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Burnside's Power Play: Refinements serving Niittymaki well
A longtime backup the perfect tonic in Tampa Bay? Thus is the case for Antero Niittymaki, whose pristine play between the pipes has the Lightning on a tear.
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Zherdev versus Gagne: Who wins here?
On a day when New Jersey Devils GM Lou Lamoriello wagered more than $100 million and 17 years of his team's existence on Ilya Kovalchuk being "th...
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Offseason report: Five centers to watch
With training camp still beyond the horizon and loads of free agents twisting in the wind, there's always time to start thinking about players wh...
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Countdown to camps: The new coaches
There are always a handful of coaching newbies sprinkled around the new season, men who will clamber up behind an NHL bench for the first time. Here&#...
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Stanley Cup playoffs: Why Tampa Bay Lightning coach Guy Boucher stands out...
So who is this mystery man who has led Tampa Bay to a surprising East finals berth? Well, Guy Boucher is a different kind of NHL coach.
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Stanley Cup playoffs: Maybe it's time for Claude Julien to consider a...
While B's coach Claude Julien usually takes a conservative approach, isn't it time for some power-play changes? Maybe he should give Tyler Seguin a shot.
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A sense of the surreal for Bolts' Mike Smith
TAMPA, Fla. -- A career is sometimes a fragile, fleeting thing. Just ask Tampa Bay netminder Mike Smith, who earlier this year wondered if his care...
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The deadline: Who got better, who got worse?
A trade deadline day that began at a snail's pace and finished with a great flurry of activity has, like all trade deadlines, the potential to alter t...
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NHL -- Tampa Bay Lightning made best of Martin St. Louis trade demand
Lightning GM Yzerman made the most of a bad situation dealing with St. Louis' trade demand, writes Scott Burnside.
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NHL - Ramblings: The good, bad and unknown of the offseason
Dumb decisions and crazy consequences have made this summer one worth rambling about. So let's do this!
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Trade deadline sparks emotions, even with fewer moves
TORONTO -- The 2016 NHL trade deadline has come and gone, and if ever there was a deadline that screamed out "lunch bag letdown," this would be it. ...
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NHL -Jonathan Drouin has a chance at redemption with Tampa Bay Lightning
Now that Jonathan Drouin will report the the Lightning's AHL team, we will see just how much he learned during these humbling few weeks when he challenged Steve Yzerman and lost.
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NHL - Following the NHL free-agency frenzy, the Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose...
Which teams can take a break this summer, knowing that they've shored things up? Who still has work to do? Scott Burnside surveys the landscape now that the free-agency dust has settled.
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NHL - Following the NHL free-agency frenzy, the Tampa Bay Lightning, San Jose...
Which teams can take a break this summer, knowing that they've shored things up? Who still has work to do? Scott Burnside surveys the landscape now that the free-agency dust has settled.
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