Quick Strikes for Sunday, February 28

• There was a how-I-found-out trade article that ran on ESPN.com, today you can see such stories from a Tampa Bay Lightning team perspective! [Tampa Bay Times]
• Former NHL referee discussed the Anton Stralman hit on the Winnipeg Jets Bryan Little. Little is out for the season because of this hit. [TSN]
• If you’re on Facebook and want to have access to more Tampa Bay Lightning news, I suggest you give a “Like” to Erik Erlendsson of the Tampa Tribune… [Facebook]
• …and Bolt Prospects who covers the AHL, NCAA, and Junior league and European Lightning prospects. [Facebook]
• Words of thanks and gratitude for J.T. Brown. [Mommies in Black and White]
• A goalie prospect and a 5^th round pick were dealt by the St. Louis Blues to the Edmonton Oilers for backup goalie Anders Nilsson. [St. Louis Game Time]
• The Toronto Maple Leafs also purged themselves of Optimus Reim, trading James Reimer to the San Jose Sharks for Alex Stalock, Ben Smith and a conditional fourth-round pick in 2018 [Pension Plan Puppets]
• Alex Stalock….Alex who? [Pension Plan Puppets]
• In Sunrise, the Florida Panthers have made a statement with the acquisition of former Bolt Teddy Purcell along with Jiri Hudler and Jakub Kindl in three separate trades (with the Oilers, Flames and Red Wings respectively). [Litter Box Cats]
• And troubled Oilers defenseman Justin Schultz is on his way to the Pittsburgh Penguins. [Edmonton Journal]
• Defenseman Dan Hamhuis interests the Dallas Stars, and the feeling is mutual. Will a deal get pulled off and Hamhuis waive his No Trade Clause? [Canucks Army]
• Late Friday night the Chicago Blackhawks and Montreal Canadiens did a deal that sent Dale Weiss and Tomas Fleischman to Chicago. [Second City Hockey]
• It’s quiet upon the Isle while the storm that is the Trade Deadline roars through the league. [Lighthouse Hockey]
• Ongoing coverage of rumors and transactions from the 2016 NHL Trade Deadline can be found here. [SB Nation]
• Chris Neil signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Senators [Silver Seven Sens]
• Analysis and thoughts on the Andrew Ladd deal from a Winnipeg Jets perspective. Ladd was traded on Thursday for Marko Dano and more. [Arctic Ice Hockey]
• One of the lesser transactions – but still highly notable — from Saturday: The Washington Capitals placed forward Brooks Laich on waivers. The center has 1 goal and 6 assists in 56 NHL games played with the Caps this season. [Russian Machine Never Breaks]
• And the Maple Leafs have waived one of their trade acquisitions of the season. [The 6^th Sens]
• Friday was the Detroit Red Wings / Colorado Avalanche alumni game at Coors Field in Denver, which the Avs won 5-2. A reflection on the event is here… [Denver Post]
• Stadium Series… Coors Field… Spring Training getting underway… Pondering the Rockies playing the game and not the Avalanche seems absurdly curious. [Mile High Hockey]
• Fighting in hockey is perceived as a standard, sometimes glorified by fans and media. In a fantastic feature about Robert Frid, a long time junior and minor league enforcer, James Mirtle exposes us to the other side of an enforcer’s life: The fight for survival. [The Globe and Mail]

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