The Tampa Bay Lightning have drafted Victor Hedman in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft , which is currently going on as I write this. After months of speculation on what the New York Islanders would do with their pick, they decided that John Tavares was the best fit for their club at this point. This worked out well for the Bolts, being that the blue line is where we have the most glaring needs. Hedman is a 6′ 6″ Swedish defenseman, that will hopefully bring some stability to a position that saw 22 people play in it last season.
Since the [...]

Friday night will be the official start to the Tampa Bay Lightning 2009-2010 season. The Stanley Cup Finals will be decided in an epic game 7 between the defending champs, and the almost defending champs. I’m not saying that I don’t care about this series, I’m just saying that it feels like I have seen this already. Oh wait I have seen this. IT WAS LAST YEAR. I’ve been out of town for almost a month for work so I haven’t been able to really follow the last few series like I would have wanted to. But now that the [...]