Here yesterday, gone today, back… when?

Pos. Name Assigned to
G- Jonathan Boutin — Springfield (AHL)
RW- Jim Campbell — Springfield (AHL)
G- Morgan Cey — Springfield (AHL)
G- Gerald Coleman — Springfield (AHL)
D- Mike Egener — Springfield (AHL)
LW- Brandon Elliott — Springfield (AHL)
LW- Mitch Fritz — Springfield (AHL)
D- Brady Greco — Springfield (AHL)
LW- Adam Henrich — Springfield (AHL)
RW- Zbynek Hrdel — Springfield (AHL)
LW- Justin Keller — Kelowna (WHL)
D- Vladimir Mihalik — Red Deer (WHL)
LW- Norm Milley — Springfield (AHL)
LW- Dennis Packard — Springfield (AHL)
D- Harlan Pratt — Springfield (AHL)
D- Paul Ranger — Springfield (AHL)
RW- Darren Reid — Springfield (AHL)
D- Jay Rosehill — Springfield (AHL)
C- Jean-Francois Soucy — Springfield (AHL)
C- John Toffey — Springfield (AHL)

I’m shocked — Egener sent down without even a preseason game played. Cey, Coleman and Boutin sent down seems a bit early because you knew these players were going down anyway.

Andy Rogers is still up with the club… And I had him penciled in for a cut down much like Vladimir Mihalik (who is heading to Red Deer).

Sticks of Fire Reigns Supreme!

Congratulations to my friend Tommy on being Weekly Planet’s Editors pick for best Web Site in Tampa Bay!

EDIT: And Boltsmag is named the “Definitive Lightning Fan blog” in tbt*’s latest edition that chronicles local bloggers.

Just a friendly reminder there is less than 36 hours to submit entries for this weeks Carnival of the NHL… Submissions are due tomorrow by 10 PM EDT.

I was made aware this week about the WHA Super Juniors hoping to base their operations out of Florida… I decided to ask around and had people telling me that they’ve only heard whispers of rumors and things like that, not solid stuff.

I got solid stuff for you now.

Bobby Hull and others will be descending on Tampa Bay this upcoming week and the WHA will be hosting tryouts at the Tampa Bay Skating Academy in Oldsmar this Sunday from 1 to 3 PM (this coincides tryouts in Canada on Saturday night and Sunday morning).

The league will be six teams and from the looks of things, the SEJHL has been totally swallowed up by the WHASJ (plus the SEJHL web site returns a 403 forbidden error). The Ellenton Eels are not one of the franchises as they were having difficulty staying afloat as was.

None of this — the WHA ties — comes as a surprise if you look at who is the father of the S.E.J.H.L. Dave Beaudin is son of WHA alumnus Norm Beaudin…