Tampa Bay Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman had a few more plans up his sleeve before the 3:00 p.m. NHL Trade Deadline. The Tampa Bay Lightning has taken a much different direction than the one they chose last season.
Category: Brian Boyle
Report: Bolts forward Filppula turned down trade to Toronto
Earlier this week, the Maple Leafs and Lightning completed a deal that sent Brian Boyle to Toronto for Byron Froese and a second round draft pick, but according to a report from TVA Sports’ Renaud Lavoie, the trade could have been a lot bigger. Filppula can do that because he has a no-movement clause and a modified no-trade clause that allows him to submit a list of 16 teams he’d be willing to go to.
Big fish disappearing from NHL rental market; helpful pieces still available
Kevin Shattenkirk is gone, dealt to Washington on Monday night; Martin Hanzal went from hopelessness in the desert to hockey country in Minnesota; Ben Bishop joined fellow American goaltender Jonathan Quick in Los Angeles; and hulking six-foot-six centre Brian Boyle is off the market too, dealt to Toronto as the Lightning reload. “If there was one guy we were going to pursue that could make our team better it was him,” Capitals general manager Brian MacLellan said of Shattenkirk.
Leafs get Brian Boyle from Tampa, the centre Mike Babcock has been looking for
Tampa Bay Lightning centre Brian Boyle takes a pass in front of Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and William Karlsson during the second period of an NHL hockey game Friday, Jan. 13, 2017, in Tampa, Fla. The Toronto Maple Leafs have plugged a year-long hole at the fourth-line centre spot, swinging a trade with the Lightning for Boyle on Monday afternoon.
Lightning’s Erne makes NHL debut
LW Adam Erne learned he was making his NHL debut Tuesday when he reached the locker room before morning skate and say his number included on the board of those who would dress for the game against the Jets. Erne, the Lightning’s second pick in the 2013 draft, was recalled Sunday because of the lower body injury to C Brian Boyle .