Pierre LeBrun kicked off his latest column for The Athletic talking about next year’s schedule. It sounds like the league and the NHLPA are working to figure out the 2025-26 schedule which will include an All-Star Game and an Olympic break. With a tentative start date on October 7th and an expected end date around June 21st, it’s going to be another compacted schedule. Get … [Read more...] about Lightning Morning News: Is there an 84-game schedule in the future?
Lightning drop second in a row as Hurricanes outskate them, 4-1
After a listless loss to the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon, the Lightning wanted to come out and set the tone against the Carolina Hurricanes. There was an extra hop in their step early, but Carolina started to outwork them midway through the second period, and took the victory, 4-1. Gage Goncalves had the lone goal for the Lightning while Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped … [Read more...] about Lightning drop second in a row as Hurricanes outskate them, 4-1
Some final thoughts on….the 2025 NHL trade deadline
Whelp. We made it through yet another trade deadline. The roster are set (for the most part) and roughly three-quarters of the NHL seems to be in contention for the sixteen playoff spots available. If nothing else it should be an interesting race to the end. As usual the Tampa Bay Lightning were in the thick of it, and may have been partly responsible for setting the high … [Read more...] about Some final thoughts on….the 2025 NHL trade deadline
Lightning Morning News: Crunch pick up big win on Sunday
The Syracuse Crunch (and Anthony Angello) were back in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and after surrendering the opening goal, reeled off four in a row to take the victory, 5-1. As the Crunch readjust to their new line-up and try to move up in the standings, they’ve now picked up points in three of the four games this month going 2-1-1. Angello, who was originally drafted by the … [Read more...] about Lightning Morning News: Crunch pick up big win on Sunday
Lightning offense goes missing in listless loss to Bruins, 4-0
If the Tampa Bay Lightning fall short in their goal of winning the Atlantic Division, today is one of the games that they can circle as a reason. They were outworked by a team whose entire roster was rearranged 24 hours earlier as they dropped a 4-0 decision to the Boston Bruins. Old friend Cole Koepke was responsible for half of the damage as he scored twice in his old … [Read more...] about Lightning offense goes missing in listless loss to Bruins, 4-0