2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning
DivisionSoutheast
ConferenceEastern
2004–05 recordDid not play
Team information
General managerJay Feaster
CoachJohn Tortorella
CaptainDave Andreychuk
ArenaSt. Pete Times Forum
Minor league affiliate(s)Springfield Falcons
Johnstown Chiefs
Adirondack Frostbite

The 2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's 13th season in the National Hockey League. Its games were canceled due to the lockout of players. Because the entire season was canceled due to the lockout, the Lightning were allowed to retain their status as the Stanley Cup champions.

Schedule[edit]

Tampa Bay’s regular season schedule was announced on July 14, 2004. Their preseason schedule was released on August 2, 2004.[1]

2004–05 schedule[2]
Preseason
Game Date Opponent
1 September 23 @ Montreal Canadiens
2 September 25 Carolina Hurricanes
3 September 26 @ Atlanta Thrashers
4 September 28 Carolina Hurricanes
5 October 3 Florida Panthers
6 October 5 Atlanta Thrashers
7 October 8 @ Florida Panthers
8 October 10 Buffalo Sabres
Regular season
Game Date Opponent
1 October 13 Philadelphia Flyers
2 October 16 Florida Panthers
3 October 18 @ Buffalo Sabres
4 October 21 @ Phoenix Coyotes
5 October 23 @ Colorado Avalanche
6 October 27 Nashville Predators
7 October 29 Washington Capitals
8 November 1 @ New York Islanders
9 November 2 @ Toronto Maple Leafs
10 November 4 Carolina Hurricanes
11 November 6 @ New Jersey Devils
12 November 10 @ Atlanta Thrashers
13 November 11 Calgary Flames
14 November 13 Atlanta Thrashers
15 November 18 @ Boston Bruins
16 November 20 @ Ottawa Senators
17 November 24 Vancouver Canucks
18 November 26 New Jersey Devils
19 November 27 @ Carolina Hurricanes
20 November 30 @ Philadelphia Flyers
21 December 2 St. Louis Blues
22 December 4 Florida Panthers
23 December 7 @ Atlanta Thrashers
24 December 9 Montreal Canadiens
25 December 11 Ottawa Senators
26 December 14 @ Montreal Canadiens
27 December 15 @ New Jersey Devils
28 December 17 Buffalo Sabres
29 December 19 @ Columbus Blue Jackets
30 December 22 @ Chicago Blackhawks
31 December 23 @ Minnesota Wild
32 December 26 @ Washington Capitals
33 December 27 Boston Bruins
34 December 29 New Jersey Devils
35 January 1 New York Rangers
36 January 2 Dallas Stars
37 January 5 @ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
38 January 6 @ Los Angeles Kings
39 January 8 @ San Jose Sharks
40 January 12 Minnesota Wild
41 January 14 Washington Capitals
42 January 15 @ Florida Panthers
43 January 17 Buffalo Sabres
44 January 19 Boston Bruins
45 January 21 @ Carolina Hurricanes
46 January 22 @ Pittsburgh Penguins
47 January 25 @ Philadelphia Flyers
48 January 27 Toronto Maple Leafs
49 January 29 @ Boston Bruins
50 January 30 Pittsburgh Penguins
51 February 1 Chicago Blackhawks
52 February 5 Atlanta Thrashers
53 February 8 @ Washington Capitals
54 February 10 New York Islanders
55 February 15 Ottawa Senators
56 February 17 New York Islanders
57 February 19 Detroit Red Wings
58 February 21 @ Carolina Hurricanes
59 February 23 @ New York Rangers
60 February 25 @ Buffalo Sabres
61 February 26 @ Ottawa Senators
62 March 1 Toronto Maple Leafs
63 March 4 Carolina Hurricanes
64 March 5 @ Florida Panthers
65 March 8 @ Pittsburgh Penguins
66 March 11 Edmonton Oilers
67 March 12 Washington Capitals
68 March 14 @ Dallas Stars
69 March 16 Philadelphia Flyers
70 March 18 Pittsburgh Penguins
71 March 19 @ Florida Panthers
72 March 22 @ New York Islanders
73 March 24 Montreal Canadiens
74 March 26 Florida Panthers
75 March 28 @ Toronto Maple Leafs
76 March 29 @ Montreal Canadiens
77 March 31 New York Rangers
78 April 2 @ Washington Capitals
79 April 4 @ New York Rangers
80 April 6 Carolina Hurricanes
81 April 8 Atlanta Thrashers
82 April 10 @ Atlanta Thrashers

Transactions[edit]

The Lightning were involved in the following transactions from June 8, 2004, the day after the deciding game of the 2004 Stanley Cup Finals, through February 16, 2005, the day the 2004–05 season was officially canceled.[3]

Trades[edit]

Date Details Ref
June 27, 2004 To Tampa Bay Lightning
5th-round pick in 2004
6th-round pick in 2004
San Jose's 6th-round pick in 2004 		To Philadelphia Flyers
3rd-round pick in 2005 		[4]
August 16, 2004 To Tampa Bay Lightning
Vaclav Prospal 		To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
2nd-round pick in 2005 		[5]

Players acquired[edit]

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19) Craig Darby New Jersey Devils Free agency [6]
July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) Steve McLaren St. Louis Blues multi-year Free agency [7]
Jarrod Skalde Dallas Stars multi-year Free agency [7]
September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) Andre Deveaux Owen Sound Attack (OHL) 3-year Free agency [8]

Players lost[edit]

Date Player New team Via[a] Ref
June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08) Pascal Trepanier Nurnberg Ice Tigers (DEL) Free agency (UFA) [10]
June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) Dwayne Hay Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL) Free agency (VI) [11]
July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12) Sheldon Keefe Phoenix Coyotes Free agency (UFA) [12]
July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20) Evgeny Konstantinov HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL) Free agency (UFA) [13]
July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) Jassen Cullimore Chicago Blackhawks Free agency (III) [14]
August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02) Eero Somervuori Karpat (Liiga) Free agency (II)[b] [16]
August 12, 2004 (2004-08-12) Darren Rumble Springfield Falcons (AHL) Free agency (III) [17]
August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16) Cory Stillman[c] Release (II)[d] [20]
September 2004 (2004-09) Jeremy Van Hoof Springfield Falcons (AHL) Free agency (UFA) [21]
December 2, 2004 (2004-12-02) Ben Clymer EHC Biel (NLB) Free agency (UFA) [22]
December 16, 2004 (2004-12-16) Stanislav Neckar HC Ceske Budejovice (ELH) Free agency (UFA) [23]

Signings[edit]

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
June 17, 2004 (2004-06-17) Nikolai Khabibulin 1-year Option exercised [24]
July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) Chris Dingman multi-year Re-signing [25]
Brian Eklund 1-year Re-signing [25]
Nolan Pratt 1-year Re-signing [25]
July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) Mike Egener multi-year Entry-level [26]
Dennis Packard multi-year Entry-level [26]
Nick Tarnasky multi-year Entry-level [26]
August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03) Dmitri Afanasenkov 1-year Re-signing [27]
Nikita Alexeev 1-year Re-signing [27]
August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05) Ruslan Fedotenko 1-year Arbitration award [28]
Pavel Kubina 2-year Arbitration award [28]
August 8, 2004 (2004-08-08) Cory Sarich 2-year Re-signing [29][30]
August 9, 2004 (2004-08-09) Fredrik Modin 3-year Re-signing [31][30]
August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20) Shane Willis 1-year Re-signing [32]
September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01) Martin Cibak 1-year Re-signing [33]
Doug O'Brien 3-year Entry-level [33]
September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14) Dave Andreychuk 1-year Re-signing [34]

Draft picks[edit]

Tampa Bay's picks at the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, which was held at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 26–27, 2004.[35]

Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team (league)
1 30 Andy Rogers Defense  Canada Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2 65 Mark Tobin Left Wing  Canada Rimouski Oceanic (QMJHL)
4 102 Mike Lundin Defense  United States Maine Black Bears (Hockey East)
5 158 Brandon Elliott Defense  Canada Mississauga IceDogs (OHL)
5 163 Dusty Collins Center  United States Northern Michigan Wildcats (CCHA)
6 188 Jan Zapletal Defense  Czech Republic Vsetin Jr. (Czech)
6 191 Karri Ramo Goaltender  Finland Pelicans (Finland)
8 245 Justin Keller Left Wing  Canada Kelowna Rockets (WHL)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ In parentheses is the player’s free agency group on July 1 if applicable.[9]
  2. ^ The Lightning retained Somervuori’s NHL rights through the 2006–07 season.[15]
  3. ^ Stillman was inactive during the 2004–05 season.[18]
  4. ^ Stillman received a $3.9 million arbitration award on August 15. The Lightning decided to “walk away” from the award, making Stillman an unrestricted free agent.[19]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "2004-05 Season Schedule". Tampa Bay Lightning. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  3. ^ "Hockey Transactions Search Results". Pro Sports Transactions. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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  5. ^ "LIGHTNING RE-ACQUIRE C VACLAV PROSPAL FROM ANAHEIM". Tampa Bay Lightning. August 16, 2004. Archived from the original on December 5, 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
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  10. ^ "Stanley-Cup-Gewinner wechselt nach Nürnberg". Nürnberg Ice Tigers (in German). June 8, 2004. Archived from the original on June 6, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  11. ^ "Hay First Player to Re-Sign with Ice Pilots". OurSports Central. June 30, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  12. ^ "COYOTES SIGN SHELDON KEEFE". Phoenix Coyotes. July 12, 2004. Archived from the original on August 11, 2004. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  13. ^ "EVGENY KONSTANTINOV". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on December 31, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022. 20-Jul-04: Signed with the Dynamo Moscow of the Russian League.
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  32. ^ "LIGHTNING RE-SIGN RIGHT WING SHANE WILLIS". Tampa Bay Lightning. August 20, 2004. Archived from the original on December 5, 2004. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
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