Sporting a playoff-like beard that Steven Stamkos admitted took about a week to grow, the next franchise center for the Lightning felt loose enough to crack a couple of jokes Thursday, one day before he is expected to become the first overall pick in the NHL entry draft. ...more

June 20, 2008

While there has been plenty of silence and secrecy surrounding the potential sale of the Lightning, whispers are beginning to surface that a deal could be on the horizon. ...more

February 1, 2008

Oren Koules not only owns the inside path to an agreement to purchase the Lightning, he's also about to lap any other potential suitors. ...more

December 20, 2007

The on-again, off-again sale of the Tampa Bay Lightning is expected to be on again as soon as the end of this week, depending on the outcome of a meeting planned for Wednesday in Detroit between producer Oren Koules and officials of Palace Sports & Entertainment. ...more

December 16, 2007

The Tampa Bay Lightning have terminated the sale of the franchise to Absolute Hockey Enterprises amid a legal squabble between two of the principal partners, Jeff Sherrin and Oren Koules. ...more

November 27, 2007