The Portuguese Pistol is staying in Tampa! The Tampa Bay Lightning have announced that they have re-signed the Gage Goncalves to a two-year contract with an average annual value of $1.2 million. He will remain a restricted free agent at the end of the deal. The 24-year-old forward appeared in 60 regular season games for the Lightning last year and posted 8 goals while adding 12 … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay Lightning re-sign Gage Goncalves to two-year contract
The Tampa Bay Lightning select Ethan Czata with the 56th pick of the 2025 NHL Draft
With their first pick of the 2025 NHL Draft, which came late in the second round, the Tampa Bay Lightning selected Ethan Czata from the Niagra IceDogs. The 18-year-old forward put up 21 goals and 34 assists in 68 games during the OHL regular season. He chipped in another 2 assists in 5 games in the playoffs. He’s not a huge player, but does have a physical edge to his game. … [Read more...] about The Tampa Bay Lightning select Ethan Czata with the 56th pick of the 2025 NHL Draft
Lightning release preseason schedule
Get those markers and calendars ready (ours is a National Park one), we have hockey to schedule for next season. The first signs of the Tampa Bay Lightning 2025-26 season have started to trickle out as the team with the release of the preseason schedule. As expected, the Bolts (well, mostly their younger players, and the ones on the roster bubble) will be taking on the usual … [Read more...] about Lightning release preseason schedule
Lightning were reportedly in talks with veteran free agent
A couple of days ago, veteran center Jonathan Toews reportedly agreed to a bonus-laden contract with the Winnipeg Jets. After a two-year absence from the sport, Toews is returning to the NHL with the defending President’s Trophy winners. The 37-year-old had drawn interest from several teams in the league and, according to insider Elliotte Friedman, the Tampa Bay Lightning were … [Read more...] about Lightning were reportedly in talks with veteran free agent
Catching up on the post-Stanley Cup roster action
The 2024-25 season is done. That means the sprint to the build 2025-26 rosters has begun for general managers around the NHL. While some teams, like the Tampa Bay Lightning, have already made some quiet moves, expect the action to start heating up as the league calendar plows on towards the NHL draft, which starts just over a week from today on June 27th. The draft leads into … [Read more...] about Catching up on the post-Stanley Cup roster action