In the last month the Lightning have gone from the least talked about team in the NHL to the most talked about. They have been bought by Oren Koules and gang (finally), hired the Mullet, traded Dan Boyle and oh god let’s stop for a second. I’ll list all the moves by date below [...]
Sorry to everyone for all the delays in getting back on here but I had some setbacks and what not. I’m putting together some posts right now for the Rays and Lightning as there is a ton to talk about here. In the meantime I encourage everyone to check out DRaysBay today. They’ve got [...]
Here we go again. The Lightning rolled out there new sign on the side of the Stadium this week and it seems they screwed up again. This time it was noticed right away (as opposed to the whole Denis thing where he was still pictured on the stadium after being demoted) and will be [...]
It’s now official according to ESPN, Barry Melrose is the new Head Coach of our beloved Tampa Bay Lightning. This has been speculated on for a while, and now that the new ownership group has been approved it will be announced today at a press conference. Melrose hasn’t coached since 1995 and only coached [...]
With everything being so busy I’ve been neglecting our Lightning. Well I’ve finally mustered up some recent news for the Bolts fans.
The NHL’s Board of Governor’s unanimously approved the sale of the Lightning to the new ownership group headed by Oren Koules. We all new this was coming, but the fiasco still isn’t over. [...]
The Lightning have officially let Head Coach John Tortorella go and the Stanley Cup winning coach is now available to be signed. It’s a sad day even though it may be welcomed by some fans and players. Torts was always a very strict coach who required alot of his players, made everyone accountable and [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning seem to be caught in a whirlwind of strange crap right now. The new ownership group headed by Oren Koules are giving a weird vibe with some of the stuff they’re doing. They apparently orchestrated the questionable Brad Richards/Mike Smith swap. Now there are rumors flying (out of Canada first again) that Barry [...]
There is a post by Damian Cristodero that seems to be picking up steam. It’s circulating all over the net now that the Bolts and Evgeny Artyukhin may be finally working things out. Atryukhin has played in his native Russia the last two seasons over contract disputes with the Lightning. It looks like both sides [...]
Lightning center Vinny Lecavalier had his shoulder surgery today and it appears all went well. This is thanks of course in large part to renowned orthopedist James Andrews. Andrews has been repairing baseball players for years and is the most wanted man when it comes to these types of procedures. Vinny still needs to [...]
The Bucs have a busy week ahead of them with the draft less than two weeks away. They’re bringing in all types of hyped up potential draft picks. Just to make things clear for everyone I will report on the draft itself when picks are made and will continue to cover what actually happens. [...]
Well at least something good happened this season. The Lightning won the draft lottery against what Jay Feaster thought. According to the St. Pete Times the Lightning are looking at drafting hot shot Center Steve Stamkos. There are some things to catch up on with the Bolts so we’ll put something together shortly.
A couple things of note here. Damian Cristodero has put up an explanation of the draft lottery and broke it down pretty nice. The way things are going the Bolts have a pretty good shot at the number one pick. On the dark side of things it sounds like coach John Tortorella is about [...]
There’s not much to report with the Lightning anymore, especially anything good. I’m really looking forward to the off-season. They are currently being pummeled by Carolina 5-1 and I’m glad to be watching the Rays instead. That’s not something I thought I’d be saying this time of year but there it is. There’s a few [...]
With the recent injury to newly acquired starting goaltender Mike Smith the Bolts have recalled Marc Denis. Surprisingly Denis cleared recall waivers (not really) and will back up Karri Ramo until Smith is healthy. I know it’s only temporary but it’s quite unsettling knowing Denis is one step from playing here again. Nothing really [...]
A couple notes from the Bolts over the weekend….
Mike Smith pitched his first shutout for the Lightning over the weekend. It was a 3-0 victory over the Rangers at home and the defense looked great! This is the point I’ve been making with the Bolts and their goalies. If the defense plays better [...]
The Bolts won Tuesday night in a crazy game with the Islanders 8-4, a game in which Vinny Lecavalier hat a hat-trick. Catching up on things a little there are a couple piece’s by Damian Cristodero.
One piece Damian wrote was about Karri Ramo’s willingness to fight for his job.
In a piece this morning [...]
Not a whole lot for the Bolts but here’s what I found today….
The team has sent defenseman Andre Roy home. It appears the Bolts have suspended Roy for a week with pay after his emotional outburst last week. It’s been talked about now that the problem was not necessarily Roy exploding on the bench, [...]
The cellar-dwelling Bolts lost another last night and there is no end in sight to this hideous season. The worst part of the losses are that most of them come late in the 3rd period of games they could win. It’s very hard to swallow but it’s encouraging at the same time because they’re [...]
As I speculated this morning the Bolts are taking action against Andre Roy. Roy, who went nuts after his second fight which resulted in the defensman’s beating, has been sent home and according to Lightning spokesman Bill Wickett will not return to the team on the current road trip. Roy has always been a [...]
We’ve added some new gadgets to the site and there will be more changes coming. As you can see on the right we’ve added some widgets from ESPN to help keep you updated on the news and scores of our local teams. The layout is going to be played with and some things will [...]