The Tampa Bay Lightning sit near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings eight points adrift in both the Southeast Division and the Eastern Conference. Yet, general manager Steve Yzerman still believes his club has the goods to develop into a Stanley Cup Playoffs-caliber team. “I think we are doing a lot of things the right way to [...]

Executives and legal counsel from the National Hockey League met with executives, legal counsel and a collection of 11 players from the National Hockey League Players Association for roughly three hours Tuesday at the PA’s office in ongoing Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. This was the fourth meeting since bargaining commenced June 29 in New York. [...]

With the 2012 Draft weekend upon us, there are countless NHL Trade Rumors swirling around. Below are the latest. Bobby Ryan’s name continues to be mentioned in trade rumors according to the Orange County Register. The Anaheim Ducks will want a lot for the 30 goal scorer and there should be plenty of teams interested, including all the teams [...]

The 2012 NHL Entry Draft will be held on June 22–23, 2012 and the first round order has yet to be determined but some teams have already exchanged picks for this draft viatrade. The seventh round traded picks are below: The Edmonton Oilersseventh-round pick will go to the Los Angeles Kings as the result of a trade on June 26, 2011 that sent Ryan Smyth to Edmonton in exchange [...]