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About Vincent Lecavalier and his big contract...
With the Ilya Kovalchuk ruling, reactions and the inkling of investigations into other contracts to see if circumvention of the cap was in play... It's been asked: What about Vincent Lecavalier and his 11 year contract? @AndyStrickland first posted the question on Twitter yesterday, and...
Tod Leiweke to lead Tampa Bay Lightning as Chief Executive Officer
Damian Cristordero reports Tod Leiweke is set to be named as Chief Executive Officer of the Tampa Bay Lightning / Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment LLC. [Note by John Fontana, 07/26/10 1:41 PM EDT ] This has been confirmed in Seattle. [Note by John Fontana, 07/26/10 1:54 PM EDT ] An official team...
Gagne-to-Tampa rumors: With potential reward comes risk
A couple of days ago, we front paged a story about how (contingent on Ilya Kovalchuk signing in Los Angeles) the Bolts should trade for Simon Gagne. Now it appears the Simon Gagne-to-Tampa speculation has some teeth to it. Lightning beat writer Damian Cristordero reported today that the Bolts do...
Will Jim Johnson get a return engagement to AHL Norfolk?
There has been a grand change in management by the Lightning this off-season, and the fact is conflicting philosophies led to several changes including the dismissals of Brian Lawton and Rick Tocchet. Rehashing their drama is needless. Yet one key player in the whole mess was not sent packing: ...
Dave Nonis out of consideration for Lightning GM Role
Darren Dreger has reported that Dave Nonis is out of consideration for the role of general manager of the Tampa Bay Lightning. A contract extension with the Toronto Maple Leafs is in the works. Earlier in the evening, Damian Cristordero at the St. Pete Times had touched on the wide net the...
Cannon Fodder: Lightning versus the Blue Jackets (preview)
WHERE: Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OhioWHEN: 7 PM EDTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio) OPPONENT COVERAGE: Blue Jackets Cannon The mood is somber over the Boltosphere. Sha-Sha is straightforward in her apathy toward the team at current. Others remain silent because... Well, after the...
Ilitch attempts a staff shuffling in order to keep Yzerman
Interesting bits of information about Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch trying to shuffle staff in Detroit in order to keep Steve Yzerman with the franchise. Yzerman, of course, is thought to be the leading candidate for the Lightning general manger role: "Stevie Y wants to become a GM; we'd love to...
Lightning make scouting staff changes
A couple of years ago, long before print media was reeling, a local newspaper announced cuts across the board... It was a free newspaper, so it could be justified that cuts were being made to save money, but what got me was the fact that service cuts and circulation cuts were being dressed by...
A day later...
Damian Cristodero at the Times reports that NHL official Stephen Walkom sees nothing wrong from last night: Stephen Walkom, the NHL's director of officiating, said the ruling that Lightning goaltender Mike Smith deliberately threw his stick to disrupt Milan Hejduk's shootout attempt on Thursday...
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