When the dust settled on one of the greatest 24-hour waiver periods in NHL history, nothing major happened that affected the roster of the Tampa Bay Lightning for the upcoming season. Not that we were expecting anyone to be claimed. Maybe some hoped someone would be claimed, but nothing happened.
To recap, nine players were placed on waivers on Monday (10 players who didn’t have to clear waivers were also re-assigned to Syracuse) and all nine passed through without another team in the league making a claim. While every team put a boatload of players on waivers in order to set their final rosters only four guys were actually claimed by other teams:
Carolina claims Anton Forsberg from Edmonton;
San Jose claims Rudolfs Balcers from Ottawa;
NJ claims Eric Comrie from Winnipeg;
Nashville claims Luca Sbisa from Winnipeg— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) January 12, 2021So, Plan D or E for General Manager Julien BriseBois to get the Lightning under the salary cap worked out.