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Lightning Round: Nikita Kucherov officially goes on LTIR

The Tampa Bay Lightning placed Nikita Kucherov on LTIR yesterday ahead of their date with the Florida Panthers. The now 21-man roster can fit two more spares, but at the moment the team hasn’t called anyone up. They could also trade for Jack Eichel, though I don’t know why they would do that because he even hasn’t had his surgery yet and definitely won’t be playing this season, or possibly ever.

In reality, the Lightning are doing nothing. It’s status quo for the team as they try to push forward with a, frankly, significantly diminished roster than what they had last spring.