The Tampa Bay Lightning has made their first selection in the first round of NHL Draft last Friday when they picked up center player Steven Stamkos as their numero uno pick. The Lightning general manager Jay Feaster appreciated the efforts of the new ownership chairperson, Oren Koules, in picking up 18 year old Stamkos into the Lightning squad. Stamkos is also very happy to be representing Tampa Bay in the NHL season ahead and is elated to be among the likes of star players like Vincent Lecavalier. The new hockey season is going to a great sporting extravaganza and there is no doubt that fans will buying tickets to watch their favorite teams perform.

The popular defenseman Ryan Suter has signed a four year contract with the Nashville Predators for an astronomical fee of $14 million. The contract was signed last Monday and this young player is thrilled to be playing for the Predators in the upcoming seasons. Suter hopes to perform at his best for the team and he scored 31 points and had 24 assists in his last season with the Nashville’s NHL team. Ryan Suter is one among the many young players who have been signed by Predators in a bid to keep their team young. Predators’ fans are rushing to get tickets to their games to see these young guns perform.

Todd McLellan is all set to take up the reins of the head coach of San Jose Sharks following his triumphant coaching stint with the Detroit Red Wings that enabled the team to lift NHL’s Stanley Cup. The Sharks general manager Doug Wilson expected the team to perform at its best under the watchful eyes of the newly appointed head coach. Wilson expects that the new coach will be able to bring in a set pattern among his hockey players and make them understand their goals and expectations of the top brass from them. The Sharks fans are also hoping for a great season ahead and are now on the internet in pursuit of buying tickets for the upcoming NHL season.

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The Canucks center player Trevor Linden is all set to retire from the NHL season after playing for 18 seasons and there is no player at present who could emulate the many heroics of this famous player. The Canucks fans will be a dejected lot after hearing the news as everyone is very much aware of the dedication and determination in which he played his hockey. Trevor Linden has achieved 375 goals and has made 492 assists in his 18 long years at the NHL. Canucks fans who purchased tickets to watch their teams games next season will not be able to witness the great Linden in action anymore.

The Tampa Bay Lightning coach John Tortorella was asked to surrender his post as the coach since he had been holding the post from 2001. It was a difficult decision for the General Manager since John Tortorella was the only one who helped the team achieve their one and only win in the Stanely Cup. This win had brought in more revenue with more Tampa Bay fans wanting to buy tickets to watch the games. Tortorella helped to bring the team back into shape in just three years and made them winners. It has been rumored that Barry Melrose is going to be his successor.

John Tortorella, who was reigning as the hockey coach of Tampa Bay Lightning from 2001, was removed from his office before the termination of his contract. The General Manager of

Tampa Bay, Jay Feaster was finding it difficult to remove him from the post as he was the only coach to take the team to win its one and only Stanley Cup, which helped in

Tampa Bay fans purchasing many tickets to witness the games. Tortorella took over the team while it was going through a bad phase and was able to completely change the attitude of the players and bring them to the level of match winners in NHL in three years time. There are speculations that Barry Melrose would be the successor of Tortorella.

The Penguins were able to pull off a triple overtime victory of the Red Wings to keep their season alive.  It was an exciting game and anyone who was there to see it live really go their money’s worth.  Now game 6 is coming back to Pittsburgh.  Its going to be rough and tough battle to the finish.  Detroit can still win tonight, but I know that the Penguins will bring their A Game.  I just bought my penguins tickets tonight at a good price from Vivid Seats.  Cant wait to go!

The successful hockey coach of Detroit Red Wings Mike Babcock will soon be signing a new contract to be the coach of the team for next year and further. Babcock during the Stanley Cup final against the Pittsburgh Penguins revealed his intention of staying with the Red Wings and the contract terms are almost through. The Red Wings management is waiting for the playoffs to get over and as soon as the season gets over the contract will be mutually signed. The Detroit Red Wings hockey fans will be queuing to book their NHL tickets well in advance after the spectacular show by their team this season.

The New Jersey Devils have re-signed defensemen Sheldon Brookbank and Mike Mottau into their team and there has been no details provided on either the contract terms or the financial obligations. Mottau, a 30 year old, was in the Devils team as a free agent since July and was the leading defensive man for the Devils in all the games that he participated. Brookbank has been brought into the Devils team from Columbus last October and played in 44 games for the Devils this season and has had eight assists as well. The New Jersey Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said that he was very happy to have these two defensemen in the team.

Even after posting an NFL-best score of 12 goals in 11 games, Johan Franzen was struck by a stroke of bad luck. The Detroit Wings forward has been told to rest since May 8 due to a series of headaches which many concurred that it might be a bad case of migraine. The wait is finally over however, as Franzen was given the green light last Friday to play. He is now back with a vengeance and despite being barred from Monday’s game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup finals. Franzen managed to play for a little over 16 minutes in the morning and scored three hits. He grimaced as he recalled how his face was hit by Gary Roberts’ arm minutes before they won 3-0.