Development, Young Guns game, then a whole lot of nothing until September. Do not forget to vote in this week’s Fan-confidence poll.
Lightning links
- A couple of questions for Dan Ellis [Bolts By The Bay]
- Three questions for “Killer”, aka James Wright [TBO]
- The first-year-pro trials and tribulations of Dustin Tokarski [TBO]
- Brett Connolly is a rising titan [Hockey Prospect]
- Do not forget the fundraiser ties to the Curtis/Kocab Memorial Fund at tomorrow’s Young Guns game. [Tampa Bay Lightning]
- Speaking of development camp, Coach Boucher (who is not in attendance due to moving to Tampa), makes it a point that camp is for learning, not for impressing [TampaBay.com]
- Mike Corcoran talked with Coach Boucher last week, and touched on a number of subjects including Paul Ranger [Creative Loafing]
- The Bolts bolstered blue-line, by the numbers [TSN]
- The writing is on the wall [Don’T Trade Vinny]
- It was first given out to “The Michael Jordan of Hockey” and now it can be yours! [Raw Charge Store]
Hockey links
- The Olympic Games, or the World Cup of Hockey? Mike Chen discusses the two. [From the Rink]
- “The Dan Boyle Treatment” — it’s a legacy of Len Barrie’s that is now encroaching on Marc Savard [Puck Daddy]
- Former Bolt Darryl Sydor retires after 18 seasons in the NHL. He’ll help coach the Houston Aeros of the AHL now. [Minnesota Wild]
- Hoosier Hockey celebrates USA Hockey’s successes, and ponders if the NHL in the sunbelt is finally producing talent [Hoosier Hockey]
- The nine best free agents left (who are not named Ilya Kovalchuk) [FanHouse]
- The Top Ten GM’s BR would trust to rebuild around [Bleacher Report]
- Top Ten worst playoff goals [Hockey, Hot Chicks]
- Tom Costello gives a parents take on concussions in the game of hockey [USCHO]
- Mike Fisher and Carrie Underwood: a match made on TMZ [The Hockey Plumber]
- ESPN’s Sportscenter coverage of the NHL is lackluster at best, but ESPN thinks they are doing just fine by them [Puck Daddy]
General links
So the Rays have attendance problems. Everyone and their uncle has a theory why [Tampabay.com]
