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9:03 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers acquired Chicago Blackhawks veteran defenseman Duncan Keith and prospect forward Tim Soderlund on Monday in a trade for defenseman Caleb Jones and a conditional 2022 third-round pick, a source confirmed to ESPN. Which side comes out ahead in the deal? We grade both GMs here: Duncan Keith has three

The Stanley Cup has seen better days. (@JoeSmithTB/Twitter) The Tampa Bay Lightning have patented several things. Redemption is a big one, and cap maneuvering, too. Gathering around Gary Bettman for the Stanley Cup hand-off is another. Printing their own graphic t-shirts seems to be a specialty as well. But boat parades, though. That’s the one

USATSI The Tampa Bay Lightning secured their second consecutive Stanley Cup with a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 5 of the Final earlier this month. Now, in what is becoming the norm for Tampa sports teams of late, the Lightning will get a chance to celebrate their win with a parade on

Pierre McGuire will be moving into a new role next season. On Monday, the Senators announced the hiring of the former NHL on NBC analyst as their Senior Vice President of Player Development. “On behalf of the entire Senators organization, I would like to welcome Pierre McGuire back to Ottawa,” said Senators owner Eugene Melnyk

For those who remember those days, here’s another opportunity to feel old. Sunday (July 11, 2021) marks the 20-year anniversary of the enormous (and ultimately enormously disappointing) trade that sent Jaromir Jagr from the Penguins to the Capitals. In the short term, it didn’t work out particularly well for the Penguins, Capitals, Jagr, or really

4:48 PM ET Associated Press Face masks were as prevalent as pucks throughout the NHL this past season, but documents show Canadian health officials wanted the league to take additional steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The league introduced a number of protocols in a bid to get back on the ice, including the

Pausing the Stanley Cup celebration and with his voice still hoarse from partying, Alex Killorn acknowledged the back-to-back champion Tampa Bay Lightning will not be back together on the ice when the NHL returns in the fall. “We’re all grown men, and we understand that in a salary-cap system, the team is definitely going to

The Tampa Bay Lightning captured their third Stanley Cup — and second in two years — with a 1-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Wednesday. To celebrate Tampa Bay’s accomplishment, Coors Light is going to be brewing a special batch of beer, according to ESPN. The beer, which is called “Coors Light Champions Ice,”

10:26 PM ET Star winger Vladimir Tarasenko has requested a trade from the St. Louis Blues, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Tarasenko, 29, is in the seventh year of an eight-year, $60 million deal he signed in July 2015. He has a full no-trade clause to go along with 218 goals and 224

9:00 AM ET An announced crowd of 18,110 fans watched the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night. That’s 18,110 more fans than attended their home opener on Jan. 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks at Amalie Arena, and 18,110 more fans than saw them raise last season’s Stanley Cup in the Edmonton,

Scott Audette Through a decade with the franchise and now a second Stanley Cup Trophy with his name on it, right-winger Nikita Kucherov has become one of the great players in the history of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Which made him a worthy player for reporters to speak to after the Lightning prevailed in Game

Matthew Emmons-USA TODAY Sports Championships in sports are regarded as so precious and so difficult to come by that most players are not willing to risk sending a championship trophy to a watery grave. But with so many championships to his credit, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is not nearly so inhibited with his.

Bruce Bennett, Getty When professional sports first arrived in Tampa in the mid 1970s, the town’s sports teams became less of a point of civic pride and more of a national punchline. The bumbling beginnings of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers became an easy target of mockery, most notably from legendary television host Johnny Carson.

Jon Cooper readily admitted this might’ve been the last stand for the Tampa Bay Lightning shortly after they won their second consecutive Stanley Cup. Pressed against the constraints of the salary cap, and cleverly circumventing the rules this year, the possibility that this would be a final gasp weighed heavily upon the now back-to-back champions. 

11:09 PM ET Evil has prevailed. Tampa Bay has captured a second straight Stanley Cup. The Great Lightning Heist has been completed. This is how we’re supposed to react to this victory, right? That the “cheaters” won? That the team that was $18 million over the salary cap after reuniting with star winger Nikita Kucherov

12:17 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is no stranger to celebrating championships. The city of Tampa is getting pretty used to it as well, since the Tampa Bay Lightning have won consecutive Stanley Cups, sandwiched around Brady and the Bucs winning the Super Bowl. The Lightning finished off the Montreal

One thing the NHL refuses to turn down is an opportunity to boast about its competitive balance. It’s one thing the front office believes in its bones that it has on other major sports leagues — other major sports leagues that remain two or three steps ahead, decidedly, in terms of branding, accessibility, and appeal.

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