The Tampa Bay Lightning are keeping Yanni Gourde around for the long term. They signed the two-time Stanley Cup champion to a six-year contract worth just under $14 million.

Following three straight first-round exits, the Tampa Bay Lightning want to prove that they can still compete for a championship. Apparently, they believe that adding some more championship pedigree behind the bench is the way to go.

Yanni Gourde is staying in Tampa after signing a six-year contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced.

Perry wasted little time in making his first career Stanley Cup. After the 2004-05 lockout, he and the Ducks made the playoffs in the 2005-06 season, but fell to the Oilers in the conference finals.

You feel like you are part of the group, but it’s a little different,” one third-string goaltender for a championship team said.

The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired former Nashville Predators assistant coach Dan Hinote to join their coaching staff, the team announced on Friday.