Bolts Report - Erik Erlendsson

Update on Mike Smith

Real good story by Patrick Kennedy of Sun Media on goaltender Mike Smith, his experiences from last season, and where he stands in getting back onto the ice after suffering a season-ending concussion last season. Smith still has not been back on skates and he hasn’t…

Update on Len Barrie’s Friday meeting with the league

Whatever state of flux the Lightning ownership situation remains in did not clear any after a meeting between co-owner Len Barrie and NHL league officials on Friday.

Barrie met with Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly in the league’s New York offices to discuss back payments Barrie owes,…

Tukonen and Blair Jones signed, assistant coach search update

The Lightning have resigned restricted free agent forwards Blair Jones and Lauri Tukonen to one year contracts, the team announced on Thursday.

Jones, a fourth-round pick in 2005, completed his third year as a pro this season. He has appeared in 24 games with the Lightning during that time with…

Bolts Summer Bash on Sun Sports premiers on Friday

BOLTS SUMMER BASH – (Sun Sports, Friday 7:30pm) * PREMIERE

Hosted by Paul Kennedy, Bolts Summer Bash previews the Tampa Bay Lightning’s upcoming season and updates Bolts’ fans on the latest team developments and news. Sun Sports’ Lightning announcers Rick Peckham and Bobby The Chief Taylor sit down with Lightning’s…

Lightning regular schedule season released

If the revamped Lightning lineup is indeed ready to make a playoff push, they have a schedule that could be quite favorable.

Tampa Bay will open the season Oct. 3 in Atlanta followed by an Oct. 6 game in Carolina before opening the home schedule on Oct. 8…

Change of plans for the final day of prospect camp

For anybody that was planning on heading out to the Forum on Wednesday for the final day of the prospects camp, there is a slight change of plans. Instead of a practice, and after six days of essentially three-a-day workouts (two on ice and one off ice), camp director Wes…

Some quick thoughts from prospect scrimmage

First off, there was a great turnout tonight from the fans for the prospect camp with over 4,700 coming through the turnstiles. More than half of the lower bowl was filled and talking to some of the team personnel tonight, everything exceeded their expecations. If you were following on

Backup goaltender Antero Niittymaki signed

The Lightning found their back-up goaltender, signing former Philadelphia backup Antero Niittymaki to free agent contract on Friday.

Niittymaki spent the past four seasons with Philadelphia appearing in 161 career games with a 62-61-23 record, a .901 save percentage and a 3.01 goals-against average.

“We fully recognized the need to…

Hedman signs rookie contract

Lightning defeseman Victor Hedman suited up for his new organization for the first time Thursday morning. By mid-afternoon, he was officially a member of the team.

Tampa Bay signed Hedman, the No. 2 overall pick in the draft, to a standard three-year entry level contract on Thursday that…

An amazing road back for Kurtis Foster, new Lightning defenseman

I found this terriffic story done by Elliot Friedman for Hockey Night in Canada on CBC on new Lightning defenseman Kurtis Foster, whom Tampa Bay agreed to terms with today on a one-year contract. Foster basically had his leg crushed by San Jose’s Torrey Mitchell on March 19, 2008, chasing…