Tampa Bay Lightning
Southeast Division | Eastern Conference
Overview
The Lightning currently have 2 players including 2 forwards, 0 defensemen, and 0 goalie(s) counting against their salary cap.
The team's current total salary cap hit stands at $13,050,000. That is $37,250,000 below the $50,300,000 cap ceiling, and $21,250,000 below the $34,300,000 cap floor. The highest cap hit on the team is $7,800,000, while the lowest is $5,250,000.
With a combined payroll of $11,300,000, the average salary of the team is $5,650,000. The highest salary on the team is $7,800,000, with the lowest being $6,500,000.
The team has 2 players that will become unrestricted free agents (UFAs), on July 1st, 2010.
Rumors
- Habs Mid Season, With a Twist?
- The Montreal Canadiens are better by the numbers with the exception of the power play than at this time last year. Some surprises good and bad, and one hot rumour!
- Islanders Week In Review
- I'll be updating this column weekly, tracking the season of the New York Islanders. The big story thus far has been the inactivity of franchise goalie Rick Dipietro. He finally received his first start of the year against Florida on Saturday night and let in a goal early on. However, he settled down afterwards and played reasonably well, keeping the Islanders in the game.
- Safe is Life: A Tampa Bay Lightning Season Review
- When it comes to sitting down and saying something of real substance about the Tampa Bay Lighting's new season, I can't help but be at a loss for words. For those of you who know me, that is something that does not happen very often. What is to say that hasn't been said before about the team? The Lightning has been up for speculation since the day Oren and Len came onto the scene saying "Hey, we'll buy you!" Heck, the speculation has been going on for longer than that with our roller coaster seasons and poor ranks. The roller coaster came to a screeching halt when we came in 30th last season. But let's forget that ever happened for the sake of our hearts. After that, we had more speculation with Dan Boyle's un-sportsman like trade, and the end of the reign of Jay Feaster and John Tortorella. For a while, the hits just kept on coming to any fan. The shot heard around hockey bay has kept ringing for quite some time. Now it's October and the storm has ended and it's finally time to put the finishing touches on a team that has been rebuilt from practically scratch.
- Guest Bloggers
- RumorMeThis is currently trying to gather Guest Bloggers for each of the 30 NHL teams, and have them report on their respective teams at certain points during the regular season, playoffs, and the off-season. What we’re looking for This is a tentative list of posts and schedule we’re aiming for: Season Preview (Oct 1) All-Star Break (Midway season review [...]
- NHL In Europe?
- A report given by the Globe and Mail stated that the NHL has publicly announced the possibility of expanding to teams overseas. Seemingly overnight, this speculation has spawned garrulous debate about possible expansion; from newspaper articles to blog pages across the continent. Although they do not expect that this expansion has an adequate timeline, the NHL expects the possibility of it materializing within the next 10 years.
Transactions
- New Jersey Devils At The Deadline
- New Jersey Devils (39-19-3) — 1st, Atlantic…3rd Conf. What got them there? Well honestly a resilient offense and timely goaltending from someone not named Martin Brodeur for most of the season is what got the Devils to this point. When Brodeur went down on November 1st…did anyone expect them to be in this position? No! Scott [...]
- Making Moves: Pens Deal Ryan Whitney
- The Pens give up on Ryan Whitney and look to make a playoff push.
- Tom Renney out, John Tortorella in
- And so the ongoing rumour came true, The Rangers changed their coach. Tortorella is a fiery coach, maybe that’s what the Rangers need, it’s true most of them are underperforming, but we can’t get too picky on a team that has lacked quality finishers all year long. On the other hand Renney, is NOTÂ a bad coach, [...]
- Schneider Traded To Montreal
- The Montreal Canadiens have traded for Mathieu Schneider.
- Devils Trade Brookbank to Ducks
- The Devils traded defenseman Sheldon Brookbank to the Anaheim Ducks for the rights to center David McIntyre. The trade of Brookbkank opens up a spot for the Devils to add another player to their roster before the trade deadline.