Tampa Bay Lighting general manager Steve Yzerman got a jump on the summer checklist on Monday, ensuring two players were brought back under contract .
The team also issued qualifying offers to nine players while option not to qualify three other players, including one mild surprise.
There is still plenty of work to be done to round out the roster and prepare for the start of training camp in September to open the 2017-18 season. But Monday’s work likely gets the ball rolling.
Tampa Bay re-signed defenseman Andrej Sustr to a one-year contract work $1.95 million. Sustr was scheduled to be a re...
