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Fresh off of a Western Hockey League championship, and playoff MVP honors, Medicine Hat Tigers’ goaltender Harrison Meneghin kept the good times rolling as he signed his entry-level contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Monday. Despite the passing of his father in late March, the 20-year-old netminder went 14-1 with a .906 SV% and 2.35 GAA in the playoffs as the Tigers … [Read more...] about Lightning sign goaltending prospect to an entry-level contract

Rejoice local Tampa Bay Lightning fans! On Wednesday, the organization announced that they had signed a multi-year deal to broadcast their games over the Scripps Sports Network. For local fans that means they’ll be able to watch the games over the air the old-school way – with an antenna. If that doesn’t work for you, the games will also be broadcast over cable, streaming … [Read more...] about Tampa Bay Lightning leave FanDuel Network, join Scripps Sports

While the eight remaining teams are battling for the Stanley Cup, the other 24 teams are getting ready for the fun of the summer. The draft, free agency, random franchise-changing trades are all ahead of us. It’s also restricted free agent season. Teams are deciding which players to keep in the organization, and which players to potentially poach from another. There is some … [Read more...] about NHL sets offer sheet thresholds

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