18+ hour, 51+ min ago  (266+ words) Bolts by the Bay With some major heavy lifting to do this offseason, the Tampa Bay Lightning got the ball rolling by inking Scott Sabourin to a new one-year, two-way contract extension. This wasn't the biggest way for general manager…...

19+ hour, 2+ min ago  (177+ words) Bolts by the Bay The fallout following the postseason loss has focused largely on Tampa's best players being its best players. This isn't a team that is getting any younger, and while flags fly forever, you can bet that the…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (474+ words) Paying players for breakout seasons is risky business, but that might be the industry the Tampa Bay Lightning will need to get into if they want to retain the services of Darren Raddysh. National columnists have named Raddysh the top…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (405+ words) It's no secret that Brayden Point had a season to forget for the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2025-26. Few forwards have been as automatic and consistent as the former 79th-overall selection, but things just never really came together for the pivot…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (324+ words) One of the quickest ways to inject skill into an NHL lineup is to target another team's disgruntled young players via trade. In that vein, it's going to be a tremendously long offseason for the Philadelphia Flyers, who are going…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (531+ words) When teams with high expectations fail to make noise in the playoffs, it's natural to wonder whether or not big changes are coming. After a fourth straight early postseason exit, it stands to reason that the Tampa Bay Lightning will…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (287+ words) The 2026 crop of NHL free agents is remarkably thin. Some pundits have gone as far as to call it the worst class in league history. That may be a bit hyperbolic, but it is undoubtedly one of the weakest groups…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (594+ words) Good morning NHL fans! Thanks so much for taking the time to poke your head in and have a little java on ice with us here at Bolts By The Bay. com today. NHL playoff action continues to roll on,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (421+ words) A tough fact of life is that lessons aren't typically learned by winning. It's the trials and tribulations--the situations that leave dirt under our nails and blacken our eyes--that we learn from. For a lengthy stretch of time,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (240+ words) People who don't know anything about the sport of hockey know at least one thing about it: the players are capital-t Tough. They are allowed to fight whenever they want to, play through injuries that would floor most other professional…...