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A Look at Tampa Bay's Draft Strategy

Thanks to the lottery on Tuesday night, we now know the order of selection for the draft. The Islanders will lead off from the pole position and, as I discussed earlier in the week, they've got an awful lot on their plate. But what about the other teams that sent representatives to TSN studios on Tuesday night?Well, today...

Steve Downie Attacks Referee, Adds to Long List of Trouble-Making

Tampa Bay Lightning prospect Steve Downie is certainly no stranger to controversy, as the 21-year-old forward has been suspended multiple times in his young career for various acts of idiocy. On Saturday, Downie, currently playing for the Norfolk Admirals of the AHL, decided it had been too long since he did something...

Tampa Bay Management Has No Plans to Trade Vincent Lecavalier

It's been a rough couple of months for the Tampa Bay Lightning, as they're already on their second head coach of the season, the stud rookie is looking like somewhat of a dud, and the team is currently sitting with the fourth-worst record in the league. About the only way things could possibly get worse for the Lightning...

Newsmakers in the NHL: Pittsburgh Gets Embarrassed at Home ... Again

What a dreadful month of December for the Penguins. After their 2-0 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday night, the Penguins find themselves with a 4-6-1 record this month, and have dropped back-to-back home games to Toronto and Tampa Bay by a combined score of 9-3, while getting outshot 69-38 in the process. There's no way to...

Radim Vrbata, Chris Gratton Placed on Waivers By Tampa Bay

The revolving door that is the Tampa Bay Lightning organization took a few more turns on Monday, as they placed forwards Radim Vrbata and Chris Gratton on waivers, as reported by TSN. Once Vrbata clears waivers, he's going back to the Czech Republic for the remainder of this season, supposedly, because he's lost confidence...

MattCarle News From the Web

05/09/12 Will Jagr, Carle return? Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA Now that their season is over, where do the Flyers go from here?
04/29/12 Flyers hoping for a quick start against Devils Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia PA "They're still in that rush. We've had to cool down and regroup," said Giroux, whose team hasn't played since clinching the series against Pittsburgh last Sunday.
04/29/12 Flyers hoping for a quick start against Devils -... Source: Jackson County Floridan - Marianna FL "They're still in that rush. We've had to cool down and regroup," said Giroux, whose team hasn't played since clinching the series against Pittsburgh last Sunday.
04/29/12 Flyers hoping for a quick start against Devils Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA "They're still in that rush. We've had to cool down and regroup," said Giroux, whose team hasn't played since clinching the series against Pittsburgh last Sunday.
04/22/12 Rookie Gustafsson makes impact for Flyers Source: Philly.com - Philadelphia PA He scored a key goal that gave the Flyers a 3-0 lead en route to a series-clinching, 5-1 win Sunday over a Penguins team that, before the playoffs started, was favored to drink from the Stanley Cup. "Gus was unbelievable from start to finish," said Mr. Postseason himself, Danny Briere, who scored his fifth goal of the series.