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Tampa Bay Lightning leave FanDuel Network, join Scripps Sports

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 services…

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Lightning sign goaltending prospect to an entry-level contract

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 rolled through the WHL…

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Eastern Conference Final Preview: Florida Panthers vs. Carolina Hurricanes

Once again, the road to the Stanley Cup Final goes through the state of Florida. The Florida Panthers are in the Eastern Conference Final for the third straight year, and are looking to match the Tampa Bay Lightning’s stretch of three straight Cup appearances. Their opponent, the Carolina Hurricanes. It’s not the first time these teams have met in the ECF as the Panthers swept the Hurricanes back…

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The 2025 State of the Website Address

As the playoffs head into the conference finals, and the end of the 2024-25 season is looming in the not too distant future, we figured it was time for a little website update. That update is…well, not much is going to change. We have no intention of going anywhere anytime soon, so don’t go deleting that bookmark just yet. We took a few weeks off (for the most part) following the…

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Western Conference Finals Preview: Dallas Stars vs. Edmonton Oilers

Who doesn’t love a good sequel? Godfather II, Empire Strikes Back, Death Wish 2. All solid flicks that enhanced the original, right? Well, welcome to WCF Part II: The Duel in Dallas. The Dallas Stars and Edmonton Oilers are running back last year’s Western Conference Finals that went six games with the Oilers coming out on top. Should we expect anything different this year? Not really.

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FanPosts: Lightning’s quest for success starts with blockbuster trade

By Sean O. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the path to the Stanley Cup runs through Miami. After being eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the Florida Panthers for the past two seasons, the team urgently needs a solution. The Lightning made significant strides during the offseason, enhancing their 5×5 play and securing top free agent Jake Guentzel with a long-term contract.

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Lightning sign international free agent forward

Once again the Tampa Bay Lightning crossed the Atlantic Ocean to add some depth to their organization. On Thursday they announced that they had signed Wojciech Stachowiak to a one-year, entry-level contract. The 25-year-old forward has spent most of his professional career with ERC Ingolstadt of the DEL in Germany. Last season he put up 30 points (10 goals, 20 assists) in 52 games and added…

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Lightning lose Blashill, Darche to other organizations

There were some empty offices at Channelside Drive this week as a couple members of the Tampa Bay Lightning organization moved on to new opportunities. Assistant coach Jeff Blashill was the first to depart as he was named the new head coach of the Chicago Blackhawks. That news was followed up with the announcement that Mathieu Darche had accepted the position of general manager and executive vice…

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Some thoughts on the Conference Finals so far

Both the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals have hit the three-game mark and it seems like we’re steam-rolling to a rematch of last year’s Stanley Cup Final. The Florida Panthers are absolutely dominating their series against the Carolina Hurricanes and have a chance to complete the sweep tonight. Out west, it’s been a more interesting battle with the Edmonton Oilers using their…

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A look back at the 2024-25 Tampa Bay Lightning rookies

If there has been an overarching theme to the Tampa Bay Lightning’s recent stretch of post-Stanley Cup playoff appearances (aside from first-round exits), it’s been the lack of input from rookies. In fact, over the last three seasons, only 13 rookies have appeared in the line-up with only 8 of those players appearing in more than 10 games. The Bolts have leaned heavily on veteran players as they’…

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Stacy Roest no longer with the Tampa Bay Lightning organization

We spend way too much time scrolling through the vast wasteland that is the internet. As we lazily thumb our way past meme after meme after meme occasionally, we stumble across one that we can apply to the hockey world. After hearing the news about Stacy Roest leaving the organization our lethargic off-season thoughts turned to the nostalgic, saccharine phrase that often appears over a group of…

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Lightning continue to stock their goaltending depth with reported new signing

It appears the Tampa Bay Lightning are set at goaltending prior to the 2025 NHL Free Agency Fest. Overshadowed by the Yanni Gourde signing, a report has emerged that the team quietly signed goaltender Ryan Fanti to a one-year, two-contract. According to PuckPedia (the team has not confirmed the signing yet) the deal pays the netminder $775,000 at the NHL level and $80,000 for the AHL and ECHL.

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Nikita Kucherov wins Ted Lindsey Award

For the second time in his career, Nikita Kucherov was deemed the best player in the league by his peers. The future hall-of-famer was presented the Ted Lindsey Award on Wednesday by his captain, Victor Hedman, while surrounded by a group of his teammates at the Lightning’s facilities in Tampa. The NHL is shaking things up as to how they announce some of their award winners.

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What the Lightning can learn from the Oilers’ Game 1 win

The Tampa Bay Lightning are no longer in the playoffs. That doesn’t mean we can’t keep talking about them, right? So, along the same lines of the eternal How Does this affect the Leafs? we present a recap from the perspective of what the Lightning pull from both teams in regards to the Edmonton Oilers 4-3 overtime win against the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final.

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Tampa Bay Lightning fill coaching void

With Jeff Blashill tasked with taking over the rebuild in Chicago, the Tampa Bay Lightning had an open spot on their coaching staff. On Friday, the same day former coach Derek Lalonde joined the Anaheim Ducks staff, the Bolts announced that Dan Hinote would be joining Jon Cooper’s staff in Tampa. The 48-year-old is back in the NHL after a year in the AHL with the Colorado Eagles.

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Lightning sign defenseman to three-year contract

The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to cross things off on there summer list of things to do. Amidst a small flurry of activity within the organization, the biggest move was to get one of their restricted free agents under contract. Max Crozier, a 25-year-old defenseman with 18 games of regular season experience with the Lightning, agreed to a three-year deal with an AAV of $775,000.

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Anthony Cirelli finished third in Selke voting

Not only is Florida the new state of hockey, it’s apparently the state of defensive hockey. Anthony Cirelli narrowly missed out on second place in Selke voting as he finished behind Aleksander Barkov (1,363 points) and Sam Reinhart (837 points). Cirelli garnered 828 points on the NHL’s 10-7-5-3-1 allocation system. His 29 first-place votes was tied for second with Reinhart, but they were a distant…

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Tampa Bay Lightning sign forward prospect to three-year contract

Jack Finley had a really solid season in 2024-25. Unfortunately, as has been the case so far in his pro career, it was a short season. He appeared in 40 games for the Syracuse Crunch putting up a career-high 14 goals and adding 14 assists. Finley, a 2020 second-round pick for the Lightning, also made his NHL debut, appearing in one game for Tampa Bay. Despite the injuries that have followed him…

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Lightning re-sign Yanni Gourde to six-year contract

Well, at least there is one jersey fans know they can hold onto for a little while. The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that fan favorite, two-time Stanley Cup winner, trade deadline acquisition, and all-around good vibes guy, Yanni Gourde, has signed a six-year contract with an average annual value of $2.33 million. Barring any unforeseen circumstances that means the 33-year-old is basically a…

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It’s not looking great for Edmonton

Secondary scoring is great, especially in the Stanley Cup Final, but when Corey Perry has your only goals over the last 88 minutes of on-ice action, well, that isn’t great. After splitting the games in Edmonton, the Florida Panthers returned to their friendly confines and proceeded to smack the Oilers up and down the ice for 60 minutes in Game 3. The 6-1 final score was indicative of how much the…

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