DIRK SHADD | Times
(Continuing blog series on "Questions for Lightning Camp")
This was a strange, and long, summer for James Wisniewski.
Wisniewski, 32, is an 11-year NHL veteran, so watching free agency go by without a contract offer was surprising.
"Not something I'm used to," he said.
But that's also why Wisniewski, signed to a camp tryout with the Lightning Aug. 10, was one of the early arrivals at the team's informal skates at Brandon's Ice Sports Forum. Wisniewski, who missed last season after tearing his left ACL in his first game with Carolina, entered Wednesday carrying a red Hurricanes bag over his shoulder.