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Lightning prospect named to roster for World Junior Summer Showcase

While things at the NHL level are pretty quiet these days, it’s a big month for some of the prospects around hockey. Rosters for the four teams competing in the World Junior Summer Showcase later this month are being released. The round-robin competition doesn’t quite have the pomp and circumstance of the U20 World Junior Championship held at the end of the year, but for a lot of younger players…

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Catching up with the Syracuse Crunch

It’s time to play a little catch-up with some of the news that fell through the cracks over the last few weeks as we focused on the NHL draft and free agency. Down on the farm, there have been some major changes with the Tampa Bay Lightning’s AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. There is a new boss (who is literally the same as the old boss), an old friend returns, and they made some small…

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Lightning add veteran forward on one-year deal

The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to add to their roster (and that of the Syracuse Crunch) as they announced the signing of veteran forward Scott Sabourin to a one-year, two-way contract. While financial terms weren’t released by the team, Puckpedia is reporting that it the NHL salary is $775,000 with the minor-league portion at $250,000. The undrafted forward was originally signed as a free agent…

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Lightning Morning News: Schedule Notes

Welcome to the last 82-game season for the Tampa Bay Lightning for the foreseeable future. Starting next season the league moves to an 84-game season (cool, it’ll probably mean another back-to-back for the Bolts) to boost the revenues a bit. For the second year in a row, there is a bit of a compression to the schedule as the NHL makes way for the Olympics in February. The Tampa Bay Lightning’…

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Lightning Morning News: Former prospect finds a new home in Sweden

Former second-round pick Gabriel Fortier is heading to Sweden as he signed a two-year deal with Leksands IF of the SHL earlier in the week. Fortier, who appeared in 11 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning during his time with the organization was a Group VI unrestricted free agent this summer. After not finding any takers in the NHL, the 25-year-old looks to build a little value in Sweden over the…

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Lightning Evening News: The boys are vibing together

Well, it seems some of the Tampa Bay Lightning players are off having a good time together before getting ready for the season together. If nothing else, there is photographic proof that they like hanging out together. From the bars referenced on the post (which appears to have come from Jake Guentzel’s Instagram) it looks like they’re in Ireland. It’s always fun to see which former…

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Lightning Evening News: St. Louis Blues pay tribute to rock legend

Ozzy Osbourne, the legendary British rocker, passed away at the age of 76 on Tuesday. Best known for fronting Black Sabbath, Osbourne was also introduced to a new generation of fans through the MTV show, The Osbournes, which followed the War Pigs singer and his family for four seasons. While he might be known as one of the more famous Aston Villa fans, thanks to Ozzy being Ozzy, he has a tie…

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Lightning sign top draft pick

At least there won’t be a contract dispute with this year’s top draft selection. The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed their top pick in the 2025 NHL draft, Ethan Czata, to a three-year, entry-level contract. The Niagra IceDog was selected in the second round with the 56th pick this summer. While the agreement is in place, don’t expect the 18-year-old to be suiting up for the Bolts anytime soon as…

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Lightning Evening News: Vasy credits his fellow goaltenders

Part of the fun of the summer is that many of the Russian players conduct interviews back at home. With a more comfortable setting, and conversing in their primary language they are often more at ease. We saw it with Mikhail Sergachev last week, and now a short clip of an interview with Andrei Vasilevskiy is making the rounds. According to the translation provided…

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Let’s talk a little bit about the McDonagh Situation

Ryan McDonagh is under contract to the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 2025-26 season. That much we can all agree on, right? That’s the good news. He’s going to be back in the blue and white for at least one more season, and if things work out the right way, at least a couple of more. How many more seasons, and for how much money is where things start to get a little murky. The 36-year-old…

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