Tampa Bay Lightning Archive

  • Ryan Miller

    What makes a playoff team (part 2)

    Posted on April 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
    In part 1 of my playoff team analysis series, I introduced my concept, and covered the top four teams in the Eastern Conference. For a refresher on my criteria, I’ve broken each team into four categories. Top prospects, players the team drafted in the first...

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  • Lightning Capitals

    Southeast division key to Leafs playoff hopes

    Posted on March 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
    With last night’s thrilling 4-3 victory over the Colorado Avalanche, the Leafs have now won three straight as they head to Detroit to wrap up their 3 game road trip on Saturday. The win gave the Leafs 78 points, tied with the Carolina Hurricanes and...

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  • Brian_Burke

    What Do You Do?

    Posted on November 9, 2010 | 5 Comments
    Recent discussions surrounding the current calamity that is the Toronto Maple Leafs has led me to openly wonder, and subsequently call out for answers from Leaf Nation. While it’s too early to get any serious trading done in today’s NHL landscape, with most GM’s preferring...

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  • Vincent Lecavalier, Tampa Bay Lightning

    Lecavalier struck down, undergoes knee surgery

    Posted on August 22, 2010 | 3 Comments
    Earlier this weekend, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced that their captain and franchise player Vincent Lecavalier would be sidelined for at least four weeks as he undergoes minor knee surgery. To which fans of the player and team probably had the same question pop in...

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  • simon-gagne-phiadelphia-flyers

    Lightning finally strikes; Flyers ship Gagne to Tampa Bay

    Posted on July 19, 2010 | 4 Comments
    As one Flyer fan of my acquaintance bluntly put it upon hearing the news, “That’s it?” I think that sums it up pretty well. In almost a footnote with the Kovalchuk sweepstakes finally ending, Simon Gagne trades in his orange and black threads that he’s donned for over twelve years...

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