Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
from Mike Brophy of Sportsnet, Got a call last week from Tampa Bay Lightning owner Oren Koules. The man who brings you the Saw horror movies as well as Two and a Half Men was a little upset at his team being identified as one of my three disappointing teams through the first quarter of the 2009-10 season. At the time the column was published, the Lighting ranked in the middle of the pack in the overall...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
- If you're holding onto Jean-Sebastien Giguere thinking he's going to get traded to the Detroit Red Wings, think again. There are a lot of rumors floating around about Giggy getting dealt to Detroit, but unless Brian Rafalski is part of that deal, its simply not possible due to the salary cap. Detroit's front office has also come out and said that they are not interested in Giguere and are happy...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Vinny Lecavalier with Alex Tanguay both registered a season-high three points in a 4-1 Bolts victory over Phoenix.
Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Ryan Malone and Alex Tanguay helped lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens.
Hockey Leaks (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
We start in Tampa Bay, where a team with so much talent continues to struggle. Alex Tanguay, where are you? Several sources tell me that Vinny could be dealt sometime in the new year, though the trade deadline makes the most sense. The usual (Montreal, NYR) seem to the be teams most rumoured. The Blackhawks definitely do have interest in Toronto d-man Tomas Kaberle, and Toronto is listening. A package...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
from Damian Cristodero of the St. Petersburg Times, Captain Vinny Lecavalier, who had a season-low 16:06 of ice time, and Todd Fedoruk were minus-3. Marty St. Louis and Alex Tanguay had one shot each, and the team had one shot on two power-play chances. The defense at times seemed mesmerized by the puck, allowing Flyers players to stand unchallenged in front of the net. And no one seemed prepared to...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN, The jury’s still out on Bob Gainey’s wholesale makeover in Montreal, but a look at the former Habs and their performance almost one month into the NHL season perhaps shows some prescience in the Canadiens GM’s offseason decisions. Christopher Higgins is in John Tortorella’s dog house in New York; Saku Koivu has struggled to get it going in Anaheim;...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
- You know the hockey world is upside down when the Phoenix Coyotes are not only tough to beat, but almost impossible to score against. Ilya Bryzgalov leads the league with a 1.14 GAA, a .953% and is 5-1. He was recently named the NHL's first star of the week. This won't last forever, but if you own Bryzgalov ride it out as long as you can, maybe even do a little bit of selling high. (Photo by AP)...
TBO > Sports (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Lightning coach Rick Tocchet said he split up C Vinny Lecavalier and LW Alex Tanguay because their game had "too much east-west," and he wants Lecavalier to get "uglier" on the ice.
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from what is simply a cruddy, miserable day in Pittsburgh. Low 40s, drizzle. It just one of those days where the word "hibernation" comes to mind. -We didn't walk up from downtown. Too cruddy. -This is a left over from last week's game. A Georges Laraque jersey: -This is from this morning. The Lightning had some memorabilia set aside for the entire team to sign: -Apparently...
post-gazette.com (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
PREGAME -Greetings from what is simply a cruddy, miserable day in Pittsburgh. Low 40s, drizzle. It just one of those days where the word "hibernation" comes to mind. -We didn't walk up from downtown. Too cruddy. -This is a left over from last week's game. A Georges Laraque jersey: -This is from this morning. The Lightning had some memorabilia set aside for the entire team to sign: -Apparently...
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
from Damian Cristodero of Lightning Strikes, The scoring slumps of Vinny Lecavalier and Alex Tanguay are growing to concerning proportions. Lecavalier has zero goals in six games this season and none in 13 straight games going back to last season. Tanguay has zero goals this season as well and none in nine games going back to last season. At least Lecavalier has five assists and 24 shots on goal. Tanguay...
hockeyinsight.com (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Hey Steve Downie! You want to nudge Vinnie Lecavalier and Alex Tanguay and tell them that the season has begun. The two sleeping giants need to start doing what is expected of them. The production line, of St. Louis, Stamkos, and Malone, have scored 12 of the teams 16 goals and they [...]
Kukla's Korner (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
from Damian Cristodero of Lightning Strikes, I know, you want to think the team will make the playoffs. Analysts said it was possible, but only if everything broke right. Realistically, if the Lightning finishes this season, say, 18th in the league, that’s a huge step, and after three games, though the team hasn’t won, there is no reason to believe that can’t happen. So, what needs...
Florida Sports Fan Blog (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
If not for a stupendous pad save by Thrashers goaltender Ondrej Pavelec, Lightning left wing Alex Tanguay would not have been having this conversation. But there he was Thursday at the St. Pete Times Forum being asked if there was concern he played four preseason games without a goal.“No, not at all,” Tanguay said. “I’ve had [...]
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