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The Tampa Bay Lightning has signed unrestricted free agent defenseman Mattias Ohlund to a seven-year contract. [FULL STORY]

Lecavalier almost traded to Habs
If Lightning GM Brian Lawton and co-owner Oren Koules had their way, the team would have traded captain Vincent Lecavalier to the Montreal Canadiens over the weekend. read more...

Lecavalier trying to avoid trade talk
Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier knows his name is floating around the trade mill, but he's doing his best to avoid all the chatter, the St. Petersburg Times reports. read more...

TOP PROSPECTS
PLAYER	AGE	POS.	LEAGUE
Riku Helenius	20	G	WHL
Dana Tyrell	19	C	AHL
Luca Cunti	19	RW	USHL
Vladimir Mihalik	21	D	AHL
Radek Smolenak	22	LW	AHL

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
2008	1	Steven Stemkos	C	Sarnia Sting	OHL
2007	-	Pick Traded	-	-	-
2006	15	Riku Helenius	G	Ilves Tampere	FINLAND
2005	30	Vladimir Mihalik	D	Presov	SLOVAKIA
2004	30	Andy Rodgers	D	Calgary Hitmen	WHL

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Pos.	PLAYER	08-09 SALARY	08-09 CAP HIT
C	Ryan Craig	$775,000	$787,500
C	Jeff Halpern	$2,000,000	$2,000,000
C	Vincent Lecavalier	$7,166,666	$6,875,000
C	Vaclav Prospal	$3,500,000	$3,500,000
C	Wyatt Smith	$500,000	$500,000
C	Steven Stamkos	$875,000	$3,725,000
D	Mike Lundin	$737,500	$687,500
D	Josef Melichar	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
D	Andrej Meszaros	$2,500,000	$4,000,000
D	Cory Murphy	$437,500	$412,500
D	Janne Niskala	$600,000	$600,000
D	Paul Ranger	$950,000	$933,333
D	Matt Smaby	$825,000	$791,667
D	Noah Welch	$750,000	$650,000
D	Ty Wishart	$750,000	$1,120,833
G	Karri Ramo	$725,000	$658,330
G	Mike Smith	$950,000	$950,000
LW	Jussi Jokinen	$1,875,000	$1,812,500
LW	David Koci	$525,000	$525,000
LW	Ryan Malone	$6,000,000	$4,500,000
LW	Gary Roberts	$1,250,000	$2,070,000
RW	Evgeny Artyukhin	$950,000	$950,000
RW	Brandon Bochenski	$500,000	$500,000
RW	Adam Hall	$600,000	$600,000
RW	Michel Ouellet	$1,300,000	$1,250,000
RW	Martin St. Louis	$5,000,000	$5,250,000
RW	Jason Ward	$700,000	$675,000

TEAM INFO.
Arena	St. Pete Times Forum
Capacity	19,978
Address	401 Channelside Drive Tampa, FL 33602
Phone	1-813-301-6500
GM	Brian Lawton
Head Coach	Rick Tocchet