The Draft is done, free agency is well underway, the schedule released... Now comes the hard part.
The wait for September and the opening of camp...
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Lightning Links
- How did the Lightning manage to trade Andrej Meszaros? The Force had influence on this one. [Don't Trade Vinny]
- Newton's Third Law at work [Loving The Lightning]
- Steven Stamkos is up for an ESPY Award, given out by ESPN, as the best NHL Player. Yeah, you read that right. And you can help his case by voting for him [ESPN]
- Yzerman is settling in as GM of the Bolts [Detroit Free Press]
- It's all Nolan's fault the Lightning have lost Zenon Konopka [Frozen Sheets]
- Colorado Avalanche fans reaction to losing Brett Clark to the Lightning [Mile High Hockey]
- Whatever happened to Femmes and Fisticuffs?
Hockey Links
- Bob Probert, one of hockey's all time heavyweight fighters, died suddenly yesterday at age 45 [Windsor Star]
- ...And the hockey world mourns and reflects on Probert's his legacy [Pro Hockey Talk]
- Carolina Hurricanes center Rod Brind'amor hangs'em up [Canes Country]
- The best's and worst's of the NHL's 2010 free agency period (so far) [Puck Daddy]
- ...and the "Blissful delusion" of the Ollie Jokinen signing [Puck Daddy]
- Just how much is Drew Doughty worth? [From the Rink]
- Nikolai Khabibulin's back doesn't seem to be healing that quickly [MC79Hockey]
- While there was a study released to try to impress LeBron James into signing with the Knicks, there was a study that was not released regarding Derek Boogaard signing with the Rangers [Springing Malik]
- The Panthers have gone out and hired a few of the team's original players as staff [The Litter Box]
General stuff
- Rules are rules, make sure you look over the Raw Charge Posting Guidelines.
- Wayne? Garth? Is that you? [Huffington Post]