Carolina Hurricanes @ Tampa Bay Lightning 7:00pm at Amalie Arena Broadcast: Streaming on Lightning Website Once again, thank you to Walt Ruff for sharing the roster for the Hurricanes. It looks like the group playing the Lightning will be on the younger side. The team is playing a split squad game in Florida as well, so they sent a slightly better lineup to go against those … [Read more...] about Lightning Round: it’s the Preseason Home Opener
Tampa Bay Lightning Top 25 Under 25: #6 Lucas Edmonds
We took a look at all 35 players in the system that are aged 25 or younger (as of October 1, 2023) and ranked them. It’s the Top 25 Under 25. At #6, we have Lucas Edmonds, an overager who grew up in Sweden and has hopes of stepping into the NHL really quickly. Age: 22 Position: Right Winger Draft: 2022 Round 3, #86 overall 2023-24 Team: Syracuse Crunch 2022 Ranking: 12th … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay Lightning Top 25 Under 25: #6 Lucas Edmonds
Andrei Vasilevskiy has successful surgery, expected to miss first two months of the regular season
It appears the 2023-24 Tampa Bay Lightning season will kick off not only with a Big Boi concert, but also with a big dash of adversity. On Thursday the team announced that All-World goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy had undergone successful microdiscectomy surgery (good news!), but would likely miss the first two months of the season (bad news!). In what will likely be a tightly … [Read more...] about Andrei Vasilevskiy has successful surgery, expected to miss first two months of the regular season
Tampa Bay Lightning Top 25 Under 25: #7 Dylan Duke
We took a look at all 35 players in the system that are aged 25 or younger (as of October 1, 2023) and ranked them. It’s the Top 25 Under 25. Up today is a prospect that will be stepping into a leadership role this season – Dylan Duke. Age: 20 Position: Center Draft: 2021 Round 4, #126 overall 2023-24 Team: University of Michigan Wolverines 2022 Ranking: 14th Siri – show me a … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay Lightning Top 25 Under 25: #7 Dylan Duke
Lightning Round: Busy Day at Bolts Training Camp
It was a busy day for the Tampa Bay Lightning at training camp. In the morning, four players were sent back to their junior teams, Andrei Vasilevskiy got some honors, and then they beat a Nashville Predators squad with mostly NHLers. We kick off with the cuts. Ethans Gauthier and Hay were sent back to their junior teams, along with defenders Dyllan Gill and Scott Walton. … [Read more...] about Lightning Round: Busy Day at Bolts Training Camp