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The Lightning re-signed Sarich to a one-year, $1.9 million contract Thursday, avoiding salary arbitration. "Cory and his agent understood our cap situation and worked with us to get something done that would help us," Tampa Bay general manager Jay Feaster said. "Cory has demonstrated what an outstanding team player he is by electing to settle at a number that worked for the team rather than attempting to hit the home run in arbitration." |
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Sarich, 27, had one goal and 14 assists in 82 games last season, the third straight campaign he has not missed a game. The Tampa Bay defenseman has 10 goals and 64 assists in 454 career games. He spent his first two seasons with the Buffalo Sabres. |
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The Tampa Bay Lightning signed Richardson to a one-year, $500,000 contract Tuesday. |
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Richardson played 44 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets last season, recording a goal and six assists, before being traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on March 8. He appeared in 21 games with Toronto and had three assists and 41 penalty minutes. The 37-year-old defenseman has played in 1,312 NHL games during an 18-year career. He has 33 goals, 156 assists and 1.996 penalty minutes. |
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Fedotenko avoided arbitration, agreeing to a one-year, $1.65 million contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. The 27-year-old left wing posted career-highs in goals (26) and points (41) in 80 games for the Lightning last season. |
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Fedotenko has 95 goals and 79 assists in 385 career games spanning five seasons. |
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Janik signed a two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. He played in the Buffalo Sabres five playoff games last season after spending the 2005-06 regular season with Rochester of the AHL. |
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Denis signed a three-year, $8.6 million contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. The 28-year-old goaltender was obtained from Columbus last Friday for forward Fredrik Modin and goalie Fredrik Norrena. Denis was 21-25-1 with a 3.25 goals-against average for the Blue Jackets last season. |
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Denis will take over as Tampa Bay's starting goalkeeper for John Grahame, who signed with Carolina. In 294 career games, Denis is 94-156-28 with a 2.97 GAA. |
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Denis was traded to Tampa Bay on Friday in exchange for left wing Fredrik Modin and goalie Fredrik Norrena. Denis, who was part of the original Columbus team that began play in 2000, was deemed expendable by the Blue Jackets with the emergence of fellow goaltender Pascal Leclaire. |
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Denis went 21-25-1 with a 3.25 goals-against average last season. He is 94-156-29 in his career, playing with mostly bad Columbus teams. |
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The Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday announced they have signed Holmqvist to a one-year contract. The 28-year-old goaltender went 5-2 with a 2.00 goals-against average and .909 save percentage en route to leading Sweden to the gold medal at last month's World Championship in Riga, Latvia. |
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Holmqvist spent this past season with Brynas IF Gavle of the Swedish Elite League and led the league with a 1.95 GAA. He also ranked second in save percentage at .928 and was tied for sixth with three shutouts. |
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Richards re-signed with the 2004 Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning for a five-year, $39 million contract instead of opting to become a restricted free agent on July 1. The $7.8 million average annual salary is more than twice the $3.4 million he made while leading the Lightning in scoring this season. "It shows where this organization is going. It's going to be around him. He deserves it," coach John Tortorella said. |
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Richards, 26, was the 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs MVP is the franchise career assists leader with 261, the third highest total in the NHL over the past five seasons behind Joe Thornton and Jagomir Jagr. He had 23 goals and 91 points in helping the defending Stanley Cup champions reach the playoffs again this season. |
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Burke, in his second start since returning from a broken finger, stopped 29 shots in regulation and overtime, then turned aside two of three skaters in the shootout round of the Lightning's 3-2 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday. The victory improved Burke to 8-0-0 with a 1.86 goals-against average versus Atlanta in his career. |
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Burke is 13-9-3 with a 2.75 GAA this season for Tampa Bay and has 317 career wins, which is the sixth-highest number among active goaltenders. The 17-year NHL veteran is 3-0-0 in his last four games with a 1.16 GAA. |
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Lecavalier had two goals and an assist in the Lightning's 4-1 victory over the Florida Panthers on Monday. The win lifted Tampa Bay into a tie with idle Montreal for seventh place in the Eastern Conference. |
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This outburst is a good sign for Lecavalier, who hadn't lit the lamp in his previous six games following a four-game goal streak. The 25-year-old Tampa Bay center's third-period tally was his career-high 34th of the season and moved him just 10 points shy of tying the 78 points he garnered in 2002-03. |
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Afanasenkov scored twice in the Lightning's 4-3 win over the Atlanta Thrashers on Thursday. With the victory, Tampa Bay remained tied with the New Jersey Devils and Montreal Canadiens for the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference. |
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Afanasenkov's offensive outburst gave him eight goals this season, a career high, to go along with four assists in 59 games. The 25-year-old Tampa Bay winger has 15 goals and 15 assists in 144 career contests. |
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Boyle will miss the Lightning's next game on Monday against the Carolina Hurricanes due to a right ankle injury. The 29-year-old defenseman hit the boards after being tangled up with the Rangers' Steve Rucchin during the Lightning's 4-3 shootout win on Saturday. |
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Boyle has scored 14 goals and 48 points in 71 games for the Lightning this season. He is five points shy of his career-best point total in a season, set in 2002-03 with Tampa Bay. |
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Burke practiced Wednesday, but isn't expected to return for the Lightning anytime soon because of a broken right index finger. |
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Burke has an 11-9-3 record with a 2.92 goals-against average and .892 save percentage with the Lightning this season. |
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Kuba reportedly will be available for Sunday's Minnesota Wild game. The Wild defenseman has missed five games with an abdominal strain. |
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Kuba has six goals and 23 points on the season. He hasn't played since a 4-2 road loss to the Anaheim Mighty Ducks on March 3. |
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Burke is reportedly out indefinitely after fracturing his right index finger during practice Thursday. The Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender's finger was placed in a splint with Burke scheduled to be re-evaluated by the Ligthning medical staff next week. Tampa Bay plays the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday and the New York Islanders Sunday. |
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The Lightning recalled goalie Gerald Coleman from the AHL on an emergency basis. Burke has played 28 games this season with a 2.92 goals-against-average and an .892 save percentage while posting an 11-9-3 record with one shutout. |
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St. Louis was held without a point in the Lightning's 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. The 2003-04 Art Ross Trophy winner has scored only two goals in his last 18 games and has not recorded a multi-goal game all season. |
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St. Louis has scored 19 goals and 46 points in 62 games for the Lightning this season. He scored a career-high 38 goals and 94 points in 2003-04, when he helped the Lightning to the Stanley Cup championship. |
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Richardson was acquired by Toronto on Wednesday from the Columbus Blue Jackets in exchange for a conditional draft pick. The veteran defenseman had struggled in his first season with the Blue Jackets, with one goal and six assists in 44 games. He was appointed captain but stepped down two months into the season. |
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A change of scenery could do Richardson good. He was the Maple Leafs' first pick in the 1987 draft and played 278 games for Toronto from 1987-1991. |
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Artyukhin was suspended two games after hitting Ottawa's Antoine Vermette with his own helmet. The Lightning forward was given a match penalty after taking Vermette's helmet off of his head and hitting him with it during a scuffle. The 22-year-old Artyukhin is expected to return to the Lightning lineup for Sunday's game against the Toronto Maple Leafs. |
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Artyukhin has earned 12 assists and 16 points in his rookie season with the Lightning. He has not recorded a point in four straight games. |
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Prospal scored twice in the Lightning's 6-5 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday. His second goal came during a two-man advantage at 13:48 of the third period and turned out to be the game-winner. |
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Prospal continues to shine offensively in 2005-06. In 58 games, the 30-year-old Tampa Bay center has 21 goals and 39 assists. His career high for goals in a season is 22, set in 1999-2000 with the Ottawa Senators and 2002-03 with the Lightning, the same season he garnered a career-best 79 points in 80 games. |
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Denis won his fifth straight start and improved to 2-0 in shootouts as he helped Columbus beat Calgary 2-1 on Wednesday night. The 28-year-old goalie, who has been alternating starts with Pascal Leclaire, made 36 saves in regulation and two more in the shootout. |
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Denis is 9-2 in his last 11 starts and has rebounded from a miserable beginning to the season. He is 13-17-0 with a 3.27 goals-against average and .901 save percentage. |