When Red Wings defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom on Thursday announced his retirement, the first former teammate he thanked was Steve Yzerman. When Lidstrom talked about building the foundation for his career, Yzerman -– Detroit’s captain when Lidstrom joined the team in 1991 and now the Lightning’s general manager -- was his first reference point.
Full StoryThe Tampa Bay Lightning’s goaltending situation got some more media play the past few days when we read that Dominik Hasek is interested in returning to the NHL and 2006 Lightning first-round draft choice Riku Helenius wants a two-year, one-way contract to return from his native Finland.
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Full StoryThe Lightning, leading up to free agency, will look to trade for a No. 1 goaltender, general manager Steve Yzerman said.
Full StoryThe Lightning is a “serious contender” for the services of Damien Brunner, the Swiss star’s agent said Wednesday night.
Full StoryRyan Shannon, whose disappointing season with the Tampa Bay Lightning ended in March with surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, signed a three-year deal to play for ZSC Lions in Zurich, Switzerland.
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Tampa Bay Times sportswriters Tom Jones and Rick Stroud will star in a new weekday morning show for sports radio station WDAE-AM (620), sparking a closer alliance between the newspaper and station owner Clear Channel Radio. The pair begin hosting their three-hour show at 6 a.m. Tuesday, taking the time slot once held by Dan Sileo.
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Full StoryDavid Carle, who the Lightning selected with its final pick of the 2008 draft days after he was diagnosed with a deadly heart condition, has landed a job as an assistant with a USHL team.
Carle, who graduates from Denver University in June, has been hired as an assistant by the Green Bay Gamblers. He is the brother of former Lightning and current Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Matt Carle.
Read Damian Cristodero's 2009 profile of David Carle here.
Full StoryThough the Tampa Bay Lightning has "tested the waters" to see if goaltender Riku Helenius wants to return to the Lightning, assistant general manager Julien BriseBois was clear Wednesday, Helenius is seen as "a prospect." In other words, he is not considered the immediate answer to the big club's goaltending search and would have to take a two-way contract if he wants to again play for the organization that made him the 15th overall pick of the 2006 draft.
Full StoryPart of the Tampa Bay Lightning’s summer to-do list is to find a top-six forward. That is why general manager Steve Yzerman, at the world championship in Helsinki, Finland, is keeping a close eye on Swiss forward Damien Brunner.
Full StoryThe Tampa Bay Lightning might hire a coaching consultant to take some of the work load off coach Guy Boucher and assistants Dan Lacroix and Marty Raymond. The move, only a consideration at this point, is taking shape because it is clear assistant Wayne Fleming, in the 13th month of his fight with brain cancer, is not returning to the team. His absence last season created added responsibilities for the remaining staff.
Full StoryTampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mattias Ohlund is at the Tampa Bay Times Forum five days a week rehabbing from February’s major surgery on his left knee. Doctors used a layer of titanium to resurface Ohlund’s femur at the patellofemoral joint behind his knee cap. The titanium created a cushion where the cartilage that usually covers the bone had worn away and created painful bone-on-bone rubbing.
Ohlund on Friday said he wants to play again but knows there is no guarantee he can revive his 14-season career. “I want to give myself another chance to play and I’m hoping that’s going to happen, but who knows?” he said.
Ohlund, 35, who did not play last season after arthroscopic surgeries on both knees and has not skated since November, has four years and $11.75 million left on his seven-year deal that pays $5 million next season.
A full story will be in Sunday’s Tampa Bay Times. Here is Ohlund’s interview with the Times:
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Full StoryLightning center Nate Thompson was named an alternate captain for the United States at the world championship, which begins Friday in Helsinki, Finland, and Stockholm, Sweden.
Blue Jackets defenseman Jack Johnson, a member of the silver-medal-winning 2010 Olympic team, was named captain, and Jets center Jim Slater was named the other alternate captain.
The United States, which also includes Lightning forward J.T. Brown, opens play today against France. Canada, which has Lightning forward Teddy Purcell, begins against Slovakia, and Sweden, with Lightning defenseman Victor Hedman, faces Norway.
The NBC Sports Network will televise games with the United States and the medal games. The schedule, from USA Hockey:
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