcott nailing a par 4 ace! Hopefully that was the final box to check before he can get named captain? It's long overdue, in my opinion. Oh please please please! The Lightning, following their hosting of the NCAA Men's Hockey final, could host the Men's World Juniors in the next few years! It's long overdue in this market. Want nine minutes of Steven Stamkos goals? You got 'em! This was some fun, unnecessary drama.
Corey Perry Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Nick Perbix Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Tampa Bay Lightning select Ethan Hay in the 7th round of the 2023 NHL Draft
The Tampa Bay Lightning have selected Ethan Hay from the Flint Firebirds of the OHL. The 18-year-old center scored 17 goals and 28 points in 61 games in only his second OHL season, after having the 2020-21 season shut down due to the pandemic. Hay is a likely candidate to have a big jump in his next season as he plays more and gets a larger role. All accounts on Hay are that he's a very strong defensive center who's among the best in the OHL in faceoffs.
Tampa Bay Lightning select Jack Harvey to open the 7th round in the 2023 NHL Draft
The Tampa Bay Lightning have selected double overager Jack Harvey with the 7th round pick from the Anaheim Ducks (acquired way back for Alex Volkov). Harvey is committed to Boston College of the NCAA after playing last season in the USHL with the Chicago Steel. The 20-year-old left-shot center played 62 games in the UHSL, scoring 40 goals and 74 points to finish fourth in league scoring (third on his dominant Steel team).
Tampa Bay Lightning select Warren Clark in the 6th round in the 2023 NHL Draft
The Tampa Bay Lightning have selected 6'3" right shot defender Warren Clark with their 6th round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft. The Canadian Clark from Riverside, Ontario is committed to St. Cloud State University in the NCAA after playing this season in the Manitoba junior hockey league below the CHL. Clark is described as an offensive defenseman, but there's very little written about him.
Tampa Bay Lightning trade into 4th round, draft Jayson Shaugabay
A bit of a surprise came as the 4th round of the 2023 NHL Draft was chugging along as the Tampa Bay Lightning traded into the fourth round and selected Jayson Shaugabay 115th overall. Tampa's new prospect, Jayson Shaugabay of the White Earth Nation, played in the Minnesota High School circuit and is committed to the University of Minnesota-Duluth next year.
Lightning get a pick for Corey Perry's signing rights
The Tampa Bay Lightning picked up another lottery ticket for next year's draft in the form of Chicago's 2024 7th round pick in exchange for Corey Perry's UFA signing rights. In layman's terms, Chicago paid a 7th round pick next year to speak to Corey Perry and sign him to a new contract two days early. Chicago are making a push to surround top prospect Connor Bedard with as much veteran leadership and talent as they can.
Preview: Who might the Bolts draft with their new second round pick?
The Tampa Bay Lightning made a slash today after trading Ross Colton to Colorado to clear some cap space and adding a draft pick in the second round, 37th overall. Having checked out from the draft table after the Jeannot trade, there's no time like the present to jump back into the pool and get a crash course on the 2023 draft class! And on the day of the first round, no less.
Ross Colton traded to Colorado for second round pick - Update
First reported by Elliotte Friedman, pending RFA Ross Colton has been traded from the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Colorado Avalanche. We do not know the return as of yet but this article will be updated as more news comes in so refresh and stay tuned. Colton scored 16 goals and 32 points last season after scoring 22 the year before. He is a pending RFA with a $1.25 million qualifying offer. There's a few ways this trade could go.
Pat Maroon Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Lightning Round: Stamkos wins Leadership Award, Point robbed for Lady Byng at Awards
The NHL held their annual awards show on Monday night and all the major and minor season awards were handed out. Most were not a surprise. McDavid for Hart and Ted Lindsay, Bergeron for Selke, Ullmark for Vezina, Beniers for Calder, and Montgomery for Jack Adams. Others were a little more fun, like Karlsson winning the Norris. Karlsson actually spent the whole night trying to look appealing to teams who could trade for him, funnily enough.
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Lightning Round: lots of almost trades
Over the weekend, a big trade between the Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues was reported and neared completion. Unfortunately for us fans looking for something to talk about, the deal fell apart when a player refused to waive their no-trade clause. Many believe that player to be Torey Krug. It's well within his right to stay where he is, though he wasn't expected to stay in Philly long as a second rumored trade that was going to forward him to New Jersey was also leaked.
Erik Cernak Goal of the Year
We're finally getting around to reviewing the 2022-23 season. Instead of assigning grades or any of that nonsense, we'll start by looking at the player's best goal from the season and go from there. For some it'll be easy, others have way more to choose from.
Lightning Round: Six fourth line free agent candidates
Following my LR from yesterday, I have some names of bottom six free agents that might be able to give the Lightning that extra boost they need in a cost effective way. Lightning Round: promoting from within or using free agency? To be quite honest, if it were up to me all of Pat Maroon, Michael Eyssimont, and Tanner Jeannot would be on the fourth line and I would go find some middle-six forwards to push them down. Alex Killorn would be first on my list of those priorities, too.
Lightning Round: promoting from within or using free agency?
To be quite honest, if it were up to me all of Pat Maroon, Michael Eyssimont, and Tanner Jeannot would be on the fourth line and I would go find some middle-six forwards to push them down. Alex Killorn would be first on my list of those priorities, too. But based on the lineups last season, it looks like maybe two of those guys above will be on the third line or higher. Pushing those players up the lineup creates jobs down below.
Lightning Round: Vegas Golden Knights are the champions of the NHL
Jun 14, 2023 5 min The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup Champions following their 9-3 blowout of the Florida Panthers in five games. The Golden Knights won their franchise's first championship six years after inception, with six of their original "Golden Misfits" still on the roster (Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, William "Wild Bill" Karlsson, William Carrier, Shea Theodore, and Brayden McNabb). Misfit Marchessault won the Conn Smythe trophy for playoff MVP.
Lightning Round: what should/will Tanner Jeannot make?
It's the second biggest question after can Alex Killorn please please, pretty please stay, please? How to find comparables Shots and Goals Most players in the RFA stage of their careers have low scoring seasons followed by some kind of breakout. Jeannot doesn't fit that build because he had a shooting spike in his second year (his first full-time season) and reverted back to a very low scoring pace last season. That makes it hard to know who exactly Jeannot is.
Lightning Round: how to keep Alex Killorn and why it's Tampa Bay's best bet
Lightning Round Jun 12, 2023 5 min The Tampa Bay Lightning have a few very important gaps to fill in their roster this summer as some key positions see players going to UFA. The front office is looking for a backup goaltender left by Brian Elliott, a top-four defender left by Ian Cole, and most importantly a top-six left wing job left by Alex Killorn. Holes on the roster The goaltending should be pretty straightforward to solve with goalie coach Frantz Jean in the fold.
Lightning Round: Panthers make it a series
Michael Eyssimont went from envying the Tampa Bay Lightning to playing for them to signing a two-year extension to stay with the team. An offseason check-in with the Bolts winger. Eyssimont reflects on his whirlwind season Eyssimont began the year in the AHL, played for three NHL clubs, delivered a clutch playoff performance and signed a new two-year deal all before representing Team USA Oh, Ceddy. How time flies. The Vegas Golden Knights have the same series lead in this year's playoffs.
Lightning Round: Bolts fans celebrate 19 years since first Stanley Cup championship
June 7th, 2004 was when the Tampa Bay Lightning franchise hoisted the Stanley Cup for the very first time. They were the original "hockey in the south" success story and have added two additional championships to the rafts since that time. Love the throughline from Fedotenko to Coleman! Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Finals are tonight, here's a story about Brandon Montour and Zach Whitecloud, who get to represent their Indigenous nations on hockey's biggest stage.
Lightning Round: first big trade of the offseason
The Philadelphia Flyers, LA Kings, and Columbus Blue Jackets kicked off the summer with a three way trade that had a lot of layers. Let's start with the headline: Ivan Provorov is moving from the Flyers to the Blue Jackets for a 1st, 2nd, and a prospect, while the Kings shed some salary and a depth defender (both to the Flyers, as well). Right away it should be obvious for the Flyers that rookie GM Danny Briere came away with a massive win.
Lightning Round: Good Knight, Dallas Stars
Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach Jeff Halpern has reportedly interviewed for the head coaching job with the Washington Capitals, according to Elliotte Friedman on his most recent podcast. Halpern is a Maryland native and former captain of the Capitals after starting his NHL career with the team. Halpern has spent eight years with the Lightning organization, including five years as the Bolts assistant coach. However, it seems Leafs assistant coach Spencer Carbery is the frontrunner for the job.
2023 Men's World Championships Recap: Bolts, Crunch, and Mighty Latvia
International Hockey May 29, 2023 4 min There are celebrations pouring across a new national holiday in Latvia today after their men's national team defeated the USA for Bronze at the IIHF Men's World Championships. The tournament was hosted in both Latvia and Finland. Mighty Latvia This is the first time in the country's history they've won a medal at the illustrious international tournament in either the men's or women's division.
Lightning Round: Pavelski saves Dallas, becomes active leader in playoff goals
Lightning Round May 26, 2023 4 min Joe Pavelski saved the Dallas Stars for one more night, scoring the overtime winner in Game 4 against the Vegas Golden Knights. Pavelski, Stars top Golden Knights in OT in Game 4, avoid elimination Joe Pavelski scored a power-play goal at 3:18 of overtime, and the Dallas Stars extended the Western Conference Final with a 3-2 win against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 at American Airlines Center on Thursday.
Lightning Round: Hurricanes swept again, Perry eyeing free agency
Lightning Round May 25, 2023 4 min The Florida Panthers have swept the Carolina Hurricanes in four games to win the Eastern Conference side of the bracket and will be going to the Finals. This marks the third time in a row the Hurricanes have been swept in the Conference Finals since winning the Cup in 2007. The other two opponents that swept the Canes in the third round were Pittsburgh in 2009 and Boston in 2019, both of whom lost in the Finals.
Lightning Round: did the Panthers and Hurricanes beat our OT record?
The first game in the Eastern Conference Final started at 8pm, and by 2am the next day I don't know who won. Sunbelt Hockey pretended it was in the pacific time zone as the Hurricanes and Panthers reached deep into quadruple overtime in a 2-2 game to open their series before I gave up and went to sleep. The Canes scored in the first and third periods, while the Panthers scored twice in the second. And then the scoring went dead for a whole game's worth of hockey and then some.
Sunbelt Stanley: Eastern Conference Final Preview
Four of the NHL's southernmost teams have made it to the Conference Finals and one of them will become Stanley Cup Champion in 2023. The Dallas Stars and Vegas Golden Knights have come out of the west, while the Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes have emerged from the East. These franchises only share two Stanley Cups between them, with the Stars winning in 1999 and the Hurricanes winning in 2006. The Panthers have made one finals appearance, as have the Golden Knights in their young history.
Lightning Round: The Lightning are hiring
The Tampa Bay Lightning are among five teams looking to hire a Social Media Manager for the NHL club. You can see the job postings below. If you have the qualifications, give it a try! Victor Hedman needs your support for his chosen charity, National Alliance on Mental Illness. Check out the link below. Ron Hainsey has been promoted to Assistant Executive Director of the NHLPA union. He's come a long way since his retirement from the league and has been a staunch supporter of Marty Walsh.
Lightning Round: Pietrangelo and Nurse suspended, Canes in, Reynolds out?
The Ryan Reynolds bid led by Toronto developer Remington Group is starting to fall apart as the Ottawa Senators rejected exclusive negotiating rights on the deal involving Canadian Tire Centre and the City of Ottawa. There's a lot of complicated stuff going on that I don't really understand, but there's a long list of billionaire groups looking to buy the team. Sources: Ryan Reynolds’ Sens bid won’t proceed Ryan Reynolds’ bid for the Senators is not moving forward, multiple sources told ESPN.
Lightning Round: Michael Eyssimont joins Team USA at Men's World Championships
Michael Eyssimont is going to the Men's World Championships anyway as Team USA have called on him to join the national team in Finland and Latvia. Eyssimont joins Nick Perbix on the team. Team USA play Friday and Sunday in the group stage. The Americans will open the tournament against one of the hosts, Finland. The full schedule can be found below.
Lightning Round: Ducks defense is one to watch
Tampa Bay Lightning prospect and Syracuse Crunch forward Simon Ryfors has signed a long term contract with Rogle of the SHL. The undrafted Ryfors was at the end of his two-year ELC where he played two full seasons for the Crunch (144 games) and scored 94 points, but didn't get a shot with the big club once. The 25-year-old finished second on the Crunch in scoring this year.
Tampa Bay Lightning extend Michael Eyssimont for two years
The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced today that they have re-signed forward Michael Eyssimont to a two-year contract extension worth $800k per season. Eyssimont was going to be a UFA on July 1st and was acquired from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for Vladislav Namestnikov. He was previously a waiver claim from Winnipeg. Credit goes to Eyssimont for finding a home and getting a multi-year one-way contract ā the first of his career.
Lightning Round: Jeff Halpern to interview with Capitals
The Tampa Bay Lightning, like any great team, have been seeing their talent siphoned off to the rest of the league for the past few years. Either from the salary cap or assistant coaches finding top jobs elsewhere, it's just how the industry goes. Like former assistant coach Derek Lalonde in Detroit a couple years back, Jeff Halpern is starting to gain interest from around the league over head coaching jobs. This report from Pierre LeBrun is he's being interviewed by the Washington Capitals.
Lightning Round: Former Bolts in the second round
The NHL Second Round is officially set. The Lightning are sadly not in it this year, but somehow neither are the Bruins or Avalanche. We can at least take solace and humor in their series losses, especially since they both went up against wild card teams and Boston blew their series in historic proportions.
Game 5 Recap: Lightning hold lead and survive another night
The Tampa Bay Lightning got the lead in the second period and held onto it through a nail-biting third to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 in Game 5 of their first round series. The Lightning have now cut the series deficit to 3-2 in favor of the Leafs. New flight itinerary just dropped: two planes from Toronto to Tampa Bay. Game 6 is on Saturday night. Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 30 in a bounceback victory.
Game Five Preview and Game Day Thread: Lightning at Maple Leafs
Tampa Bay Lightning at Toronto Maple Leafs: Game 5 (Toronto leads 3-1) Time: 7:00 P.M. Location: Scotiabank Arena Broadcast/Streaming: BSSUN, TBS, CBC, SN, TVAS Opponent's Site: Pension Plan Puppets DraftKings Line: This is it. Hopefully not the last one of the season. The Tampa Bay Lightning had two days off between Game 4's game in Tampa and Game 5 in Toronto. They chose to stay in Tampa Bay for those days – with home ice and home cooking to help them – before travelling on Wednesday (yesterday).
Lightning Round: Cooper responds to Lalonde's comments about Vasilevskiy
Former Tampa Bay Lightning assistant coach and current Detroit Red Wings head coach Derek Lalonde has been a guest on Hockey Night in Canada during the Lightning vs Leafs series. In most of the intermission segments, Lalonde hasn't sparked any controversy. If I'm being honest, he's very boring for TV. Sounds like a smart and aware coach, but he's very monotone. TV is a different beast. Anyway, I'm getting sidetracked.
Lightning Round: Reflecting on the first four games of Round 1
Four games into the first round and the Tampa Bay Lightning are in a tough position. They just lost both games at home heading into the elimination games, and the chances of seeing the home crowd again is basically a coin toss. Maybe they can force a Game 6, but the series would need to dramatically change if the Lightning want to host Round 2. It's just how it is. The Lightning out-played the Leafs in Game 3, but lost it. They had a three-goal advantage in Game 4, and blew it.
Lightning Round: Quotes from Game 2's loss
Stamkos brings the optimism and focus following a tough loss in Game 2 of the Tampa Bay Lightning's first round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs. The series now switches to Tampa for Games 3 and 4. Yeah, I'm not surprised at all that Vasilevskiy stayed in for all seven goals against. To be quite honest, Coop, I wouldn't against what the Leafs put up 1-2-3. Gotta find a different way to beat them. The Lightning need to figure out why they lost.
Recap: Seven for in Game 1, Seven against in Game 2
The Toronto Maple Leafs got back at the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 7-2 blowout in Game #2 of their first round series to tie the series at 1-1. John Tavares scored a hat trick, while Ilya Samsonov only had to face 21 shots in front of an exuberant crowd in Toronto. Morgan Rielly also got four assists in the game. Ian Cole and Corey Perry scored for the Lightning, while Andrei Vasilevskiy was in net for all seven goals against while facing 37 shots.
Lightning Round: Cernak and Eyssimont out for Game Two
Following the Tampa Bay Lightning's practice on Wednesday, head coach Jon Cooper confirmed that defenseman Erik Cernak and forward Michael Eyssimont would be out of the line-up for Game Two against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Eyssimont was visibly shaken up after absorbing a hit from Jake McCabe in the first game while Cernak was taken out by a blatant head shot from Micheal Bunting (more on that later).
Lightning Round: The Cost of Victory
The Tampa Bay Lightning won the opening game of their first round series against the Toronto Maple Leafs in style, finishing them off in their own barn with a final score of 7-3. A touchdown to a field goal. But it came at a cost. Victor Hedman left the game at the start of the second period for unknown reasons, and was seen testing out his legs before eventually going to the locker room and not returning. No idea what ailed him.
Lightning Round: the NHL playoffs first round is back
Lightning Round Apr 18, 2023 4 min This is it, the first playoffs game day in a year. It's been a long season of waiting, evaluating, watching, and waiting some more. But now we're here. Lightning vs Leafs once again.
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