2010 Lightning Unsigned Free Agents

PLAYER NAME Type Age POS
Mark Parrish UFA 33 Right Wing
Stephane Veilleux UFA 28 Left Wing
Paul Ranger RFA 25 Defense

2010 Lightning Free Agent Signings

PLAYER NAME Age P LENGTH CAP NO.
Martin St. Louis 35 R 4 years $5,625,000
Pavel Kubina 33 D 2 years $3,850,000
Steve Downie 23 R 2 years $1,850,000
Dan Ellis 30 G 2 years $1,500,000
Brett Clark 33 D 2 years $1,500,000

2010 Lightning NHL Entry Draft

RND PICK PLAYER NAME POS HT WT
1 6 Brett Connolly R 6.02 191
3 63 Brock Beukeboom D 6.01 200
3 66 Radko Gudas D 6.00 202
3 72 Adam Janosik D 6.00 179
4 96 Geoffrey Schemitsch D 6.02 185

Jason Ward

Basics

Type: 
Out of Organization
Position: 
Right Wing
Shoots/Catches: 
Right
Height: 
6.03
Weight: 
195
Born: 
01/16/1979
Age: 
30
Hometown: 
Chapleau, ONT
Acquired: 
Acquired from the Los Angeles Kings in a trade on February 27, 2007
Last Team: 
Tampa Bay (NHL)
Projects As: 
Checking line forward
Depth Chart Weight: 
-3

Draft Info

Draft Status: 
Drafted
Draft Year: 
1997
Draft Type: 
NHL Entry Draft
Drafted By: 
Montreal Canadiens
Round: 
1
Pick No.: 
11
Draft Team: 
Erie (OHL)

Contract

Contract Status: 
Signed
Waiver Status: 
Waiver Eligible
Signing Date: 
05/09/2007
Contract Length: 
2 years
Cap Number: 
$700 000
Contract End Year: 
2009
Contract End Status: 
UFA
Salary: 
$675 000

Bio

Awards: 

2002-03

  • AHL - Les Cunningham Plaque (MVP)
  • AHL - First All-Star Team

Scouting Report

Strengths: 

Works hard every shift and knows how to take care of his own end. Doesn't mind playing a crash-and-bang style. Is a quality teammate.

Weaknesses: 

Doesn't own top-end skating ability, which hurts his level of production. Has had trouble finding his niche in the NHL. Is too inconsistent.

Statistics

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