The Tampa Bay Lightning made it out fairly unscathed on Wednesday night as the Las Vegas Golden Knights made their selections from the other 30 clubs in the National Hockey League. The 2017 NHL Expansion Draft saw Lightning defenseman Jason Garrison, forward prospect Nikita Gusev, and a duo of draft picks make their way to Sin City. Tonight, the team’s attention shifts to the 2017 NHL Draft.
As anyone who has been watching the Bolts since Lightning Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman made his way to the Bolts Nation knows, Yzerman has been known to work some sort of strange magic around draft time every season.