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The first month of the 2011-12 seeason has been a game of musical chairs for Lightning forwards. The music seems to finally have stopped.

According to reports, the New York Islanders will place Tomas Marcinko, Trevor Frischmon, Tim Wallace, Ty Wishart and Dylan Reese on waivers.

The case for Islanders GM Garth Snow to once again hit the waiver wire and accept a gift from Dale Tallon in the form of Michal Repik.

Mike Smith waived goodbye to the Tampa Bay Lightning this afternoon (pun intended).

The Mike Smith era may be at an end in Tampa, with Smith placed on waivers by the team.

Wednesday at 3 PM is the deadline for NHL teams to get under the cap. A look at the various rules involved with meeting this requirement.

A pretty straightforward question without such a straightforward answer.

Plenty of potential floats through the NHL waiver wire, but can any of those guys reclaim their careers. A look at why the right player might be the right fit on some teams -- and how current star players survived being waived.

The Lightning have made a move with one of their overstocked defensemen.

Drew Miller, who has not notched a single point in 14 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning, has been placed on waivers.