2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning season

2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning
Division	Southeast
Conference	Eastern
2004–05 record	Did not play
Team information
General manager	Jay Feaster
Coach	John Tortorella
Captain	Dave Andreychuk
Arena	St. 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

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

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

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2004 (2004-06-27)	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 (2004-08-16)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Vaclav Prospal	To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 2nd-round pick in 2005	[5]

Players acquired

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

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

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

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

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]

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