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Puck Headlines: Hopefully not symbolic of the Capitals' season (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08

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Opening in Europe: Ensuring the NHL's irrelevancy in the U.S. (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08

For the fifth time in its history, the NHL played regular season games outside of North America as the...

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Lightning Team Report (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08

The Lightning will have plenty of time to regroup from the team's long European trip and just as much time to regroup from their performance across the pond.

The Lightning dropped both games of a two-game series with the New York Rangers at O2 Arena in Prague, Czech Republic, both by 2-1 results. Tampa Bay has five days to think about what went wrong and how to correct it before taking to the ice for the home opener Saturday against Carolina.

Armed with an almost entirely new roster, the Lightning hoped the trip to Europe would galvanize the players in an accelerated pace compared to a normal training camp. But considering that Tampa Bay was outscored 4-2 and was outshot by an alarming 80-40 margin in the two games, there are just as many questions about the team now as...

Sunday's three stars: Heatley off to a fast start (Yahoo! Sports) 10/06/08

No. 1 star: Dany Heatley, Ottawa Senators The talented left wing has set out this season to prove he's more than...

Bad TV: Melrose does not like what he sees with Lightning (PA SportsTicker) 10/05/08

Perhaps Barry Melrose should have known better.

NHL Capsules (AP) 10/05/08

Wade Redden and Scott Gomez each scored second-period goals and the New York Rangers rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Sunday to sweep their two-game, season-opening series in Europe. The Lightning had only three shots on goal in the opening period, but went up 1-0 when Adam Hall scored after Henrik Lundqvist partially blocked Andrej Meszaros' shot with 1:43 remaining.

Redden, Gomez lead Rangers to 2-1 win in Prague (AP) 10/05/08

Wade Redden needed only two games to make his presence felt for the New York Rangers. The defenseman had a goal and an assist for the Rangers, who rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 and swept their two-game, season-opening series in Europe. "It feels good to chip in the goal," Redden said. "It's going to be my intention to keep building throughout the season." Redden, who signed a six-year,...

Stamkos gives it his best shot in loss (PA SportsTicker) 10/04/08

The top overall pick of this year's NHL draft nearly made the top play on Saturday.

Saturday's three stars: Welcome to the new season (Yahoo! Sports) 10/04/08

No. 1 star: Tyler Kennedy, Pittsburgh Penguins With all the offensive stars dotting the roster of the defending...

Rangers top Lightning 2-1 in NHL opener in Europe (AP) 10/04/08

Markus Naslund came through in his debut with the New York Rangers even though he wasn't the star Czech fans had hoped to see. Signed in the offseason to replace Jaromir Jagr, Naslund scored a goal and Brandon Dubinsky added another in New York's 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, when the NHL opened its regular season in Europe for the second straight year.

Sid the Kid and Alex the Great lead NHL youth (AP) 10/04/08

Martin Brodeur relaxed in the middle of a midtown Manhattan hotel and marveled at the NHL talent walking past. It wasn't so much the number of fine hockey players that impressed him on preseason media day, it was their youth. "I was young at one point and I was doing the same thing," the 36-year-old New Jersey Devils goalie said.

Puck Daddy's NHL opening day live blog (Yahoo! Sports) 10/04/08

"The Rangers playing in Prague, but without Jagr, would be like going forward with the wedding while the...

Trips abroad can help forge team ties (SportingNews.com) 10/03/08

It's hard to find two Eastern Conference teams with more dramatic roster changes than the Tampa Bay Lightning...

Tampa's Melrose defends Meszaros' partying reputation (Yahoo! Sports) 10/03/08

Tampa Bay Lightning coach Barry Melrose said Friday he has no concerns about building his team's young defense...

Four teams to open NHL regular season in Europe (AP) 10/03/08

Sidney Crosby will lead a new-look Pittsburgh team in front of a new audience Saturday when the NHL starts its season in two European cities. The Penguins hope it won't be the same mediocre start they've had in recent seasons. "In the last couple of years we probably didn't start amazing, but decent enough to stay with the pack," Crosby said ahead of two season-opening games against the Ottawa...

Does Tampa Bay really want Mad Mike Milbury's endorsement? (Yahoo! Sports) 10/03/08

Yesterday, Mike Milbury was asked his thoughts during a media conference call on the many changes that new...

NHL continues expansion of European presence (AP) 10/02/08

The NHL is giving two more countries a first look at regular-season games this weekend, and it's a sight Europeans should be getting used to. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday that the season-opening doubleheaders in the Czech and Swedish capitals Saturday and Sunday "are hopefully ushering an era of a more permanent presence for the league (in Europe)." While the NHL is still far away...

Power Poll: Gotta go Red Wings for preseason No. 1 (SportingNews.com) 10/02/08

There's a temptation to pick a team other than the Detroit Red Wings as the preseason No.

Ten things to watch for this NHL season (Yahoo! Sports) 10/02/08

If recent trends hold, don't expect to see the favorite Red Wings or Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Puck Headlines: Blaming Marian Hossa for everything (Yahoo! Sports) 10/02/08

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Lightning RW Ouellet assigned to Norfolk (PA SportsTicker) 10/02/08

The Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday assigned right wing Michel Ouellet to the Norfolk Admirals of the American Hockey League.

Lightning acquire D Sersen from Penguins (PA SportsTicker) 10/01/08

The Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday acquired the rights to defenseman Michal Sersen from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a fifth-round selection in the 2009 draft.

Don Cherry's low expectations for Ovechkin, European expansion (Yahoo! Sports) 10/01/08

The NHL held a conference call today with what it called "experts": Don Cherry of "Hockey Night...

Let's face it: Lidstrom is ready to play (SportingNews.com) 10/01/08

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Lightning beat Slovan Bratislava 3-2 in shootout (AP) 09/30/08

Jussi Jokinen and Vincent Lecavalier scored in a shootout Tuesday to lift the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-2 victory over HC Slovan Bratislava in a preseason game, the first ever for an NHL team in Slovakia. Tampa Bay goalie Mike Smith stopped two of Slovan's shootout attempts. Evgeny Artyukhin made it 1-0 for the Lightning in the first period before Slovan tied the score when Marek Uram got a goal...

Dark horse with a capital 'C' (Yahoo! Sports) 09/30/08

Alexander Ovechkin is the best thing that's happened to Washington. Now can the Capitals ride him to a Stanley Cup title?

Puck Headlines: Senators opt for Darth Gerber over Khabibulin (Yahoo! Sports) 09/30/08

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Predators acquire C Tarnasky (PA SportsTicker) 09/29/08

The Nashville Predators added some grit Monday, acquiring center Nick Tarnasky from the Tampa Bay Lightning for a conditional draft pick in 2009.

Puck Headlines: Reacquiring the NHL on ESPN's to-do list (Yahoo! Sports) 09/29/08

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