Given all of the movements made by the Tampa Bay Lightning's new ownership, with the team drafting Steven Stamkos first overall and signing such free agents as Olaf Kolzig, Ryan Malone, Mark Recchi and Gary Roberts, I could very well add another 75 pucks from the Lightning alone this season:Len Barrie (co-owner): Lightning and Kamloops Blazers
Brandon Bochenski: Lightning
Matt Carle: Lightning and San Jose Sharks (now plays for Philadelphia)
Steve Downie: Lightning and Philadelphia Flyers
Steve Eminger: Lightning, Philadelphia Flyers and Washington Capitals new
Adam Hall: Lightning, Nashville Predators and Pittsburgh Penguins
Riku Helenius: Lightning
Andrew Hutchinson: Lightning and Carolina Hurricanes (no longer with team)
Olaf Kolzig: Lightning, Lightning Prague Premiere game-dated, Washington Capitals new logo, Washington Capitals eagle, Washington Capitals original logo, 2000 NHL All Star Game, Washington Capitals 25th anniversary, 1998 NHL All Star Game, Rochester Americans, Portland Pirates and Tri-City AmericansOren Koules (co-owner): Lightning and Saw DVD cover
Lukas Krajicek: Lightning and Vancouver Canucks
Tom Kurvers (co-assistant GM): Buffalo Sabres, Montreal Canadiens and New Jersey Devils
Brian Lawton (director of hockey operations): Lightning and Minnesota North Stars
Vincent Lecavalier: Lightning three-stripe (above), Lightning Prague Premiere game-dated, 2008 NHL All Star Game and Notre Dame Hounds
Claude Loiselle (co-assistant GM): Detroit Red Wings, New Jersey Devils and Quebec Nordiques
Ryan Malone: Lightning
Barry Melrose: Lightning, NHL 2Nite, Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Winnipeg Jets (No longer with team)
Andrej Meszaros: Lightning
Vinny Prospal: Philadelphia Flyers
Kari Ramo: Tampa Bay Lightning-Norfolk Admirals (at left), Norfolk Admirals and Springfield FalconsMark Recchi: Lightning, Pittsburgh Penguins, Philadelphia Flyers, Montreal Canadiens and Kamloops Blazers
Gary Roberts: Lightning and Pittsburgh Penguins
Matt Smaby: Lightning, Tampa Bay Lightning-Norfolk Admirals first year affiliation, Norfolk Admirals and Springfield Falcons
Mike Smith: Lightning, Lightning Prague Premiere game-dated, Dallas Stars and Utah Grizzlies
Steven Stamkos: Lightning, Lightning three-stripe, Lightning Prague Premiere game-dated, NHL practice puck, Team Canada and Sarnia Sting
Rick Tocchet (interim head coach): Lightning, Boston Bruins, Philadelphia Flyers, Phoenix Coyotes and Phoenix Coyotes geodesic design
Mike Vernon (special assistant to Brian Lawton): Lightning, Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, Florida Panthers, San Jose Sharks and Portland Winter Hawks #
Radim Vrbata: Lightning, Phoenix Coyotes, Chicago Blackhawks and Carolina Hurricanes (no longer with team)
Wes Walz (assistant coach): Lightning, Boston Bruins and Minnesota Wild inaugural season (at left)Ty Wishart: Lightning, San Jose Sharks and Prince George Cougars
I'll have no pucks for Jussi Jokinen (no longer with team), Jeff Halpern, Mike Lundin, Shane O'Brien (no longer with team), Paul Ranger and Martin St. Louis.
# provided he visits Tampa
Total pucks collected (through 02.26.08): 60
Editor's note: This post originally appeared on Hound Central 3.0.
2 comments:
Slightly off topic (I saw Len Barrie on the list and started looking him up on hockeydb), but Barrie sure did bounce around a bit in his career, didn't he? 4 NHL teams, 4 IHL teams, 2 AHL, and even three WHL teams, and a two-season stop in Germany as well.
Not that he'd really be puckworthy aside from the Lightning or Blazers, but still, man did he ever get around!
Did you see that season he had in Kamloops? Eighty-five goals and 100 assists in 70 games.
Granted, it's juniors, but still.
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