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Yet CBJ wins its first Noel game.
NHL '09/'10 Season Thread
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Yet CBJ wins its first Noel game.
Anybody??? Is this thing on???
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Indeed it is. Kovy is now a Devil.
Kovalchuk is the 2010 version of Hossa! I guess NJ won't be winning the Cup this year.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Tampa, FL (Sports Network) - The Tampa Bay Lightning announced on Friday that a local group headed by businessman Jeff Vinik has agreed to purchase the hockey club as well as additional holdings, pending approval by the National Hockey League.
Vinik will act as chairman and sole operator of Tampa Bay Sports & Entertainment, LLC. The entity will maintain control of the Lightning franchise, the company which operates the St. Pete Times Forum, as well as two parcels of land adjacent to the property.
"Buying the Lightning and joining the Tampa Bay community is a dream come true," said Vinik in a statement. "I've been an avid hockey fan my whole life and I pledge to our fans that I will work my hardest to build the Lightning into a world class organization both on and off the ice."
The 50-year-old Vinik is a Boston resident and former hedge fund manager who is also a minority owner of the Red Sox.
Once the sale is approved by the league, Vinik will take over for current owners OK Hockey, LLC, which includes Hollywood producer Oren Koules -- a company that had just taken control of the team prior to the 2008-09 season and revamped the entire front office and roster in hopes of building a winner.
Amidst the upheaval, Tampa Bay finished 24-40-18 last season and missed the playoffs for the second straight year. However, this season the Bolts are in the thick of the playoff hunt in the Eastern Conference with a 24-21-11 mark entering Friday's play.
"The day is a bittersweet one for us, as I believe we have established a strong foundation on the ice and begun to point things in a positive direction for the Lightning," said Koules. "We look forward to seeing Jeff take the team from here and move it forward. I believe we are leaving him with some great pieces in place and hopefully he can build upon them to deliver a consistent winner in the future."
Since entering the league for the 1992-93 campaign, the Lightning have suffered through misfortune on the ice and constantly-shifting ownerships.
The franchise's best years came under the control of Palace Sports and Entertainment, whose nine-year run included four playoff appearances, a Southeast Division title and a Stanley Cup in 2004.
hopefully this is the change Tampa needed for some stability and good, consistent hockey
Vinik will act as chairman and sole operator of Tampa Bay Sports & Entertainment, LLC. The entity will maintain control of the Lightning franchise, the company which operates the St. Pete Times Forum, as well as two parcels of land adjacent to the property.
"Buying the Lightning and joining the Tampa Bay community is a dream come true," said Vinik in a statement. "I've been an avid hockey fan my whole life and I pledge to our fans that I will work my hardest to build the Lightning into a world class organization both on and off the ice."
The 50-year-old Vinik is a Boston resident and former hedge fund manager who is also a minority owner of the Red Sox.
Once the sale is approved by the league, Vinik will take over for current owners OK Hockey, LLC, which includes Hollywood producer Oren Koules -- a company that had just taken control of the team prior to the 2008-09 season and revamped the entire front office and roster in hopes of building a winner.
Amidst the upheaval, Tampa Bay finished 24-40-18 last season and missed the playoffs for the second straight year. However, this season the Bolts are in the thick of the playoff hunt in the Eastern Conference with a 24-21-11 mark entering Friday's play.
"The day is a bittersweet one for us, as I believe we have established a strong foundation on the ice and begun to point things in a positive direction for the Lightning," said Koules. "We look forward to seeing Jeff take the team from here and move it forward. I believe we are leaving him with some great pieces in place and hopefully he can build upon them to deliver a consistent winner in the future."
Since entering the league for the 1992-93 campaign, the Lightning have suffered through misfortune on the ice and constantly-shifting ownerships.
The franchise's best years came under the control of Palace Sports and Entertainment, whose nine-year run included four playoff appearances, a Southeast Division title and a Stanley Cup in 2004.
hopefully this is the change Tampa needed for some stability and good, consistent hockey
He bought the team for only 150 million ( koules and friends paid 200 ) so I hope at that price he will not want to dismantle the team. He just has to look at Atlanta and he will see how it turned out since they started trading their best players. Now that Kovalchuk is gone watch as their home game attendance go way down.
wouldn't it just figure if he'd want to dismantle the team? there's a seemingly endless shitstorm around the Lightning.
i, however, will choose to believe that he will do good things for the team and will trust him now that he's said he never wanted to trade Lecavalier. time will tell....again.
i, however, will choose to believe that he will do good things for the team and will trust him now that he's said he never wanted to trade Lecavalier. time will tell....again.
I'll go out on a limb now and say you are as good as just wrapping the cup and shipping it to NJ right now.
PlasmaTwa2
The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
That's what happens when you play a minor league goalie over your NHL goalie.
I hope he keeps the team the way it is because it's going in the right direction.
10 shots after 2 periods ... The bolts are really playing like crap. Still it's only 1-0 , they can come back.
this is a hideous game for them. consistency is their enemy.