The Tampa Bay Lightning returned three players back to the Syracuse Crunch yesterday. Andrej Sustr, Daniel Walcott, and Charles Hudon have gone from the Taxi Squad to Syracuse, leaving only Fredrik Claesson still on the Taxi Squad and can still use him as an emergency exemption as long as one of Rutta or Cernak are out.
The news about these three players going back means someone, finally, is healthy again. We can therefore infer one of Rutta or Cernak will be in the lineup on Thursday to play the Devils. Zach Bogosian is on IR so it’s presumed he’ll still be out for a bit.