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Quick Strikes: The Lightning place Louis Domingue and Mike Condon on waivers

Posted on by Igor Nikonov

The Bolts

As it was announced yesterday, Dan Girardi’s officially retiring from professional hockey. The 35 year old defenseman has spent last two seasons with the Tampa Bay Lightning and became a free agent after his contract expired this summer [Raw Charge]

Girardi skated a total of 139 games plus 21 playoff games for the Lightning. He recorded 10 goals and 34 points over two seasons. Girardi ends his career with 927 games played with 56 goals and 264 points. He played in 143 playoff games, which is 30th all-time by a defenseman. Girardi only played for two teams during his NHL career: the Rangers and the Lightning.

Former and current players of the Tampa Bay Lightning are looking back at playing with Girardi.

Louis Domingue and Mike Condon have been placed on waivers on Friday afternoon. Domingue played 38 regular season games and one playoff game over the last two season for the Lightning. Last season, he set the franchise record for the longest winning streak.  Mike Condon was acquired from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for Ryan Callahan and the Lightning’s fifth-round selection of the 2020 NHL Draft this offseason.

The Bolts got their first win of the preseason in their third game last night against the Nashville Predators. The triplets line of Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, and Nikita Kucherov have been reunited and Kucherov scored two goals. Alex Volkov scored his first goal of preseason after Carter Verhaeghe and Dennis Yan’s assissts.

Caley Chelios has been officially named to the Lightning broadcast team.

The latest re-signings of top RFA defensemen gave us more insight on what the next contracts for Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak could be. [Raw Charge]

Defensemen Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak will both be restricted free agents following this season. Sergachev will be completing his third season in the NHL. Through his first two seasons, he had put up a 40 and 32 point season and should be expected to be back in that range for a third straight season. Cernak will be completing his second full NHL season and posted 16 points last season.

The Crunch

The Professional Bull Riders Velocity Tour will be held at the Syracuse Crunch’s War Memorial Arena.

The Game

The Charlotte Checkers have received the Calder Cup and their Chief Operating Officer Tera Black has become the first woman with her name on it.

Eliteprospects announced some changes of their staff.

Yesterday was the 12th day before the start of the new season and the “Playing Season Waiver Period”  has officially started. The following players have been put on waivers:

A first look at Taylor Hall and Jack Hughes playing together for the New Jersey Devils.

Ilya Mikheyev has quickly adapted to his new team.

Some new changes in the Washington Capitals organization.

Tony DeAngelo has re-signed with the New York Rangers.

Ryan Poehling is out indefinitely.

Gritty is an inpiring person for kids.

Meet Alan, the young fan of the Salavat Yulaev from the KHL, the team invited him when his video after a disappointing loss of Salavat Yulaev went viral on Russian social sites. The kid got a stick from Petr Khokhryakov and a team’s jersey signed by the whole team.

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