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By rss@youtube.com (thepressboxlive) In the first installment of 'Straight Up', Shaheed talks about the firing of Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Barry Melrose and what it means for the team.

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By Sal Capaccio This week on Let's Talk Sports!, Donny G., Doug Fernandes, and I are joined by former Winnipeg Jets goaltender Jim Foubister as he analyzes the recent firing of Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach John Tortorella and the hiring of Barry Melrose. We also talk about NHL free agency which begins Jul...

3 min - 2008-06-25 Barry Melrose is returning to the NHL after 12 years as ESPN's primary hockey analyst, becoming coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning

Sullivan joined Tocchet's coaching staff in December after being relieved of his duties when Barry Melrose was hired. Rick Tocchet said that Sullivan is his first choice to remain on the coaching staff, but the team must move forward at this time. ...

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A lot of stuff I did last season was patchwork," said Tocchet, 45, elevated from associate coach in November, 16 games into the season, after Barry Melrose ... and more »

AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning made Rick Tocchet their full-time coach, lifting the interim tag and giving him a multiyear contract. The former NHL star went 19-33-and-14 after replacing Barry Melrose, who was fired just 16 games into his first season ...

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  Canada The Tampa Bay Lightning made Rick Tocchet their full-time coach yesterday, removing the "interim" tag and giving him a three-year contract. The former NHL star took over in mid-November after Barry Melrose was fired. Tampa Bay went 19-33-14 under ...

 Canada Myers posted a career-high 42 points in 58 games for the Rockets this season, and was a plus-31. TAMPA, FLA. The Tampa Bay Lightning have made Rick Tocchet their head coach. Tocchet took over on an interim basis in mid-November after Barry Melrose was ...

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 UT TOCCHET SIGNS CONTRACT: The Tampa Bay Lightning made Rick Tocchet their full-time coach Monday, lifting the interim tag and giving him a three-year contract. The former NHL star took over in mid-November after Barry Melrose was fired. ...

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 SC AP) - The Tampa Bay Lightning have made Rick Tocchet (TAH'-ket) their full-time coach, lifting the interim tag and giving him a multiyear contract. The former NHL star went 19-33-14 after replacing Barry Melrose, who was fired just 16 games into his ...

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 MI The Tampa Bay Lightning made Rick Tocchet their full-time coach Monday, lifting the interim tag and giving him a multiyear contract. The former NHL star took over in mid-November after Barry Melrose was fired. Tampa Bay went 19-33-14 under Tocchet. ...

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 NY Well, today we have an inside look at the war room of the Tampa Bay Lightning*. Since Oren Koules and Len Barrie took over the franchise last year, the Lightning have made some interesting personnel decisions. They hired and fired Barry Melrose as ...

St. Louis, 33, was a mentor for rookie Steven Stamkos, a leader in the locker room and an engaged partner to coach Rick Tocchet in team meetings, practices and video sessions. He started the season with a coach, Barry Melrose, who didn't believe in him ...

 Canada Only the Tampa Bay Lightning, who fired Barry Melrose 16 games into the season and replaced him with Rick Tocchet, have not shown significant improvement. When Pittsburgh fired Michel Therrien on Feb. 15, less than a year after he'd led the team to the ...

By Greg Wyshynski The Tampa Bay Lightning snapped a nine-game losing streak last night, as Montreal natives Vincent Lecavalier and Marty St. Louis were booed by the Canadiens crowd while powering the Bolts to a surprising, borderline miraculous 3-1 victory.

By Greg Wyshynski The Tampa Bay Lightning snapped a nine-game losing streak last night, as Montreal natives Vincent Lecavalier and Marty St. Louis were booed by the Canadiens crowd while powering the Bolts to a surprising, borderline miraculous 3-1 victory.

By Ross McKeon Dishonorable mention: Hey, how about the spark the Lightning received from that coaching change? Tampa Bay is 1-7-4 since replacing the fired Barry Melrose with Rick Tocchet. … If you're going to fight, then just fight. Instead, shortly after Scott Gomez of the Rangers and Ilya Kovalchuk...

By Greg Wyshynski But goal Mike Smith probably takes the taco with this rant: All of this likely puts a smile on the face of Barry Melrose, the deposed Bolts coach and scapegoat (if you're one of those that feel he's blameless) for the team's disastrous start.

By Greg Wyshynski • Can Rick Tocchet's line juggling for the Tampa Bay Lightning shake the Barry Melrose funk off the players? [Puck Update] • Mike Van Ryn of the Toronto Maple Leafs hits back at critics who say that he put himself in a position to be injured against the Montreal Canadiens. [Toronto Sun]

By Greg Wyshynski Preview: Edmonton Oilers at Columbus Blue Jackets (7 p.m. EST; TV: RSW). Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal sets the scene: "Dustin Penner is in, Fernando Pisani is on crutches, and Mathieu Garon is in limbo for the Edmonton Oilers' game tonight against the Columbus Blue Jackets." The MLS C...

By Greg Wyshynski As for Tocchet, he gets to see if his two most critical changes to the Lightning lineup have any effect on the offense tonight: Moving Stamkos up with Vincent Lecavalier and Marty St. Louis, and attempting to squeeze anything out of free-agent bust Radim Vrbata by moving Vaclav Prospal off...

Just 16 games into a three-year contract, Lightning head coach Barry Melrose was fired on Friday following a 5-7-4 start in which Tampa Bay's roster failed to respond to Melrose's old-school approach. Lightning general manager Brian Lawton said there were concerns about what directio...

By Greg Wyshynski Did you miss Ryan Malone and Mark Recchi and Radim Vrbata and Gary Roberts and Dan Boyle and Andrej Meszaros and Lukas Krajicek and Marek Malik and Steve Eminger? Tampa Bay management has a trigger finger like sniper with Parkinson's.

By chuqui Puck Daddy - NHL - Yahoo! Sports: Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Barry Melrose has been relieved of his duties and Associate Coach Rick Tocchet has been elevated to interim head coach, Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Lawton announced today.

By Greg Wyshynski Tampa Bay Lightning Head Coach Barry Melrose has been relieved of his duties and Associate Coach Rick Tocchet has been elevated to interim head coach, Executive Vice President & General Manager Brian Lawton announced today. Melrose, 52, was named the sixth head coach in Lightning h...

By Greg Wyshynski Ryan Malone, Tampa Bay Lightning (7 years, $31.5 million): He inked a $31.5 million, seven-year contract; perhaps that deal didn't include the first 12 games of the season. In fairness, every line below the Lecavalier line has been shuffled and reshuffled by Melrose. And the titanic undera...

By Greg Caggiano The situation seems eerily similar to the one Stamkos is facing right now and it's a shame, because I really like this kid. But as the Lightning continue to lose, Melrose gets fired in December, and Stamkos continues to struggle, I'll be there to say I told you so.

By Greg Wyshynski • Unlike ESPN viewers for the last decade, Barry Melrose doesn't have a mute button. Which is why covering the Tampa Bay Lightning is already pretty damn awesome this season. [THN] • Optimism and the Ottawa Senators? Dogs and cats, living together ... mass hysteria. [Sun Media]

By noreply@blogger.com (PJ Swenson) Update] The Ottawa Citizen's Ken Warren reports that Tampa Bay Lightning head coach John Tortorella may be headed to the Ottawa Senators, or that he might be replaced by "hands-on" new owner Oren Koules in favor of former Kings coach Barry Melrose.