After being the number one star in Tampa Bay's 3-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens, Vinny Prospal was still pissed. Unhappy after being demoted from Vinny Lecavalier's and Martin St. Louis' line for a few games, he let his feelings be known about the people who made the decision to give him less ice time.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed veteran winger Vaclav Prospal to a one-year contract. General manager Scott Howson the news Saturday afternoon, via Twitter no less, and it is a move that shores up the Blue Jackets' top six after left-winger Kristian Huselius underwent surgery for a torn pectoral muscle. He's expected to miss four-to-six months. The Dispatch reports...

If nothing else, the Tampa Bay Lightning's front office appears to be learning from their rookie mistakes of last summer. Unfortunately, the Phoenix Coyotes have reached their quota for assuming other teams' bad contracts after taking Radim Vrbata from the Bolts, so Tampa announced it's going to have to buy out the remaining three years of Vaclav Prospal's contract...

The Tampa Bay Lightning have bought out the remaining three years of forward Vaclav Prospal's contract making the Czech forward an unrestricted free agent.

Much of the hockey community was taken aback last August when New York Rangers general manager Glen Sather announced that the club had signed Czech veteran Vaclav “Vinny” Prospal...Read the full article on Bleacher Report...

Well, it has been a busy day in Rangerland, with roster cuts made, a potential season-ending surgery and a tryout signing.  Where to begin? Let’s start with the report today by Larry Brooks of the New York Post which suggests that Vaclav Prospal’s injured knee isn’t healing as quickly as hoped and may even require surgery which could end the Czech forward’...

The New York Rangers will reportedly sign Vaclav Prospal to a one-year/$1.1 million contract.

By KYLE BAUER Now some guys are getting desperate, or maybe not. The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) –born out of the Russian Super League– has mined European NHL talent for the past four seasons in an attempt to boost their notoriety and talent pool. So far, the crop has been mostly veteran defectors- Sergei Fedorov, Alexei Yashin, Viktor Kozlov, Jozef Stumpel, Marcel...

Over a month ago, I discussed the possibility that Simon Gagne, who has been out since February with concussion symptoms, might return to the ice if the Flyers make the Stanley Cup Finals. Well, with the Flyers a mere four wins away from the Stanley Cup Finals, it now seems there is little hope that Gagne will be suiting up any time soon. When asked about Gagne's possible...

The Lightning and Flyers kicked off the trade frenzy tonight with the bolts sending Vaclav Prospal to Philadelphia in exchange for Alexandre Picard and a conditional pick in the 2009 draft.

What team beat writers are saying this afternoon: Take a look at the Bruins’ possible opening night lineup.  That team is pretty stacked and it doesn’t even include Kessel and Krejci.  Granted there still are some concerns on defense, but the Bruins should, once again, be a dominant force in the Eastern Conference. Tony Amonte has been [...]

The latest on Blake and Prospal....on opposite sides of the salary spectrum but just as hot as far as commodities.

After finally notching a win, the Flyers got more good news, as they announced they had acquired former Flyer Vaclav Prospal from the Tampa Bay Lightning for minor league defenseman Alexandre Picard and a draft pick. Prospal was in a feud with the Lightning coaches over his playing time, so the Flyers might have gotten a bargain. Here is a hilarious interview he did after a recent...

Getty ImagesNow fifty-three games into the regular season, the New York Rangers are in seventh place in the Eastern Conference standings with a record of 29-20-4. They have been streaky as of late, but looking at the year as a whole, have been able to stay on a stable pace despite battling through a multitude of injuries. Now that they are starting to get healthy again, with players...

The Flyers traded forward Vaclav Prospal back to the Tampa Bay Lightening Wednesday for a seventh round pick in this year's NHL draft and a conditional draft pick in next year's draft.

Apparently, the two teams forgot to bring their defense and goaltending as six total goals were scored in the first period at the Garden.Vaclav Prospal got his first as a Flyer just over a minute in but Marty Straka banked one off the post and in to tie it. Braydon Coburn put home a rebound for a pow...

The Flyers look to be turning the corner again at just the right time. They defeated the New York Islanders 4-1, mostly thanks to a tremendous effort by Martin Biron. Biron, who made 32 saves and gave up the lone goal late in the third period, has owned the Islanders this season, going 6-0 against them. He has a chance to earn another win against the Islanders when the teams play again next week.

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Brian Lawton told a local newspaper late Tuesday that the club plans to buy out Vaclav Prospal, who has three years remaining on his contract.

As was first reported (via Twitter) by Erik Erlendsson of The Tampa Tribune, the Tampa Bay Lightning are in the process of buying out the remaining three years of forward Vaclav Prospal's contract. "The other" Vinny certainly has his fair share of loyal followers here in Hockey Bay and many of them may very well be upset with this news. (Over the course of the last...

The Lightning have shipped forward Vaclav Prospal to the Philadelphia Flyers for defensemen Alexandre Picard and a second or third round draft pick in 2009.

Paul Holmgren did it again, this time getting something for nothing. Vaclav Prospal, who the Flyers acquired from the Tampa Bay Lightning in February, was sent back to the Lightning for two draft picks: a 7th round pick this year and a conditional pick next year. Prospal had no interest in coming back to the Flyers and it was unlikely that the Flyers could afford him, so Holmgren...

Today the Flyers dealt Vaclav Prospal back to the Tampa Bay Lightning. The fact that Prospal is leaving the Flyers again should come as no surprise to anyone. He made it no secret that he enjoyed playing in a warm weather city and wanted to go back to one this summer. There were also rumors floating around last week that he was interested in returning to Tampa Bay since John Tortorella...

The latest information to hit my desk! The Minnesota Wild cleaned the house several months ago and are trying to get a more offensive oriented team together. Gaborik was allowed to walk away and the team went and signed Martin Havlat. Since that blockbuster signing, the team has remained quiet. I just got off the phone with my source within the office of the Wild's GM Chuck Fletcher...

ScoresFromLastNight is our daily roundup of last night’s happenings.  Today’s edition is brought to you by BigLeagueScrew’s World Class Women. CAPITALS 6 RANGERS 5 Vaclav Prospal came through with two goals and two assists but it wasn’t enough for the Rangers to overcome the Caps.  Alex Ovechkin had two goals and an assist while Nicklas Backstrom contributed [...]

Following a season in which he tied for the fourth-worst plus/minus rating in the NHL (-20), 34-year-old Vaclav Prospal cut ties with the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday. Whether that poor rating was the result of a drop in his play or just the result of playing on a bad team, Prospal won't be given a chance to prove otherwise with the Bolts. He was due to make $3.5 million during...