Just yesterday we wrote, “There is a danger of losing Smith and Barre-Boulet on waivers like they did last year, but that is a chance the Lightning might be willing to take.” A few hours after that the Tampa Bay Lightning took that chance as they placed Gemel Smith and Alex Barre-Boulet on waivers with the intention of sending them to the Syracuse Crunch.
It wasn’t much of a surprise as both have been waived by the Lightning in the past. The chanced of them clearing are quite good (although both were claimed last season when they were waived) as neither has found a way to find consistent playing time in the NHL.