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.

ECHL Affiliation News

Submitted by timothy on June 9, 2008 - 20:12

Members of the Mississippi Sea Wolves front office recently sat down with the Sun Herald to discuss the state of the team as it begins the process of preparing for its second season back in the Coast Coliseum since Hurricane Katrina.
During the interview, the Sea Wolves front office briefly discussed the future of a continued affiliation with the Tampa Bay Lightning:

Quote:

SH: As far as the roster goes, do you have any goalies protected?
SW: No.
SH: Where are they going to come from?
SW: The goalies, we don't know what's going to happen there. Normally you would get them from the affiliate. Leif and I were talking about it and possibly we'll sign one on our own, but then what happens when the affiliation sends two down? Then you're caught. Once Tampa and everyone gets done with this draft, the pictures of the murky water become a lot clearer in what direction we're going to be going.
SH: Any affiliate update? Are you talking with teams?
SW: We're talking with three different teams. Tampa is involved. Tampa was just a one-year affiliation like it always is. It just expired, but at the same time we were ready to renew it, but when I talked to the general manager there, he said let's wait for the ownership issues to get out of the way because they might have their own plans of where they want to put their affiliation. They take over June 18 and the draft in the 20th. It will be July before any sort of affiliation is signed. And that's about the same time as last year.