The Lightning
-The Tampa Bay Lightning made their next round of cuts on Sunday, re-assigning nine players and placing four more on waivers.
We have reduced our #BoltsCamp roster by nine players.
Our roster now stands at 33. https://t.co/TCTcjmiVU1
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 22, 2019
Of note is that one of those reassigned was forward Mitchell Stephens, a player that many felt looked really good during the Lightning’s pre-season. In addition to the reassignments, the Lightning also put a group of veterans on waivers including defenseman Cameron Gaunce and goalie Scott Wedgewood. Gaunce is considered a strong candidate for the captaincy in Syracuse.
The following players have been placed on waivers Sun, Sept 22 (Cont’d)
Ottawa #Senators
Morgan Klimchuk
Andreas EnglundColumbus #BlueJackets
Dillon Simpson
Justin Scott
Nathan GerbeTB #Lightning
Cameron Gaunce
Ben Thomas
Dominik Masin
Scott Wedgewoodcont’d…
— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) September 22, 2019
Left in the competition for the remaining roster spots in Tampa is Alex Volkov, Gemel Smith, Danick Martel, Carter Verhaeghe, and Luke Witkowski.
Assuming Schenn and Rutta are 7th and 8th D and Brayden Point signs by opening night, appears #Bolts have 2 roster spots available and 5 players competing for them: Witkowski, Smith, Verhaeghe, Martel and Volkov. https://t.co/vmpNwoFRaI
— Bryan Burns (@BBurnsNHL) September 22, 2019
As always, complicating this is the waiver situation. Volkov will not need to clear waivers while the rest will. Verhaeghe in particular might have high-level claimability:
On Verhaeghe: “The two goals aside that he scored, he took pucks to the net, he retrieved pucks… as the game went on, his game got faster.”#TBLvsNSH | Jon Cooper: pic.twitter.com/Nj506CQvPJ
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 22, 2019
“I’ve been feeling pretty good out there. I feel like the legs are starting to get going, starting to pick up. I’m getting more comfortable with the puck.”#TBLvsNSH | Carter Verhaeghe: pic.twitter.com/lUfxNxApEU
— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 22, 2019
-Matt Duchene got as much of a kick out of playing with Callan Foote and Nolan Foote as we all did while watching it happen:
-Our own Alan joined the Back to Excited Podcast and talked for a nice long time about the Atlantic Division.
New podcast! @ATFulemin and I are joined by @loserpoints and we talk for two hours about the Atlantic Divisionhttps://t.co/4R2bk1zItO
— Arvind (@arvi) September 22, 2019
The Game
-Jack Hughes of the New Jersey Devils made a fan’s night recently:
Made this Hughes jersey for the fan fest in June (Thinking he was gunna be 43) Tonight he was signing in the store before the game. I told him that was me. HE SAID GO TAKE AN 86 OFF THE SHELF!! And signed it too! Thank you so much Jack !!! I can’t stop shaking ! pic.twitter.com/3EVMO5bIsC
— Ryan Lorello (@rlorello97) September 21, 2019
-That Bunch of Jerks over in North Carolina is looking pretty darn good again, y’all.
2019-20 NHL Season Preview: Carolina Hurricanes
After finally breaking through last season, it doesn’t look like the Hurricanes are coming back down anytime soon. They’re on the cusp of the top five backed by the league’s best blue line.https://t.co/7g2K6ZUMTx pic.twitter.com/W7A0zej8mw
— dom luszczyszyn (@domluszczyszyn) September 22, 2019
-The Philadelphia Penguins have signed forward Sam Poulin to a three-year, entry-level contract.
Signed, sealed, delivered, he’s ours!
The Penguins have signed forward Sam Poulin to a three-year, entry-level contract. Congratulations @poulin_sam!
Details: https://t.co/DwDrfUGcEu pic.twitter.com/pmlDNvxqfj
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 22, 2019
-The Buffalo Sabres also made their latest round of cuts on Sunday:
The Sabres have assigned forward Arttu Ruotsalainen to Ilves (Liiga) and have assigned 14 players to the Rochester Americans (AHL). pic.twitter.com/4qrS3B3lfJ
— Sabres PR (@SabresPR) September 22, 2019
