Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Lightning reassigned forward Alex Barre-Boulet to the Syracuse Crunch. Barre-Boulet has struggled in his latest games and lost the last roster spot to Boris Katchouk after his recovery from injury. If you’re wondering, like myself initially, why he didn’t have to go through waivers this time, check out yesterday’s article by Geo [Raw Charge]
Because the Lightning were the only team to claim Barre-Boulet when the Kraken waived him, he counts as having cleared waivers. The Lightning had the option to put him on the roster or send him to the Crunch right away.