2009 Restricted Free Agents

The following players along with Lauri Tukonen were tendered qualifying offers on June 29th and their rights retained by the Lightning.

Matt Smaby
   
Matt Lashoff
   
Blair Jones
   
Martins Karsums
   
Mike Lundin
   

2009 Free Agent Signings

PLAYER NAME POS Years Avg/Yr
Lukas Krajicek Defense 1 year $1500000
Mattias Ohlund Defense 7 years $3750000
Matt Walker Defense 4 years $1700000

2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Draft

1 2 Victor Hedman Defense 6.06 220 lbs.
1 29 Carter Ashton Right Wing 6.03 205 lbs.
2 52 Richard Panik Right Wing 6.02 203 lbs.
4 93 Alex Hutchings Left Wing 5.10 173 lbs.
5 148 Michael Zador Goaltender 6.02 172 lbs.
6 162 Jaroslav Janus Goaltender 5.11 192 lbs.
7 183 Kirill Gotovets Defense 5.11 175 lbs.

Ouellet Assigned to Norfolk

Submitted by chad on October 1, 2008 - 10:23

Damian Cristodero of the St. Pete Times reports winger Michel Ouellet has been assigned to AHL Norfolk after clearing waivers earlier this week.

Ouellet, a member of the Brad Richards-led 2000 Memorial Cup champ Rimouski Oceanic, was expected to form a bond with his former teammate this time last year when signed as a free agent. The winger did accumulate 17 goals and 36 points last season, but most of that came late in the year after Ouellet was finally healthy and Richards was dealt to Dallas.

If he remains in Norfolk (there is a chance he could be sent back up through re-entry waivers where his salary will be shared between Tampa Bay and the claiming team), Ouellet would seem to form an extremely formidable line with Brandon Bochenski and Wyatt Smith that could send the Ads back to conference-contender status.

As it stands, Norfolk is not over the veteran maximum.