Following the expansion draft it was revealed that Yanni Gourde underwent shoulder surgery and will miss the first few months of the 2021-22 season, his first with the Seattle Kraken. I’m not sure about you, but I for one, assumed that it was an injury he suffered in the most recent playoffs. You know, how those things happen - a player breaks something and the team doesn’t reveal the extent of the injury until after the playoffs happen.
Well, it seems that Gourde has been dealing with a bum shoulder for a little longer than the Lightning’s playoff run this past season.