The Tampa Bay Lightning are sitting out the first round of the 2025 NHL Draft, but fans still have team-related topics to ...

Yanni Gourde never really wanted to leave the Tampa Bay Lightning after helping them win the Stanley Cup. Now he might be able to finish out his time in the NHL with them. Gourde signed a six-year ...

By Sarah Jean Maher, Pierre LeBrun and Joe SmithThe Tampa Bay Lightning are acquiring forwards Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand from the Seattle Kraken for a package that includes two first ...

Lightning forward Yanni Gourde rejoins Tampa Bay after they lost him to Seattle in the expansion draft four years ago. Now, the two-time Stanley Cup champ can't wait to skate where his career started.

Yanni Gourde won two Stanley Cup titles with the Lightning in his six seasons with the team from 2015-16 through 2020-21, scoring 187 points in 310 games. He was then selected by the Kraken in the ...

After retentions, Gourde costs $1.29 million against the cap, while Bjorkstrand $5.40 million. Michael Eyssimont has an $800K cap hit.

Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois has never been hesitant to make a move if it meant the team was one step closer to winning another Stanley Cup.

On Wednesday, he reiterated that notion in acquiring Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorkstrand from the Seattle Kraken. The Lightning sent the Kraken two first-round picks in 2026 and 2027, as well as ...

He traded two first-round picks, one second-rounder and Mikey Eyssimont to Seattle for Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde. The price was unquestionably high. Maybe even absurdly high.

Oliver Bjorkstrand and Yanni Gourde were traded to the Tampa Bay Lightning by the Seattle Kraken as part of a three-team trade also involving the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday.

Yanni Gourde and Oliver Bjorskstrand are also winners on Wednesday. Gourde gets to return to Tampa Bay, where he was a key part of the back-to-back Stanley Cup championships in 2019-20 and 2020-21.