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With the need for draft preparation at a bare minimum Tampa Bay Lightning general manager, Julien BriseBois, is getting a start on free agency. After grasping a defenseman out of the European leagues yesterday, Mr. BriseBois stayed a little closer to home as he re-signed goaltender Jonas Johansson to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.25 million. Johnansson … [Read more...] about Lightning re-sign Jonas Johansson

Okay, we’re pulling ourselves out of the usual post-post-season depression and getting on with writing about this wonderful sport that we all, for some reason or another, love. We’ve hit the highlights of the Lightning news over the last few days (although we still have some thoughts on the exit interviews), but there were a couple of things we missed. Mostly, it was a couple … [Read more...] about Lightning Morning News: Catching up on some award nominations

There is no rest for the defeated. General manager Julien BriseBois isn’t going to let a pesky thing like the second round of the playoffs get in his way of adding to his roster for next season. On Monday, the Tampa Bay Lightning added to their defensive depth by signing Charle-Edouard D’Astous to a one-year, two-way contact. Financial terms were not announced, but PuckPedia is … [Read more...] about Lightning sign defenseman to one-year deal

Injuries are never a valid excuse for a team to lose a playoff series. Chances are the team they are playing against is just as beat up as they are. That being said, hoo boy were the Tampa Bay Lightning playing through some pretty bad things. In his post-season address to the media, general manager Julien BriseBois detailed some of the ailments that the players were going … [Read more...] about The injury report for the Tampa Bay Lightning

No one, least of all Nikita Kucherov, is thinking about individual awards after the Tampa Bay Lightning were denied a chance at the ultimate team award at the hands of the Florida Panthers. Still, it’s nice to see that Kucherov has finished, at worst, among the top three players in the NHL this season as decided by the Professional Hockey Writers Association. It is the second … [Read more...] about Nikita Kucherov Named Hart Finalist for Second Consecutive Season