BRANDON – With rosters due to the league at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, it was a busy day for the Tampa Bay Lightning one day ahead of that deadline.
While the Lightning did hold a practice on Monday at the Ice Sports Forum in Brandon, there were players absent - six of them to be exact, either due to injury or reassignment.
And though the Lightning won't get back on the ice until Wednesday in preparation for the season-opener against the Florida Panthers on Thursday, it appears that Tampa Bay has set its roster to open the season. And with that came some encouraging news on the injury front for two pl...
