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Odds and ends; Tampa Bay Lightning at New York Islanders preview
WHERE: Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New YorkWHEN: 7 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA:Sun Sports (cable), 970 WFLA (Radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: Lighthouse Hockey Evan Oberg has been Tampa Bay Lightning property for all of four days, since his acquisition from the Florida...
Not the only ones making news this week; Lightning at St. Louis Blues preview
WHERE: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MissouriWHEN: 8 PM EST | | TICKETS: Check AvailabilityMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 970 WFLA (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE:St. Louis Game Time The St. Louis Blues were the team that gained the attention of the hockey media this week (...up until Wednesday, that is) for...
Lightning can weather the loss of Ohlund
The news has come out that Mattias Ohlund will have arthroscopic knee surgery on both his knees tomorrow. The surgery on his ailing knees, which helped put him on injured reserve to start the season, should keep him out of commission until November. Maybe he'll be back sooner, maybe later... ...
Bruno Gervais signs with Bolts
Well, that didn't take long. Just a matter of hours after his acquisition from the New York Islanders at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, and shortly after the announcement he was tendered a qualifying offer from the club, new Lightning defenseman Bruno Gervais has signed a one-year, one-way...
Depth on defense suddenly disappeared
The Tampa Bay Lightning have made some changes on defense over the past week, with signings, trades, and non-tendered RFA's being jettisoned. The defense is much the same, yet so very different right now. This is only the start of what will be a retooling of the Bolts blue line: Eric Brewer -...
19 periods of play, some ugly numbers; Lightning at Oilers preview
WHERE: Rexall Place, Edmonton, AlbertaWHEN: 9 PM ESTMEDIA: Sun Sports (cable), 620 WDAE (radio)OPPONENT COVERAGE: The Copper & Blue Let's start with the ugly stat -- the numbers -- that's been following the Lightning around since they played the New York Rangers on November 24th. You recall...
Five questions, five answers series part 2: The Lightning
"The Summer of Stevie" is at its end. For the third year in a row, there have been a number of changes on the Bolts roster and on the bench. Players came and went while Steve Yzerman remade the team. With the end of this summer of change comes questions about the Lightning: What's been done,...
Raised expectations breeding defensive doubts for Lightning
The perceived boogeyman for the Lightning, at this moment, is on the blueline. It's a raving mess of inexperience, overage, inconsistency, etc, etc, etc. And the worst crime at all is, there is no sexy big-name acquisition to compliment the Simon Gagne move! Ugh! Steve Yzerman needs to get to...
Blame and excuses for the Lightning's failings
There's a sense of hopelessness and melancholy hanging over the Tampa Bay Lightning at current with knowing that their season is over, even with ten games left in the 2009-2010 NHL season. There seem to be two types of reactions to this taking place among the Lightning faithful. For starters, there...
The one who's yet to play
Carrying extra defensemen has worked out well for the Bolts. It's allowed David Hale to impress Rick Tocchet, it's allowed the team to absorb the loss of Paul Ranger without any noticeable issues... It's still a consistent chance to rotate d-men who need a rest or need to recover (namely rookie...
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