Tampa Bay Lightning Acquire Goaltender Anders Lindback

The hockey world was well aware the Tampa Bay Lightning would be adding a goalie or two this summer.  Following the signing of Riku Helenius to a two-year contract, the Lightning were still searching for a goalie to play big minutes in Tampa this season.

And on Friday the Lightning made their move, announcing a trade with the Nashville Predators that saw goaltender Anders Lindback head to the sunshine state.

The Rick Nash Sweepstakes: Leafs, Rangers, Hurricanes in the mix

Barring a Don Draper-level sales pitch from John Davidson, should he eventually join the Blue Jackets organization, Rick Nash is likely in his last weeks with the franchise.  The NHL Draft next week in Pittsburgh will be the first round of auctioneering; and should there be a need for a second, it’ll be during the Free Agent Frenzy the following weekend.  Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch reported on Friday that talks were heating up between Jackets GM Scott Howson and a few of Nash’s suitors:

2011-2012 NHL Comeback Players

By: Peter Harling 
Every season we see players who have had “off seasons” the year prior for a variety of reasons bounce back the following season. The reasons can stem from injuries, poor quality of line mates, being in a coach’s dog house, or just bad luck. Whatever the reason, some times players bounce back, some don’t.  Here are my top five candidates to mount a comeback in 2011-2012.

Top 5 Players To Build An NHL Franchise Around

If you had to pick one player under the age of 23 to start your NHL franchise with, who would it be? TSN just wrapped up this pretty cool "competition" on their website a couple days ago labeled "Franchise Faceoff" and I figured I would share my Top 5 Rankings: