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The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that they’ve signed Jan Rutta to a contract. This deal is for $8.25 million and carries through the 2024-25 season. The average cap hit is $2.75 million per season. The Penguins have signed defenseman Jan Rutta to a three-year contract worth $8.25 million. The contract will begin in the 2022.23 […] READ MORE
David Savard is injured and out for Game One with an upper-body injury. This means the Tampa Bay Lightning will be without one of their mainstay defenceman for tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes. Injury update: David Savard is out tonight with an upper-body injury. — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) May 30, 2021 David Savard […] READ MORE
Tampa Bay Lightning defenceman Jan Rutta is considered day-to-day after sustaining a lower-body injury. Bolts head coach Jon Cooper confirmed Rutta’s status during the team’s media availability on Wednesday. Jon Cooper said Cernak and Rutta have taken steps back, hoped they’d be further along. McDonagh close, could have good news tomorrow. Stephens really close — […] READ MORE
The NHL rumours are in full force already this season. The Tampa Bay Lightning are in the market for a right-handed defenseman. Per Last Word’s rumour piece on February 25th, Nashville could be involved. Here’s what could happen NHL Rumours: Nashville and Tampa Potential Deals The Nashville Predators are in the worst position, and potentially […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning and defenceman Erik Cernak have agreed on a contract extension. Cernak’s new deal is a three- year deal worth $8.85 million. It carries a salary-cap hit of $2.95 million per season. This contract carries him through the 2022-23 season. In addition to Cernak, the Lightning also announced that Jan Rutta to […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that defenceman Jan Rutta is sidelined for weeks with a lower-body injury. Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper said he’s out weeks, but it’s not season-ending. Per Coop, Jan Rutta’s lower-body injury will keep him out a few weeks but it is not season-ending. #PITvsTBL — Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning announced that defenceman Dan Girardi will be out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. Girardi has missed the previous six games with the injury and was originally listed as day to day. Injury update: #TBLightning defenseman Dan Girardi (lower-body) is out indefinitely. — p – Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) March 20, 2019 Dan […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning have missed three injured players on their last game against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night. Defenceman Anton Stralman has been out with a lower-body injury for the past two games. Defenceman Dan Girardi and forward Adam Erne both missed the practice on Saturday and are listed as day-to-day. Among other moves, […] READ MORE
The Tampa Bay Lightning have agreed to trade Slater Koekkoek and a 2019 fifth-round draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Jan Rutta and a 2019 seventh-round draft pick. We have acquired defenseman Jan Rutta and a 2019 seventh-round draft pick from the @nhlblackhawks in exchange for Slater Koekkoek and a 2019 fifth-round […] READ MORE
The Chicago Blackhawks defence was a problem much of last season, especially after Corey Crawford went down with an injury in December. Crawford’s level of play before his injury made up for most of the defence’s shortcomings. Once Crawford was lost for the season, that exposed the Blackhawks defence as being very poor at times. Chicago […] READ MORE
