Quick Strikes for Sunday, August 31

More projections for the Tampa Bay Lightning roster, a mock expansion draft, and looking ahead to former Lightning goaltender Karri Ramo's second year in Calgary.

  • Mike Stuart's roster projection series continues as he builds a second line for the Tampa Bay Lightning. [HockeyBuzz]
  • Bolt Prospects continue their "Who's Trending" series with updates on the prospects in the 11-25 slots of their supplemental rankings from earlier this year. [Bolt Prospects]
  • With expansion speculation swirling around the NHL world, Sean Gentille and Dimitri Filipovic staged a mock expansion draft for two potential new NHL teams in Las Vegas and Seattle. Filipovic's mock Seattle team features Mark Barberio and Andrej Sustr. [The Sporting News]
  • Discussing some reasonable expectations for former Tampa Bay Lightning netminder Karri Ramo as he enters his second season with the Calgary Flames. [Flames Nation]
  • Arik Parnass discusses Nielson Numbers and alternatives to Corsi in general. [AP Hockey]
  • With a stacked farm system, it's worth it to take a look and see where various top Lightning prospects will play in 2014-15. [Sports Talk Florida]