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Tuesdays with Dani: St. Louis returns to practice with the team
Great news about Martin St. Louis tonight. NHL.com writes that St. Louis traveled with the team to San Jose today and returned to practice with the team. He wore a full cage during the drills today at the HP Pavilion but there is no timetable yet to whether he'll be back in the lineup tomorrow or...
Bits: Wheeling, Dealing and Drafting
It's here! IT'S HERE!!!11 Draft day has finally arrived and Islander country is excited! Another piece to the puzzle, tool for the toolbox and hopefully another bit of magic worked by Garth Snow and staff for us to ponder and explore for the next couple of seasons. Many feel the Isles are on...
Tod Leiweke to lead Tampa Bay Lightning as Chief Executive Officer
Damian Cristordero reports Tod Leiweke is set to be named as Chief Executive Officer of the Tampa Bay Lightning / Tampa Bay Sports and Entertainment LLC. [Note by John Fontana, 07/26/10 1:41 PM EDT ] This has been confirmed in Seattle. [Note by John Fontana, 07/26/10 1:54 PM EDT ] An official team...
2010 NHL Unrestricted Free Agency open thread
For the past two years, under Cowboy rule, the Lightning have made a big splash at the opening of free agency. Steve Yzerman has played down the notion that the Lightning will make a splash, or any big moves for that matter. The moves that will be made will likely come in the aftermath of the...
From inside the media workroom
It's been a few days since iI posted here at Raw Charge. The reason? I'm in Los Angeles as I alluded a few days ago. Between network issues at my hotel and network issues at the Media hotel... Well, I haven't been able to write much. I was going to make some remarks about the teeming masses...
Tampa Bay front office rumors swirl on Wednesday night
The focus of the hockey world was squarely on the Canadiens and Capitals tonight at Verizon Center in Washington DC. While there was a watch party live and happening at the St. Pete Times Forum, there have been whispers creeping out of executive movement for the Tampa Bay Lightning. TSN's Bob...
Jeffrey Vinik's Modus Operandi
The Sound of Silence was a hit song by Simon and Garfunkel in the 1960's, which today characterizes the current state or the Lightning franchise. It's not that the Bolts franchise is dormant in the offseason, but it is more along the lines of these Paul Simon lyrics: And in the naked light I...
The future of Marty with the Tampa Bay Lightning
The sentiment from the Lightning faithful regarding Martin St. Louis (our pick for team MVP, and echoed by the St. Pete Times this morning) is that he is more important to the team than Vincent Lecavalier. He's the heart and the soul of the club. With one year left on his contract, he needs to be...
Paul Ranger Sighting!
Paul Ranger, the defenceman that left the Lightning back on October 23rd for personal reasons, has been sighted at the St. Pete Times Forum not once, but twice. The news was first nonchalantly dropped by Cristodero saying that he visited the locker room on Tuesday. Tocchet told the media that...
Report: Barrie, Bolts almost traded Stamkos to New York
You remember former Montreal Canadien's GM Bob Gainey blaming the Tampa Bay Lightning for ruining the Habs season in 2009? For distracting everyone with the Lecavalier-to-Montreal rumors? It would seem that New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather took the same approach last week in a similar...
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