Bolts will pick third in upcoming draft
The NHL Draft leaves the Tampa Bay Lightning unaffected and picking third.
National Hockey League Entry Draft
2013 draft lottery open thread
The draft order for the 2013 NHL draft starts getting hammered out tonight, and the landing spot for WHL defenseman Seth Jones (projected to go first overall during the draft) will be much more clear.
2012 NHL Draft: Dylan Blujus, Brian Hart, Nikita Gusev among Tampa Bay Lightning's picks
A brief rundown of the Tampa Bay Lightning's selections and moves on Day Two of the 201 NHL Draft.
2012 NHL Draft (day two) open thread
Day two of the 2012 NHL Draft is getting underway this morning from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Feel free to stop by and comment as the day progresses about the Tampa Bay Lightning selections in the draft.
Tampa Bay Lightning select goaltender Andrei Vasilevski with the 19th pick in 2012 NHL Draft
The fans had been lusting after a goalie since the close of the 2012 NHL season. They'd keyed in on a goalie selected during the 2012 NHL draft. And at the 19th selection of the first round, GM Steve Yzerman made dreams come true.
Tampa Bay Lightning select defenseman Slater Koekkoek with the 10th pick in 2012 NHL Draft
In an unpredictable first round of the drat, the Tampa Bay Lightning take part in a run on defense while selecting Slater Koekkoek 10th overall.
2012 National Hockey League Entry Draft (first round) open thread
With the 22nd day of June in the year 2012, the National Hockey League selects to begin its 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Join us four discussion of the 1st round of the draft.
2012 NHL Mock Draft: With the 10th overall pick, Raw Charge selects...
Needs, wants, and bes-on-the-board... Our #10 overall selection in teh SB Nation 2012 mock draft fills an organizational need...
2012 NHL Mock Drafts and the Tampa Bay Lightning
With less than a month until the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, mock drafts of what the Lightning will do are becoming easier to find, with little consistency.
Does the NHL draft system reward failure?
Does the NHL draft system reward failure and encourage teams to perform badly? Do teams use failure to get better?
Nashville's success benefits Tampa Bay Lightning
With the Detroit Red Wings early exit from the 2012 NHL playoffs, the Tampa Bay Lightning secures a mid-first round draft choice.
2012 NHL Draft Lottery open thread
The first step (not really, but it fits for a narrative) to the NHL Entry draft in Pittsburgh is this evening with the Draft Lottery.
Tampa Bay selects Vladislav Namestnikov in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft
Steve Yzerman goes with the London Knights Russian Center with Tampa Bay's 1st pick in the 2011 NHL Draft.
The 2011 NHL Entry Draft Open Thread
We're live on Raw Charge watching and conversing about this year's draft. Join us!
SBN Mock Draft: Lightning select Oscar Klefbom
SB Nation's 2011 NHL Mock Draft continues with the #27th overall selection by the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Question of the Week: What position should the Lightning take with their first round pick?
You be the GM: What position should the Lightning take with their first round pick? The Raw Charge Question of the week.
Radko Gudas ready to face his next challenge
Radko Gudas, a 2010 draft pick by the Lightning, will make his professional debut this season somewhere within the Lightning organization. We check in with him on the cusp of the start of the Traverse City prospect tournament.
Lightning sign D Radko Gudas to entry level contract
Former Everett Silvertips defenseman Radko Gudas signed his entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday.
Brett Connolly video from press conference
Brett Connolly;s post-selection close up.
Tampa Bay Lightning take Brett Connolly with No. 6 overall pick
Bolts choose Connolly
2010 NHL Entry Draft open thread (and live blog?)
Shut the door, there's a draft!
From inside the media workroom
John Fontana checks in from the JW Marriot to report... Nothing.
Reflections on past Tampa Bay Lightning draft classes part 7 - 2007-2009 / epilogue
The final part to our draft reflections series... It touches on up-and-coming prospects. It also looks at some of the numbers from Lightning GM's and their successes.
Reflections on past Tampa Bay Lightning draft classes part 6 -- 2003-2006
The mid-aught's brought success to the Tampa Bay Lightning on ice, but at the draft? Not quite. Top-60 selections for most of the decade have rarely made it to the NHL. We look at 2003-2006 draft years specifically here.
Reflections on past Tampa Bay Lightning draft classes part 5 -- 2002
2002 was not a stand-out draft class of all-stars for the Lightning, but it was one of Jay Feaster's most successful in providing NHL players.
Reflections on past Tampa Bay Lightning draft classes part 4 -- 1999-2001
Rick Dudley presided over the Lightning's draft from 1999 until 2001. Of the 33 players selected during that time, only one was playing in the NHL by 2009-10.
