# 2004–05 Tampa Bay Lightning season

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.
2004–05 schedule :
Preseason
GameDateOpponent
1September 23@ Montreal Canadiens
2September 25Carolina Hurricanes
3September 26@ Atlanta Thrashers
4September 28Carolina Hurricanes
5October 3Florida Panthers
6October 5Atlanta Thrashers
7October 8@ Florida Panthers
8October 10Buffalo Sabres :
Regular season
GameDateOpponent
1October 13Philadelphia Flyers
2October 16Florida Panthers
3October 18@ Buffalo Sabres
4October 21@ Phoenix Coyotes
5October 23@ Colorado Avalanche
6October 27Nashville Predators
7October 29Washington Capitals
8November 1@ New York Islanders
9November 2@ Toronto Maple Leafs
10November 4Carolina Hurricanes
11November 6@ New Jersey Devils
12November 10@ Atlanta Thrashers
13November 11Calgary Flames
14November 13Atlanta Thrashers
15November 18@ Boston Bruins
16November 20@ Ottawa Senators
17November 24Vancouver Canucks
18November 26New Jersey Devils
19November 27@ Carolina Hurricanes
20November 30@ Philadelphia Flyers
21December 2St. Louis Blues
22December 4Florida Panthers
23December 7@ Atlanta Thrashers
24December 9Montreal Canadiens
25December 11Ottawa Senators
26December 14@ Montreal Canadiens
27December 15@ New Jersey Devils
28December 17Buffalo Sabres
29December 19@ Columbus Blue Jackets
30December 22@ Chicago Blackhawks
31December 23@ Minnesota Wild
32December 26@ Washington Capitals
33December 27Boston Bruins
34December 29New Jersey Devils
35January 1New York Rangers
36January 2Dallas Stars
37January 5@ Anaheim Mighty Ducks
38January 6@ Los Angeles Kings
39January 8@ San Jose Sharks
40January 12Minnesota Wild
41January 14Washington Capitals
42January 15@ Florida Panthers
43January 17Buffalo Sabres
44January 19Boston Bruins
45January 21@ Carolina Hurricanes
46January 22@ Pittsburgh Penguins
47January 25@ Philadelphia Flyers
48January 27Toronto Maple Leafs
49January 29@ Boston Bruins
50January 30Pittsburgh Penguins
51February 1Chicago Blackhawks
52February 5Atlanta Thrashers
53February 8@ Washington Capitals
54February 10New York Islanders
55February 15Ottawa Senators
56February 17New York Islanders
57February 19Detroit Red Wings
58February 21@ Carolina Hurricanes
59February 23@ New York Rangers
60February 25@ Buffalo Sabres
61February 26@ Ottawa Senators
62March 1Toronto Maple Leafs
63March 4Carolina Hurricanes
64March 5@ Florida Panthers
65March 8@ Pittsburgh Penguins
66March 11Edmonton Oilers
67March 12Washington Capitals
68March 14@ Dallas Stars
69March 16Philadelphia Flyers
70March 18Pittsburgh Penguins
71March 19@ Florida Panthers
72March 22@ New York Islanders
73March 24Montreal Canadiens
74March 26Florida Panthers
75March 28@ Toronto Maple Leafs
76March 29@ Montreal Canadiens
77March 31New York Rangers
78April 2@ Washington Capitals
79April 4@ New York Rangers
80April 6Carolina Hurricanes
81April 8Atlanta Thrashers
82April 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.

### Trades

| Date | Details | Details | Ref |
| June 27, 2004 (2004-06-27) | To Tampa Bay Lightning 5th-round pick in 20046th-round pick in 2004San Jose's 6th-round pick in 2004 | To Philadelphia Flyers 3rd-round pick in 2005 | |
| August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16) | To Tampa Bay Lightning Vaclav Prospal | To Mighty Ducks of Anaheim 2nd-round pick in 2005 | |

### Players acquired

| Date | Player | Former team | Term | Via |
| July 19, 2004 (2004-07-19) | Craig Darby | New Jersey Devils | | Free agency |
| July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) | Steve McLaren | St. Louis Blues | multi-year | Free agency |
| July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28) | Jarrod Skalde | Dallas Stars | multi-year | Free agency |
| September 15, 2004 (2004-09-15) | Andre Deveaux | Owen Sound Attack (OHL) | 3-year | Free agency |

### Players lost

| Date | Player | New team | Via |
| June 8, 2004 (2004-06-08) | Pascal Trepanier | Nurnberg Ice Tigers (DEL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| June 30, 2004 (2004-06-30) | Dwayne Hay | Pensacola Ice Pilots (ECHL) | Free agency (VI) |
| July 12, 2004 (2004-07-12) | Sheldon Keefe | Phoenix Coyotes | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 20, 2004 (2004-07-20) | Evgeny Konstantinov | HC Dynamo Moscow (RSL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| July 22, 2004 (2004-07-22) | Jassen Cullimore | Chicago Blackhawks | Free agency (III) |
| August 2, 2004 (2004-08-02) | Eero Somervuori | Karpat (Liiga) | Free agency (II) |
| August 12, 2004 (2004-08-12) | Darren Rumble | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency (III) |
| August 16, 2004 (2004-08-16) | Cory Stillman | | Release (II) |
| September 2004 (2004-09) | Jeremy Van Hoof | Springfield Falcons (AHL) | Free agency (UFA) |
| December 2, 2004 (2004-12-02) | Ben Clymer | EHC Biel (NLB) | Free agency (UFA) |
| December 16, 2004 (2004-12-16) | Stanislav Neckar | HC Ceske Budejovice (ELH) | Free agency (UFA) |

### Signings

| Date | Player | Term | Contract type |
| June 17, 2004 (2004-06-17) | Nikolai Khabibulin | 1-year | Option exercised |
| July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) | Chris Dingman | multi-year | Re-signing |
| July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) | Brian Eklund | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 23, 2004 (2004-07-23) | Nolan Pratt | 1-year | Re-signing |
| July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) | Mike Egener | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) | Dennis Packard | multi-year | Entry-level |
| July 30, 2004 (2004-07-30) | Nick Tarnasky | multi-year | Entry-level |
| August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03) | Dmitri Afanasenkov | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 3, 2004 (2004-08-03) | Nikita Alexeev | 1-year | Re-signing |
| August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05) | Ruslan Fedotenko | 1-year | Arbitration award |
| August 5, 2004 (2004-08-05) | Pavel Kubina | 2-year | Arbitration award |
| August 8, 2004 (2004-08-08) | Cory Sarich | 2-year | Re-signing |
| August 9, 2004 (2004-08-09) | Fredrik Modin | 3-year | Re-signing |
| August 20, 2004 (2004-08-20) | Shane Willis | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01) | Martin Cibak | 1-year | Re-signing |
| September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01) | Doug O'Brien | 3-year | Entry-level |
| September 14, 2004 (2004-09-14) | Dave Andreychuk | 1-year | Re-signing |

## 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.
| 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) |