Lightning general manager Jay Feaster has been working the phones in hopes of collecting a second-round pick for the start of today's second-day festivities at the NHL entry draft. ...more

June 21, 2008

OTTAWA – The Steven Stamkos era officially began in Tampa Bay on Friday when the Lightning selected the 18-year-old with the first overall pick in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. ...more

June 20, 2008

If everything goes as expected today, the National Hockey League will approve Oren Koules as the new owner of the Lightning. Once the deal officially closes later this month, life as we know it on Channelside Drive will have ended. ...more

June 18, 2008

You'd most likely expect to read an account right now of how the Lightning traded their best defenseman for a draft pick and pair of used sweat socks. It's what we've been conditioned to expect would happen. But then, you don't start a major rebuilding project by trading a player such as Dan Boyle. ...more

February 26, 2008

The sun was shining and the sky was blue most of Monday afternoon at Cheval Golf and Country Club, where the Lightning held a charity golf outing. ...more

February 26, 2008

The fate of a franchise will be determined today. Though the NHL trade deadline doesn't strike until Tuesday at 3 p.m., what direction the Lightning take will be hammered out today when prospective owner Oren Koules and some members of his group come to town to meet with Lightning general manager Jay Feaster, coach John Tortorella and player personnel director Bill Barber to discuss all things related to the state of the hockey team. ...more

February 25, 2008

For moments during Saturday's game the Lightning looked like the Lightning of old. ...more

February 24, 2008

What started out earlier in the week as a smoke signal has turned into one of the hottest rumors burning up cyberspace and newsprint across North America. ...more

February 24, 2008

As cell phones across the NHL no doubt continue to ring in all sorts of unusual tones as general managers call each other with trade proposals and media members ask about rumors, things hit a relative calm Friday. ...more

February 23, 2008

The clock continues to count down to Tuesday's trade deadline, which arrives at 3 p.m. ...more

February 22, 2008