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Another member of the 2009 Tampa Bay Lightning draft class (Brian Lawton's only draft class) has been signed to an entry level contract. Right wing Richard Panik signed officially this morning to a standard entry level deal. With Panik signed, he joins Victor Hedman, Jaroslav Janus, Carter Ashton and Alex Hutchings as players from the Bolts draft class to be signed by the team. The only two draftees from the draft class not under contract with the franchise are currently Kirill Gotovets and goaltender Michael Zador.

Our friends over at Bolt Prospects have posted preliminary rankings of talent in the Tampa Bay system. Two of the top ten prospects in the system are currently on the roster. Who? You'll have to click-through to find out.

Erlendsson at the Tribune offered on his blog a list of the two "teams" of prospects at camp this year. He also posted via Twitter that Kirill Gotovets will not be attending camp after all.

BoltProspects.com has an interview with Carter Ashton,giving a glimpse of turning the page form juniors to the pros for Ashton.

Teh BP crew has put up their preliminary prospect ranking sfor the 2009-10 season for the Bolts. This is just a listing of where they stack young talent playing in the Lightning's system (be it in junior hockey, college hockey, overseas or with the big club). No surprise that Victor Hedman is ranked #1. Click on the title link to find out soem fo the other rankings.