gólok: Ondrej Palat, from Thompson/Crombeen az első félidőben), majd a másik oldalon Connolly (redirect of Drouin shot) and St Louis (2 on 1 w/ Stamkos) a másodikban
...Jeff Vinik said long-term vision is more important than short-term hurdles and that Yzerman "is doing a great job" and "has my support 100 percent."
Vinik mentioned the way Yzerman, in the fourth year of a five-year contract, has transformed the organization's minor league system and how players from that system are starting to contribute to the big club. Vinik also said his vision aligns with Yzerman in that one must be patient to grow a consistent winner "because there's no other way to do it."
I think Steve is doing a great job, yes. ... I couldn’t be more pleased with the job Steve Yzerman is doing. I think he's put together the best, or one of the best, staffs in all of hockey. I think they’ve done a great job in drafting and developing young players. I think he’s made a lot of good moves over the years. My general manager has my support 100 percent. ... Again, Steve has my full supprt. I think I said it the day at the first press conferece … He was at Detroit for, like, 19 years. I hope he's with this organization for 19 years, too.
Vinik on patience in building a winning franchise: There’s no other way to do it. We want to win the Stanley Cup this year. Do we hava shot at winning the Cup this year? We absolutely do and I hope we do, and three years ago we almost did. So, there’s no predicting. But the way to develop a program that’s going to be in the top of the NHL year after year after year is to draft young players and have them develop in the system and be contributors over time. It takes patience, but we’re getting there. These players are coming up and making a difference right now.
Labrie
As for how Labrie has performed at camp, "Really well," Cooper said. "He's been shooting it hard and hitting the net." Actually, Cooper joked, "I'm trying not to look. I don't want him to walk in and say, 'Did you see that? I want to be on the power play.' "
Not to worry, Labrie said, "I just want to be in every game helping my team."
You would never know it watching the first few days of Lightning training camp, but Pierre-Cedric Labrie said he used to "skate like a moose."
But the big left wing also assured, "We took care of that."
Indeed, watching Labrie on the ice at the Tampa Bay Times Forum has been like watching a controlled whirlwind. His jersey flapping in the breeze during line rushes, the 6-foot-3, 236-pounder — whom coach Jon Cooper called "just a bear out there" — beat opponents to pucks along the boards and snapped off wrist shots that consistently went top shelf. By a very rough estimate, he is the team's top goal scorer.
It is just practice, but it is difficult to identify a player putting more effort into his roster fight.
"That's what I do," Labrie, 26, said Friday. "It's practice, game energy, forecheck, backcheck, always go as hard as I can. Every shift I give 100 percent. That's the way I am."
Labrie had a message for his cheering section: "I can hear. I love it."
And Labrie had something to say, too, for those keen on the rougher aspects of the game: "There will be change."
Labrie cited the way teams he was apart of under Cooper in NOR and SYR handled agitators: "There's gonna be five guys defending each other."
Labrie: "Even one slash [after the whistle, we're not taking that."
Labrie didn't say TB would necessarily fight more often but he clearly indicated he believes the team will be more confrontational.
Connolly
"Cooper and I have a good relationship,” Connolly said. “I’m very happy he’s here and that I can work with him now. He’s a great coach and he was the best thing for me last year.”
Brett Connolly on training camp: "My confidence is the highest it's ever been...hopefully things will go according to plan." #BoltsCamp
“I couldn’t be more pleased with the job Steve Yzerman is doing,’’ Jeffrey Vinik said Saturday after speaking to the crowd during Fan Fest. “I think he has put together the best, or one the best staffs in all of hockey. I think they have done a great job of drafting and developing players. I think he has made a lot of great moves over the years. And my general manager has my support 100 percent.’’
“Marty’s still around, still going strong, but I’d like to throw myself in there as a guy that Jonathan [Drouin] can count on if he has any questions or concerns,” Steven Stamkos said. “When you’re a high draft pick, there are a lot of expectations, a lot of pressure and I think you put the most pressure on yourself to perform,” said Stamkos. “When you get on the ice with those guys, it’s sometimes intimidating. The more comfortable you make them feel, their true skills are going to shine. We all know the player he can be and the skill set he can have, so we’re probably just as excited as he is.”
The attitude on day one: "Enthusiasm is a great word. You can tell everybody has a little jump in their step. New coaching staff, veterans are invigorated because this is a new era I suppose. And there's a crop of young talent that the organization hasn't seen in quite some time".
On the availability of roster spots: "I think this will be as competitive camp as this organization has seen in some time."
On building versus rebuilding: "I don't like the word 'rebuilding'. Professional sports is a business. If you finish in the bottom half of the standings, you're rebuilding. If you finish in the top half, you're reloading. It all kind of means the same thing; everybody has the same common goal. I can't sit here and say we're rebuilding. We've already built from the ground up. We had a minor league team that had never made the playoffs in their affiliation with the Lightning. Now not only are they making the playoffs on a regular basis, they're making the Calder Cup finals on a regular basis. You have to have prospects to do that. We're able to make trades now. For instance, we give up a bright young prospect in Cory Conacher to pick up a bright young prospect to fill a need in Ben Bishop. Is that rebuilding? I don't know. Maybe it's just building."
"My message to the guys coming in, the rookies, is relax," Cooper said. "You have a chance, but we want you to put your best foot forward. We don't want to have excited energy. We want calm, focused, driven players."
"It's unacceptable where we're at," Cooper said of last season's 28th place finish. "As an organization we're going to do everything in our power to make sure that's the last time we're in that position in the standings.
“I'd like to say I have a few good years left in me, but I don't think — and I don't know if patient is the right word — but I don't feel like I have that much time,'' said St. Louis, who captured his second career scoring title last season. “For me, I hope these guys are ready, and guys are coming into their own ... (because) you want to play in April and May. That's what defines careers, sometimes.''
“To me, when a team is rebuilding, it's more that the young kids are not really ready but you still go with it,'' St. Louis said. “I feel like we have young players, quality players. Those guys when they come into the league at 18 or 19, they are impact players right away. So that doesn't mean you are rebuilding, that means you got better right away. That's the way I look it. I don't look at it that we are rebuilding.”
Lightning forward Ondrej Palat is on a list of players being considered for the Czech Republic Olympic hockey team. Defenseman Radko Gudas and his beard are as well. Congrats to all three.
In a game that featured four fights and two goals by Nikita Kucherov, the Lightning beat the Panthers 2-1 in the final rookie tournament contest. The Lightning finished with 32 shots and the Panthers 23. Tampa Bay had 32 shots. Lightning were the only team to win 2 of 3.
Coach Rob Zettler: "Drouin and Kucherov were kind of magical out there too. Some really nice chances and an unbelievable goal."
ez pedig picit vicces ezen a szinten, de a sérülés, az sérülés...
NOTE: FLA Netminder Mack Shields will serve as back-up for the #TBLightning in today's contest.
Sitting: Namestnikov, Gauthier, Sustr, Milan
Injuried: Brassard
Day two of the 2013 Florida Panthers Prospects Tournament opened up with the Tampa Bay Lightning meeting the Nashville Predators in an offensive outburst. The game ended with a 7-4 Lightning victory thanks to five unanswered goals in the second period by the Panthers cross-state rivals.
The Predators were the first to score on an early goal by 2013 fourth overall pick Seth Jones. The defenseman drilled a shot from inside the blueline past the Lightning netminder. Two minutes later however, Tampa Bay’s Nikita Nesterov tied the score after working his way in from the blueline.
In the second period, defenseman Anthony Bitetto gave Nashville a 2-1 lead but Tampa Bay answered back with five consecutive goals scored by Tanner Richard, Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Dylen Olsen, and Danick Gauthier.
The third period highlights included Bitetto’s second goal of the game for Nashville, as well as a goal by Filip Forsberg to bring the Predators to within two (6-4) but while on the power play and with their goaltender pulled, Nashville couldn’t get closer as JT Brown scored into the empty net.
Despite Tampa Bay’s winning score there was a five-player shootout. Tampa Bay went first with Brown, Brady Brassart, Henri Ikonen, Brett Welychka, and Andrej Sustr with Brassart the only one to find the back of the net. Representing Nashville were Colton Sissons, Miikka Salomaki, Bitetto, Joonas Rask and Jones with the fourth overall defenseman tying the shootout round on the last available shot.
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