TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun wrote on ESPN.com that the asking price for Calgary Flames defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is high. With Jarome Iginla now playing for the Penguins, the spotlight has turned to Bouwmeester as the Flames look to retool their roster. ”I think they move Bouwmeester,” one NHL team executive told ESPN.com Friday. “But they want a lot for him.” Andy Strickland of [...]

Less than 48 hours after he fired head coach Guy Boucher, Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman may have found his man. Multiple outlets are reporting that Tampa Bay will name Jon Cooper as its next head coach, possibly as early as Tuesday morning. Cooper is currently head coach of the Lightning’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch. [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday announced that coach Guy Boucher had relieved of his duties. The decision came hours after the Lightning lost 5-3 to the Ottawa Senators, dropping them to 13-17-1, 14th in the Eastern Conference, five points out of a playoff spot. “Guy has poured his heart and soul into the Lightning organization for these past three [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning have agreed to a four-year contract extension with forward Nate Thompson, the club announced Saturday. Pierre LeBrun of ESPN.com and TSN reported the deal is worth $6.4 million, so it carries a salary cap hit of $1.6 million through the 2016-17 campaign. Thompson, slated to be an unrestricted free agent after this season, has [...]

The Globe and Mail’s Eric Duhatschek discusses the Jarome Iginla to the Los Angeles Kings rumours and says he does not think Iginla would be a good fit in L.A. given the makeup of their roster. He also says the Kings are unlikely to part with backup Jonathan Bernier given Jonathan Quick‘s up and down season. Duhatschek also talks Corey Perry, saying Toronto Maple Leafs and [...]

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 [...]

Quick Hits from around the league: Discussions regarding a new contract are ongoing. The Denver Post reports the agent for unsigned center Ryan O’Reilly said Monday he is continuing to negotiate with the  Colorado Avalanche. The restricted free agent might stay in Russia if a new deal isn’t worked out. An NHL trade is also a possibility. According to [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning on signed restricted free agent goaltender Anders Lindback to a two-year contract. Financial terms of the deal were not released, but the Tampa Bay Times reported Lindback will make $1.4 million in 2012-13 and $2.2 million in 2013-14. Lindback, along with forward Kyle Wilson and a draft pick, was acquired by the Lightning from the Nashville Predators last month [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning signed Matt Carle to a six-year contract Wednesday night, general manager Steve Yzerman announced via the team’s Twitter account. The signing came less than 12 hours after Suter and forward Zach Parise, the two big names on this summer’s NHL free-agent market, both signed with Minnesota. Multiple media reports say the deal is worth a total of $33.5 [...]

The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired goalie Anders Lindback, as well as forward Kyle Wilson and a 2012 seventh-round draft pick, from the Nashville Predators on Friday. The 24-year-old Lindback played in 16 games (10 starts) this season for Nashville, going 5-8 with a 2.42 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage. The 6-foot-6 Lindback served as Pekka Rinne’s backup. “We are [...]