Jim Bay

4 days ago | thehockeywriters.com | Jim Bay

The Tampa Bay Lightning announced on Monday (June 2) that they have signed forward Yanni Gourde to a six-year contract extension with an average annual value of $2.33 million. The 33-year-old Gourde was re-acquired by the Lightning as part of a three-team trade with the Detroit Red Wings and Seattle Kraken on March 5, 2025, that brought him and Oliver Bjorkstrand to Tampa.

1 week ago | thehockeywriters.com | Jim Bay

Recently, Mathieu Darche, was hired as the New York Islanders’ general manager after spending six seasons in the Lightning’s front office asassistant general manager and director of hockey operations. Recently, Stacy Roest, who primarily headed the player development department as an assistant general manager and general manager of the AHL affiliate Syracuse, has parted ways with the organization.

1 week ago | thehockeywriters.com | Jim Bay

On Thursday, (May 29) the Seattle Kraken announced that Lane Lambert was hired as head coach of their team. Lambert was an associate coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs this season under Craig Berube. Toronto (52-26-4) won the Atlantic Division and reached the Eastern Conference Second Round, a Game 7 loss to the Florida Panthers.

1 week ago | yardbarker.com | Jim Bay

Toews has been away from the game dealing with health issues, but the 37-year-old is ready to become a free agent on July 1. The three-time Stanley Cup champion and captain of the Chicago Blackhawks has been working his way back to health, with high hopes for his NHL return. This will lead to considerable speculation about where the former Blackhawk may end up. If fully healthy, there isn’t really a place where he wouldn’t fit as long as a team can fit him under their salary cap.

1 week ago | thehockeywriters.com | Jim Bay

Jonathan Toews reached out to his agent, Pat Brisson, yesterday to inform him that he’s 100 percent committed to returning to the NHL next season, according to NHL Insider Pierre LeBrun. Brisson says he will start taking calls from NHL teams on Toews now, leading up to July 1. Jonathan Toews reached out to his agent Pat Brisson yesterday to inform him he's 100 percent committed to coming back to the NHL next season.