Jon Cooper has guided the Tampa Bay Lightning to nine consecutive playoff appearances, four Stanley Cup Final berths and two championships — but he had never won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s coach of the year. That changed on Wednesday, when Cooper was surprised with the trophy at a charity event at Tampa […]
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Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper reacted to winning the Jack Adams Award for the first time in his NHL coaching career.In what was the closest Jack Adams Award race in NHL history, Cooper was given 226 total points, with Lindy Ruff of the Buffalo Sabres losing by just three points at 223. Dan […]
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After a decade of close calls in his career, including two previous finalist nominations, Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper can finally fill the empty spot on his mantle that was reserved for a Jack Adams award. On Wednesday, the league announced that the NHL Broadcasters’ Association had voted him the coach “adjudged to have contributed the most to his team’s success”.
To say it was a trying season behind the bench is an understatement. Injuries forced the Lightning to use 30 dif...
Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper could be a Hockey Hall of Famer one day. That's how good he is. And yet, he won the Jack Adams Award in 2025-26 for the first time.
Jon Cooper has won the Jack Adams Award as the NHL’s 2025-26 coach of the year, the Tampa Bay Lightning announced Wednesday afternoon. Cooper, 58, coached the Lightning to a 50-26-6 record during the regular season, which placed them second in the Atlantic Division, securing their ninth consecutive playoff berth. The NHL Broadcasters’ Association voted…
Dan Muse was a finalist for the Jack Adams award as coach of the year, but it was Tampa’s Jon Cooper who took first place in the voting. It’s the first Adams award for Cooper, who has long been considered one of the very best coaches in the NHL since taking over the Lightning way […]
Cooper beat out Pittsburgh’s Dan Muse and Buffalo’s Lindy Ruff to win the award.
Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff was snubbed for the Jack Adams Award for the NHL’s best coach, as Jon Cooper won the honor instead.The NHL announced on Wednesday that Cooper, the longtime head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning, won the Jack Adams Award for the first time in his NHL career.While Cooper is […]
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Musings on Madison, Episode 211 — Pridham departs, revised Blackhawks season thoughts and early draft talks ( SCH )
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Blackhawks CHL prospect update, 6/1: Vanacker and Behm finish strong; Pridham not signing? ( ...
This is your daily thread to talk about the latest hockey news.
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Blackhawks trade prospect Jack Pridham to the Lightning ( SCH ) ( Sun-Times ) ( Tribune ) ( Athletic )
Blackhawks CHL prospect update, 6/1: Vanacker and Behm finish strong; Pridham not signing? ( SCH )
Blackhawks mailbag: Will Kevin Korchinski be in Chicago next season? ( Athletic )
Blackhawks 100 years of drama and dramatics ( Sun-Times )
Dennis Hull, longtime Blackhawks forward and counte...
The Chicago Blackhawks have made a decision to trade prospect Jack Pridham to the Tampa Bay Lightning . With the forward core being overcrowded, finding a spot in the Blackhawks lineup might be difficult for someone being projected as a third-line forward in the NHL. This follows another tough decision after the Lightning snagged prospect Dominic James beforehand. The wealth of riches has overwhelmed a team that is having trouble signing prospects. Now, the last debacle for ...
Stop us if you’ve heard this before. The Chicago Blackhawks are up against a deadline to sign one of their prospects and somehow that prospect ends up with the Tampa Bay Lightning. Last year it was Dominic James, and this year it is Jack Pridham. Chicago’s third-round selection (92 overall) in the 2024 NHL Draft was set to have his contract rights expire if he didn’t sign his entry-level contract or commit to a college program by 5:00 PM EST on June 1. Had he done neither, the 20-year-old woul...
The Tampa Bay Lightning, who were eliminated in the opening round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, swung a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday, acquiring the signing rights to prospect forward Jack Pridham in return for a third round draft selection in 2027. The Blackhawks initially selected Pridham in the third round (94th overall) […]
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And thus ends the Jack Pridham saga before it ever officially reached Chicago.
On Monday morning, the Blackhawks traded their 2024 third-round pick (No. 92 overall) to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2027 third-round pick.
trade alert🔔 details📰 ➡︎ https://t.co/FDlrSEX96v pic.twitter.com/4jYhAtrgwv — Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) June 1, 2026
The deal ends an odd series of events, which started late last week when Scott Powers of The Athletic mentioned that the Blackhaw...
Pridham was one of the stars for the Rangers in the team’s victory at this year’s Memorial Cup.
Coming off his Memorial Cup triumph this weekend, Chicago Blackhawks prospect Jack Pridham had until today to either sign an entry-level deal with the Hawks, or re-enter the NHL Draft. Instead, an 11th-hour trade will send Pridham's rights to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Chicago Blackhawks have traded Jack Pridham to the Tampa Bay Lightning for a 2027 third-round pick pic.twitter.com/IS2pXLRqAH — PuckEmpire (@puckempire) June 1, 2026 Pridham had been developing well in the Chicago system since...
Noah Steen has had a magnificent World Championship tournament. He entered the bronze medal game against Canada with six goals. His tournament-leading seventh goal gave Norway something they have never had in the history of their hockey program – a medal in an IIHF major series tournament.
Noah Steen scores in OT to beat Canada and win bronze (via IIHF) [image or embed] — CJ Fogler ( @cjzero.bsky.social ) May 31, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The Lightning brass will probably be just as happ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning accelerated the timeline of one of their more intriguing prospects. On Friday, they announced that they signed Benjamin Rautiainen to a three-year entry-level contract. The 20-year-old is now set to start next season in North America with either the Syracuse Crunch or the Tampa Bay Lightning. While this wasn’t entirely unexpected, the Lightning did have to buy out the final season of his contract with Tappara in order to facilitate the deal.
With the signing, Rauti...
Rautiainen had 25 goals and 52 assists with Tappara Tampere of the SM-liiga this season.
There are 29 teams that have already started their offseason preparations, and all of them have some work to do to reach a championship level.
Well, kids, we’re back. Thanks to some travel issues, it wasn’t quite the middle of nowhere experience we had hoped for, but we were still able to disconnect, enjoy a different city, eat too much food, and watch too much television. Now, that the brain has been refreshed a little, it’s time to get back into the swing of things.
It doesn’t appear we missed much when it comes to the Lightning. They signed Scott Sabourin to a one-year, two-way contract , which is nice. PuckPedia lists the te...
Ten years ago today, it was a coming out party of sorts for Bryan Rust with two big goals in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Penguins had rallied back from a 3-2 deficit in the series to send things back to Pittsburgh for a seventh game and […]
There is only one former Ohio State Buckeye left in the NHL Playoffs. Montreal goaltender Jakub Dobeš has played a major role in the Canadiens advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals after outlasting both the Tampa Bay Lightning and Buffalo Sabres in seven game series in the first two rounds. Heading into the 2025-26 season, […]
Well, there will be no arbitration hearings this summer for the Tampa Bay Lightning (unless, of course, Julien BriseBois pulls off some sort of trade). The Bolts headed into the off-season with one restricted free agent that had arbitration rights, and on Tuesday, they agreed to a contract with that player. Max Groshev is now under contract for another two seasons as he agrees to a two-year, two-way deal with the Lightning.
Groshev was selected in the third round of the 2020 draft and has...
The Tampa Bay Lightning want to sign Darren Raddysh. After all, it’s always easier to predict the future with known commodities. Unfortunately, teams don’t always get what they want, especially in free agency. There are a lot of factors out of their control that can determine where the Bald Eagle decides to nest next season. So, if he does take flight in free agency, can the Lightning bring someone else in to help fill the hole? Maybe.
In fact, there could be a player that is pretty much ...