Lindback Traded.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have gotten their goalie for the future in Andres Lindback. Lindback along with a 7th Round Pick and Kyle Wilson was traded for two 2nd Round Picks, Sebastian Caron, and a 3rd Round Pick. The second round picks come from both Minnesota and Philadelphia.

Quote from Andres Lindback (source: NHL.com): “I’m very excited to now be with the Tampa Bay Lightning. I had some great years with Nashville but I was in a tough spot behind Pekka Rinne. My dream all my life has been to be a number one goalie in the NHL and I think I have a great opportunity to be that in Tampa Bay.”

“I’ve heard great things about the city of Tampa and the Lightning organization. I’m friends with Victor Hedman and he’s told me lots about the team there. I’m thrilled and excited to start next season with the Lightning.”

“It’s going to be great playing on such an offensive team. Obviously, having Steven Stamkos, Vinny and Marty on your team is exciting for anyone. It’s the kind of team I want to be a part of and excited to have this new opportunity ahead of me.”

Winners:

Alson: I think Nashville wins. Even though Tampa gets their goalie, Nashville gets two second round picks. Before the trade, the Preds had zero picks in the first two rounds. Now they have two. Also, they get a backup goalie back with Sebastien Caron. Lastly, Lindback is a RFA. He will be expecting a pay raise from his $875,000 if he is to be the #1 goalie that most people expect him to be.


Kyle: I say Tampa Bay because Tampa Bay finally gets their number one goalie that they crave so bad. Although Lindback is not very proven since he had limited playing time in Nashville, I believe his size will help his career as a number one goalie.

Notes of the Day.

• Lightning D man Mattias Ohlund may be forced to retire after his surgery,
• Ryan Kesler had surrgery today for his seperated shoulder. Recovery time is six months.
• Blackhawks assistant coach Mike Haviland has been fired.

Habs GM replacement.

There's lots of talk about about who will be the replacement for Habs GM Pierre Gauthier.He has been fired by the Montreal Canadiens

There "celebrity" choice is P. Roy, but I personally don't think this is a great idea because when he was a coach in the QMJHL he got in a fight with his son giving the crowd a two middle finger salute.

However, the "executive" choice right now is Francois Giguere. Giguere was the GM and Executive Vice President of the Colorado Avalanche from 2006 - 2009.

We will have updates for you when we get them.

Updates:
7:30 New candidates. Julien Brisebois is a new candidate that has emerged for the job. He is the current Assistant GM of the Tampa Bay Lightning. If the team wants him, they will need to talk to the Lightning for permission to pursue him.
Another candidate is Vincent Damphousse. He does not have any experience working in the front office but he has lots of experience working with players. Currently, Geoff Molson is more interested in hiring Damphousse over Brisebois.

7:57 Long shot would be Guy Lafleur. Not sure if he has any front office experience ,but he would please the fan base with his status.
Like always Pierre McGuire is an option. Not too sure he would want to go to MTL though...

College Signings and Decisions!

Just a quick rundown of all the college signings in the last few days!

• University of Denver C Drew Shore has signed on with the Florida Panthers.
• University of Denver W Jason Zucker has signed on with the Minnesota Wild.
• He will report to the NHL club on Thursday.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed University of Michigan G Shawn Hunwick to an entry level contract.
• He will report to the NHL club tonight and serve as Mike York's backup as Steve Mason took a puck to the mask during practice this morning.
• The Columbus Blue Jackets have also signed F Boone Jenner to a two year contract.
• F Spencer Abott, the leading scorer in NCAA has decided to leave the University of Maine and join the Toronto Maple Leafs on an one year entry level contract.
• He will play off the year in the Toronto Marlies.
• Western Michigan D Matt Tenneyson has decided to join the San Jose Sharks.
• The Ottawa Senators have signed University of Florida - Miami D Chris Wideman to a two year contract.
• The Buffalo Sabers have signed F Brian Flynn of the University of Maine to a contract.
• The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed F J.T. Brown from the University of Minnesota - Duluth to an two year entry level contract.
• He will report to the parent team and burn a year off of his contract by playing in the parent club.
• Washington Capitals have signed University of Miami of Ohio D Cam Schilling to an entry level contract.
• He will report to AHL Hershey as his deal starts next year. 2 year deal.
• Western Michigan sophomore D Danny DeKeyser, considered the best US college free agent available has announced on Twitter that he will stay and Western Michigan for at least one more season.
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• The Coyotes have signed St. Cloud State University G Mike Lee to a two year entry level deal.
• The Coyotes have also signed University of Michigan C Chris Brown to a three year entry level deal.

Lightning Could Have New AHL Affiliate

The Tampa Bay Lightning might have a new AHL affiliate next year.

The current Lightning AHL affiliate, the Norfolk Admirals, is in the final year of the 5 year deal that they signed with Tampa Bay.

The Lightning may not resign with Norfolk because the GM Steve Yzerman wanted to make travel easier for the prospects because they have long bus rides to travel for road games.

Syracuse is speculated to be at the top of the Lightning's list of new affiliates if they don't resign with Norfolk.

Syracuse Crunch team president, Howard Dolgon recently told reporters that he had a deal in place for a new NHL partnership, but did not name the team.

The assistant GM of the Lightning and GM of Norfolk didn't confirm the rumors of a Tampa Bay-Syracuse deal.

"We have not finalized any plans for next season at this time," BriseBois said in an email.

Nonetheless, a decision is expected to be made soon by Tampa Bay GM Steve Yzerman.

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3 overrated and 3 underrated players on the block

With the trade deadline approaching, we take a look at the top 5 overrated players and the top 5 underrated players on the trading block this year.

3 Overrated Players

1. Sam Gagner, C  Edmonton Oilers
   He's been getting so many hype ever since he had that crazy 8 point night against Chicago. Even though he's been on a good run, he's overrated because he hasn't been consistence offensively.

2. Rick Nash, LW  Colombus Blue Jackets
    Because he is an all-star and an Olympian, many people think he is the best player out there. He does have size and skill that make him attractive but he is having a terrible season right now. He didn't contribute much in the olympics. they tried him on the first line but he failed and ended up on the fourth line.

3. Derek Roy, C   Buffalo Sabres
    Roy isn't a bad player but he is not worth that much. He puts up god numbers but his playoff performances are sup-par. If you want to make the playoffs and have a deep run, he's not your guy.

3 Underrated Players

1. Ray Whitney, LW   Phoenix Coyotes
    The desert is known to always hide players. Ray Whitney has quielty been piling up points and at 39 years of age, he's leading the Coyotes in points. He won a cup with the Canes so he has the experience and the veteran leadership.

2. Ryan Suter, D    Nashville Predators
    Shea Weber has been given much credit for the extremely strong defensive game of the Preds. weber's defensive pair has also been a strong leader both on and off the ice. The Preds must have been really happy when they drafted those two in the 2003 draft (Suter was drated 5th, weber was drated 49th)

3. Lubminor Visnovsky, D    Anahiem Ducks
    Visnovsky has always been a terrific puck-moving defensemen. When he started out with the Kings, LA basically tried to cover the existence of him until he started producing too much to not get noticed. Last year, he led defensmen in points. Need I say more?

Segal to Tampa; Fornataro to Chicago

The Chicago Blackhawks have traded Brandon Segal to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for Matt Fornataro. Segal, 28 has played over 70 NHL games and totals 20 points while Fornataro, who is 26 has no NHL experience.

Winners
Mahbod: I think the Lightning came out on top on this deal. Fornataro is 26 and still hasn't made his NHL debut and will most likely spend the rest of his career in the minors. Brandon Segal is a nice little mid-aged player to have scratched or in the minors so that when he comes up to fill in for an injured player, he can play with more confidence because of his prior experience.

Kyle: I Agree with Mahbod since Segal can be the emergency call up if there is an injury to any player on the NHL roster. He has NHL experience so that makes him get picked earlier for a call up than an untested rookie.

3 Team trade.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded F Steve Downie to the Colorado Avalanche. In return, the Colorado Avalanche gave up F Kyle Quincey. Lastly, Quincey has been traded to the Detroit Red Wings in exchange for D Sebastien Piche and a 1st Round Pick in 2012.

Steve Downie is a gritty 2nd or 3rd liner that can fight, grit, and score every so often. He is a pending UFA earning $1.85Million this year.

Kyle Quincey is talented 2nd line defenseman that is good all around ability. He can score and do it all, but is inconsistent at times. If he becomes consistent, the Red Wings win this trade for sure.

Sebastien Piche is a projected depth defenseman that has a good slap shot, and ok defensive skills. I expect him to be a minor leaguer all his career.

Winners:
Wexler: In my opinion the winner was Tampa because they are adding more and more picks to go along with their already youthful team. Also adding a young defenseman, Sebastien Piche who is currently playing in the AHL but has some potential. Also I do not think that Kyle Quincey will make a big impact on Detroit during their playoff run.

Mahbod: I believe that the Colorado Avalanche won in this deal. They have a decent defensive core including players such as Eric Johnson, Shane O'Brien and Ryan O'Byrne. The Avalanche are in 11th place in the West, but only 3 points out of the playoffs and with the addition of Steve Downie -a grinder who also lights up the score board- they have a much higher chance of making the playoffs, because now they have stacked offense. With Matt Duchene, Paul Stastny, Peter Mueller, Milan Hejduk, Gabe Landeskog and Steve Downie, not only do I think that they will make the playoffs, but they are probably going to have a deep run too.

Kyle: Red Wings because Quincey adds scoring to their defence. Downie is really only used as an enforcer and the first round pick of Detroit will be low in the draft because they are leading the Western Conference.

Pavel Kubina traded.

Citing multiple twitter feeds, I can confirm that Pavel Kubina HAS indeed been traded to the Philadephia Flyers for a 2nd round pick and a 5th round pick. The problem now is that the Flyers has 51 players on contract and the limit is 50. A player WILL be moved along with that or a new trade will happen.

Updates:
7:08 Instead of a fifth it will be a fourth.
7:22 It will be Florida's 2012 2nd round pick from the Kris Versteeg trade and a 2013 4th round pick.
11:20 Jon Kalinski has been added along to reach the 50 contract limit. Kalinski is a projected fourth liner that can score every so often. However, his fists are pretty strong and will be a good enforcer.

Winners:
Wexler: I'm gonna go with Tampa on this one because we now know that they have no intention to make the playoffs this year and are adding picks for the upcoming draft. The 2 picks today give Tampa 3 in the past two days adding to the youth on their team.
Kyle: It really depends on the picks, but I would say Philadelphia because they will go far in the playoffs and their picks are going to be late ones. Kubina can help stabilize their blue line along with Grossman.

Another trade. Here it goes.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have traded C Dominic Moore and a 7th Round Pick to the San Jose Sharks in exchange for a 2012 Second Round Pick.

Moore has been named in a lot of rumors and now that he has been traded, it seems that there's another highly sought after player off the market.

Winners:
Kyle: Sharks because Moore is a gritty player that brings toughness to the San Jose Sharks. Since the Sharks are third in the Western Conference, the second round pick will be a late one.
Wexler: The Sharks were the winners because the addition of Moore helps bring depth upfront to another playoff team. Also the pick is not an early one so it is not a big loss.

Breaking trade rumors.

Pavel Kubina is not at practice. Most of my sources have been in agreement that he is going to be traded imminently. We don't have have the teams but we will update as this comes.

Fedor Tyutin, Jeff Carter, and Rick Nash are all not at practice. Not too sure why. Will update soon as well.

Official: Calgary Trade.

We told you about the Calgary trade last night, and a trade did happen, but i'm gonna be completely honest with you, we were expecting something much bigger. Nevertheless, this is the trade:

Tampa Bay Lightning acquire:
D Brendan Mikkelsson

Analysis:
Great Checker, Strong Puck Handler, Smooth Skater.
Will make a good 3rd defensive pair.

Calgary Flames acquire:
C Blair Jones

Analysis:
Knows how to improve his game, good shot, verge of making the team or near the top of the organization in ranking of prospects.
Will make a good second line on a weak team, to a third line on a bad team, but I see him as more of a second line player. Has the guts to make the riskier moves to score a goal.

Christmas Special: Tampa Bay Lightning

Team Wishlist: A goalie prospect so when Roloson turns 65 and gets old age security someone can take over. Roly is so old... I wonder if he has arthritis half way through the game or like needs a walker to move around? Just a mean little thought but you get my point right?