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 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

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

February 22, 2008

Lightning general manager Jay Feaster left three days of meetings with his fellow GMs in Naples on Wednesday confident he will be busy in the days leading up to Tuesday's 3 p.m. trade deadline. ...more

February 21, 2008

TAMPA - Lightning defenseman Brad Lukowich will undergo surgery to repair a sports hernia Friday in Starnberg, Germany, General Manager Jay Feaster said. Lukowich has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Feb. 9. ...more

February 20, 2008

For all that the NHL fails to get right, you have to credit the league for a sense of timing. ...more

February 18, 2008

As far as Lightning general manager Jay Feaster is concerned, things will remain business as usual in the hockey operations department. ...more

February 15, 2008

The proposed sale of the Lightning has hit another speed bump. Sports Business Journal reported that the bank that was set to lend Oren Koules the necessary amount of money, between $100 million and $110 million, has ceased its sports lending sector in the United States. ...more

February 10, 2008

Lightning fans, don't get too attached to the current roster. As if it wasn't obvious before Saturday's loss to Florida, Tampa Bay is not going to make the playoffs this season. That's no real revelation, I know. It's more like reality now. ...more

February 4, 2008

TAMPA The absence and presence of D Dan Boyle on the ice each stand out for the same reason - he means that much to the Lightning attack. ...more

February 3, 2008