The Lightning just celebrated its 25th anniversary season — long enough to have a Mount Rushmore.Here it is:Marty St. Louis (2000-14)St. Louis is the all-time franchise leader in points and the only Lightning player to make the Hall of Fame aft...
The Lightning has completed Jon Cooper's coaching staff for the upcoming season, announcing on Thursday the hiring of Derek Lalonde, who spent the last two seasons as head coach of the American Hockey League's Iowa Wild.Lalonde, 45, has steadily work...
A busy few weeks of re-signing players continued Wednesday, as the Lightning brought back the last of their restricted free agents, signing left wing Adam Erne to a one-year, $800,000 contract for 2018-19.Erne, 23, was a second-round pick in 2013 and...
CLEARWATER — Nikita Kucherov could have waited a year, allowing the demand for a top young NHL scorer to escalate as he hit restricted free agency next summer.But when the Lightning made him an offer to become the highest-paid player in the tea...
The Lightning took another step toward securing its future Tuesday by announcing that right wing Nikita Kucherov will sign the richest contract in franchise history.Kucherov's eight-year contract extension will pay him an average of $9.5 million star...
TAMPA — The Erik Karlsson sweepstakes hasn't ended for the Lightning.But the Nikita Kucherov sweepstakes is over before it began.The Lightning has locked up its star right winger. An eight-year extension that begins in the 2019-20 season will p...
ST. PETERSBURG — When the call from the Hall came, there she was again.The girl with the "I (heart) U Marty" sign, in the newspaper again, this time on the cover of the June 27 Tampa Bay Times sports section. She was frozen in time, doing what ...
TAMPA — Shortly after the excitement of the real possibility Thursday night that the Lightning could be trading for defenseman Erik Karlsson, fans quickly came to an uneasy place: What exactly would Tampa Bay give up to get the two-time Norris ...
He wants to be here.This is the place.In case you'd missed it amid the gloom and doom of a Lightning season that came up short again, there are still people who want to play in Tampa Bay.One of them is Erik Sven Gunnar Karlsson of Landsbro, Sweden. T...
Rick Stroud returns from vacation to discuss reports that the Lightning will acquire star defenseman Erik Karlsson from the Ottawa Senators.He also talks about reaction to Jameis Winston's three-game suspension, the Rays' crazy home stand and which p...
![Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Lecavalier (4) celebrates his game winning over time goal beating Chicago Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery (30) (down on ice in background) as the Lightning win with a final score of 5 to 4 at the St.Pete Times Forum in Tampa Friday evening (11/04/11). [Dirk Shadd, Times]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20160625/ARTICLE/306259734/AR/0/AR-306259734.jpg?MaxW=2000&cachebuster=711027 "Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Lecavalier (4) celebrates his game winning over time goal beating Chicago Blackhawks goalie Ray Emery (30) (down on ice in background) as the Lightning win with a final score of 5 to 4 at the St.Pete Times Forum in Tampa Friday evening (11/04/11). [Dirk Shadd, Times]")
![The Lightning's Mount Rushmore (from left): Marty St. Louis, Vinny Lecavalier, Steven Stamkos, Brian Bradley. [Times files]](https://www.tampabay.com/storyimage/HI/20180713/ARTICLE/307139799/AR/0/AR-307139799.jpg&MaxW=600&imageVersion=Rotator)
