Last season the Tampa Bay Lightning were at a disadvantage with Andrei Vasilevskiy after letting an injury linger on the whole year. Not being safe with the team’s MVP left Vasilevskiy to be not at his best. After a long summer, Vasilevskiy is back to being day-to-day with an undisclosed injury. It’s important he and team don’t make the same mistake twice and prepare Vasilevskiy for when it matters.
The Lightning are a really good team, and I would say arguably in a better position this season than they were last year with their depth and defense more shored up with midseason and summer additions.