2009 Restricted Free Agents

The following players along with Lauri Tukonen were tendered qualifying offers on June 29th and their rights retained by the Lightning.

2009 Free Agent Signings

PLAYER NAME POS Years Avg/Yr
Lukas Krajicek Defense 1 year $1500000
Mattias Ohlund Defense 7 years $3750000
Matt Walker Defense 4 years $1700000

2009 Tampa Bay Lightning Draft

1 2 Victor Hedman Defense 6.06 220 lbs.
1 29 Carter Ashton Right Wing 6.03 205 lbs.
2 52 Richard Panik Right Wing 6.02 203 lbs.
4 93 Alex Hutchings Left Wing 5.10 173 lbs.
5 148 Michael Zador Goaltender 6.02 172 lbs.
6 162 Jaroslav Janus Goaltender 5.11 192 lbs.
7 183 Kirill Gotovets Defense 5.11 175 lbs.

Prospects

Bolt Prospects Top 25 Ranked Prospects

NO. PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
1 Matt Lashoff Defense 22 6.02 205 lbs. Providence (AHL)
2 Steve Downie Right Wing 22 5.10 192 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
3 Ty Wishart Defense 21 6.05 203 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
4 Dana Tyrell Right Wing 20 5.10 185 lbs. Prince George (WHL)
5 Johan Harju Left Wing 23 6.03 205 lbs. Lulea HF (SWE)
6 Riku Helenius Goaltender 21 6.03 203 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
7 Paul Szczechura Center 23 5.11 175 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
8 Dustin Tokarski Goaltender 19 5.11 185 lbs. Spokane (WHL)
9 Radek Smolenak Left Wing 22 6.03 203 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
10 Vladimir Mihalik Defense 22 6.08 241 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
11 Mitch Fadden Center 21 6.00 174 lbs. Tri-City (WHL)
12 Alex Killorn Center 19 6.00 161 lbs. Harvard (ECAC)
13 Kevin Quick Defense 21 6.00 175 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
14 Martins Karsums Right Wing 23 5.10 192 lbs. Boston (NHL)
15 Blair Jones Center 22 6.02 193 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
16 Luca Cunti Left Wing 19 6.01 190 lbs. Rimouski (QMJHL)
18 James Wright Center 19 6.03 175 lbs. Vancouver (WHL)
19 Juraj Simek Left Wing 21 6.01 189 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
20 Lauri Tukonen Right Wing 22 6.02 200 lbs. Lukko Rauma (FNL)
21 Mark Barberio Defense 19 6.00 201 lbs. Moncton (QMJHL)
23 Matt Marshall Right Wing 20 6.01 175 lbs. Vermont (HEAST)
24 Chris Lawrence Right Wing 22 6.04 199 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
25 Justin Courtnall Left Wing 20 6.00 185 lbs. Victoria (BCHL)

Unranked Prospects

PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
Alex Hutchings Left Wing 17 5.10 173 lbs. Barrie (OHL)
Carter Ashton Right Wing 18 6.03 205 lbs. Lethbridge (WHL)
David Carle Defense 19 5.11 180 lbs. University of Denver (WCHA)
Denis Kazionov Left Wing 21 6.03 187 lbs. Boleslav (CZE)
Jan Zapletal Defense 22 6.03 190 lbs. HC Vsetin (CZE)
Jaroslav Janus Goaltender 19 5.11 192 lbs. Erie (OHL)
John Wessbecker Defense 22 6.02 195 lbs. UMass-Amherst (HEAST)
Kirill Gotovets Defense 18 5.11 175 lbs. Shattuck-St. Mary's (USHS)
Kyle DeCoste Right Wing 18 6.01 178 lbs. Sault Ste. Marie (OHL)
Luke Witkowski Defense 20 6.02 200 lbs. Fargo (USHL)
Matias Sointu Right Wing 19 5.10 154 lbs. Ilves (FIN Jr.)
Michael Zador Goaltender 18 6.02 172 lbs. Oshawa (OHL)
Michal Sersen Defense 23 6.02 200 lbs. Slovan HC Brataslava (SVK)
Richard Panik Right Wing 18 6.02 203 lbs. Trinec (CZE)
Scott Jackson Defense 22 6.04 213 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
Victor Hedman Defense 18 6.06 220 lbs. MoDo (SWE)

Overage Prospects

PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
Albert Vishnyakov Left Wing 25 6.02 185 lbs. Novokuznetsk (KHL)
Alexander Polushin Center 26 6.04 212 lbs. ------
Alexei Glukhov Left Wing 25 6.03 176 lbs. Mytishchi (KHL)
Anton But Left Wing 28 6.02 200 lbs. CSKA Moscow (KHL)
Dmitri Kazionov Center 25 6.02 176 lbs. Kazan (RUS)
Ilya Solarev Right Wing 26 6.04 176 lbs. Astana (KHL)
Pavel Sedov Right Wing 27 6.04 200 lbs. ------
Vasily Koshechkin Goaltender 26 6.06 210 lbs. Tolyatti (KHL)
Vitali Smolianinov Center 25 6.03 202 lbs. Astana (KHL)
Zenon Konopka Center 28 6.00 215 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)

Bolt Prospects Alumni

GRAD DATE PLAYER NAME POS Age HT WT LAST TEAM
04/07/2009 Karri Ramo Goaltender 23 6.02 192 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)
04/07/2009 Matt Smaby Defense 24 6.05 220 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)
01/12/2009 Steven Stamkos Center 19 6.00 176 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)
03/01/2008 Mike Smith Goaltender 27 6.03 210 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)
01/19/2008 Mathieu Darche Left Wing 33 6.01 210 lbs. Portland (AHL)
01/03/2008 Mike Lundin Defense 24 6.01 195 lbs. Norfolk (AHL)
03/01/2007 Karl Stewart Left Wing 25 5.11 185 lbs. Rochester (AHL)
02/09/2007 Johan Holmqvist Goaltender 31 6.01 190 lbs. Frolunda (SWE)
01/13/2007 Nick Tarnasky Left Wing 26 6.02 233 lbs. Florida (NHL)
01/04/2007 Doug Janik Defense 29 6.02 210 lbs. Dallas (NHL)
01/04/2007 Eric Perrin Center 33 5.09 176 lbs. Atlanta (NHL)
04/03/2006 Ryan Craig Left Wing 27 6.02 220 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)
01/24/2006 Evgeny Artyukhin Right Wing 26 6.04 254 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)
01/20/2006 Paul Ranger Defense 24 6.02 215 lbs. Tampa Bay (NHL)