GM Brian Lawton, who has made a bevy of questionable moves since taking over the GM duties last summer made one of his most perplexing moves yesterday.  The team informed Vinny Prospal that he would be placed on waivers or be bought out of his contract.
With Lawton telling the world that the Lightning were willing [...]

The Bolts released their schedule for the upcoming season earlier this week.  We will host 6 home stands with 4 games or more this season.  This is what the rest of the season  looks like.

2009-2010 Regular Season Schedule

October 2009

Date

Visitor

Home

Score

Dec
T
ime (ET)

TV Nat’l

Local (A)

Local (H)

Sat Oct 3, 2009

Lightning

Thrashers

7:00 PM

Tue Oct 6, 2009
Lightning
Hurricanes

7:00 PM

Thu Oct 8, 2009
Devils
Lightning

7:30 PM

Tickets

Sat Oct [...]

Not that this should come as any surprise, because the NHL is not the NFL, but yesterday Victor Hedman signed his standard NHL Rookie Contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning. I guess it holds more of a symbolic meaning for me personally, as I’m pinning a lot of my future hope in the organization [...]

This is why I love hockey.

Today is the first day of free agency for the NHL 2009-2010 season. Already there have been a bevy of moves. The Bolts have made some improvements to the largest problem area on the ice. Today they signed free agents Matias Ohlund, from the Vancouver Canucks, as well as Matt Walker, from the Chicago Blackhawks. [...]