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Matt Gilroy makes his return to Madison Square Garden on a injury-riddled Tampa Bay Lightning team (plus news of Martin St. Louis' eye injury).

The Lightning have conducted 18 NHL Entry drafts in their history. With their 19th draft looming, we begin a series of posts on previous draft classes. We begin the series with a short post on the success fo the 1992 draft class.

Game 80 for the Lightning season pits them again the Ottawa Senators.

Not every NHL team holds a draft-day event, but the Tampa Bay Lightning have done it several times in the past. It seems rather curious that nothing is planned this year...

    With just over a week (as in, just a few hours until we hit the seven day mark) until the 2009 National Hockey League Entry Draft, SB Nation has a central source for all things Draft in the...

With the second overall pick in the Sports Blog Nation NHL mock draft, Raw Charge selects...

John Tavares has been the consensus #1 NHL draft prospect of 2009. What happens for the Tampa Bay Lightning if Tavares is not selected 1st overall by the New York Islanders?

A day after things played out through Canadian media regarding the Toronto Maple Leafs and their quest to attain one of the top two picks in the draft, the NHL has learned what the bar is for the #2 selection.

Victor Hedman, meet Brian Lawton -- used car salesman and NHL General Manager. Will the Lightning pick him, or move the pick?

The NHL Draft Lottery is tonight at 8PM. Raw Charge offers an open thread for discussion about the draft, the prospects and what not to hockey fans.