TAMPA BAY, FLORIDA
July 29, 2010

The Tampa Bay Lightning reached a cross-roads after the 2009-10 season ended, and fans were unsure where the off-season would take them.  The club's management team is showing their fans where this club is headed as the summer prepares for Free Agency next week.

Last season the Lightning set team records for wins and points, as they have the remarkable distinction of having matched or improved their record in every year of CMHL history.  This year lloked to be a challenge given some of the personnel changes that were expected.

Patrick Marleau who captained the Phoenix Coyotes in Season 6 now will be sporting a new uniform.

Patrick Marleau    Patrick Sharp       Oscar Moller

The players involved in the Penguins and Coyotes deal.

The off season of the Wild has been a very busy time. The Wild had the 2nd overall pick in the upcoming draft. That didn't last very long once the trade freeze was lifted...

Blockbuster deal sees Alexander (Mr. Phoenix) Ovechkin comeback to the Phoenix Coyotes in a five player swap with the Ottawa Senators

Ovechkin accepting one of his accolades is going back to where it started along with Pekka Rinne.

No, not that behind you cheeky bum lookers... The Wild have been quite active this off season. In what many thought would be a real draft year for the Wild, management went about things as per normal trying to find something to work around.

After being down 3 games to 1, I thought my season was coming to a close. But we knew that if we could get to a game seven we would have home ice advantage. The 4-3 overtime victory was bittersweet in that we lost one of our top Centermen, Anthony Stewart, to injury. Were it not for the play of Graham Mink throughout the playoffs, we definitely wouldn't have won game seven, and probably wouldn't have gotten past the second round.

Anaheim breaks the curse and completes the triple crown.

There are rumblings out of St. Paul that the Wild have traded the 2nd overall pick to an Eastern team in the 2010 Draft.