The Bolts
In case you missed it, the Tampa Bay Lightning and goalie Peter Budaj are basically just waiting for Thursday to register their new deal. “His annual salary is particularly interesting. It is the exact salary cap hit that the Lightning can bury in the minor league by re-assigning him to the Syracuse Crunch. While it is unlikely that this will happen, it’s a option in the event that the Lightning struggle to stay under the cap.” [Raw Charge]
What’s happening today? Tampa Bay Lightning’s jersey reveal! We don’t know what time it’ll happen yet, but the teaser tweet is over here. [TBL twitter]
Once the Budaj contract is official, Tampa will be at 30 contracts:
TB now at 30 of 50 max contracts after Budaj signing. https://t.co/dIimDAMq5V
— Bolt Prospects (@BoltProspects) June 19, 2017
In case you missed it, our newest podcast debuted yesterday! Entitled Charged Up, Matt and Geo hit off the pilot episode discussing the Lightning’s protection list for the upcoming expansion draft. [Raw Charge]
In actual off-season news, Tyler Johnson was on the golf course yesterday:
The Crunch
Syracuse forward Henri Ikonen is, as expected, moving on after 3 seasons with the Crunch:
#Jokerit and forward Henri Ikonen have agreed on a 2-year contract. For the past 3 years Ikonen has played for the Syracuse Crunch. #KHL pic.twitter.com/fgNiiPoPIk
— Jokerit Helsinki (@Jokerit_EN) June 19, 2017
A FanPoster wrote an interview with him that went up yesterday. “It was a fun ride. We had a really good team and were so close to winning it all. Just truly blessed I got to be around those guys and enjoy the ride with them.” [Raw Charge]
It appears that forward Kevin Lynch, who worked his way up from a PTO with Syracuse last season to a full AHL contract, will be re-signing with the Crunch:
The Prospects
Yesterday was also “Meet Mikhail Sergachev” day — our OHL writer, Tom Hunter, wrote about him here [Raw Charge], and Bryan Burns wrote about him at [Tampa Bay Lightning]
The Game
Jonathan “Marshmallow” Marchessault is sad and that makes me want to hurt the people who made him upset:
Jonathan Marchessault: “Yes, I’m surprised not to have been protected. I thought I was part of plans for the Panthers…” https://t.co/Et5sTiu3Ih
— Cats On The Prowl (@Cats0ntheprowl) June 19, 2017
Jonathan Marchessault: “It’s disappointing to not be part of the 4 best forwards in your team..” https://t.co/6Y5nlpv1YG
— Cats On The Prowl (@Cats0ntheprowl) June 19, 2017
The Phoenix Coyotes are not going to re-sign Shane Doan, who has spent 21 seasons playing for them. [SB Nation NHL]
Penn State and the Pegula Ice Arena will host their second NHL pre-season game: Buffalo Sabres vs. Pittsburgh Penguins. [Go PSU Sports]
The new NHL salary cap is a $2,000,000 increase over the current cap. Generally, that’s good news for most teams. [Pension Plan Puppets]
The AHL’s annual meetings are this week in Phoenix:
The annual AHL Marketing Meeting is underway this week in Phoenix → https://t.co/q32zVhP3AW #AHLMeetings pic.twitter.com/pAkrh9wvB0
— AHL Communications (@AHLPR) June 19, 2017
Frank Miceli of Spurs Sports and Entertainment kicks off #AHLMeetings with his “10 Tips for Success” pic.twitter.com/ocxlwoeMuQ
— Jason Chaimovitch (@JChaimo) June 19, 2017
I’d show you a tweet from the Crunch being there, but they…uh…aren’t. So…hey, Rochester!
We are ready for the second session of team presentations in the Sonoran Sky Salon! #AHLMeetings pic.twitter.com/Zkm600brOC
— Rochester Americans (@AmerksHockey) June 19, 2017
It’s a tad warm in Arizona:
Baked directly on the sidewalk outside the meeting room. https://t.co/dMxcBfdv1y
— Jason Chaimovitch (@JChaimo) June 19, 2017
