As the Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper mentioned earlier this week, Mitchell Stephens is close to his return and will be in the day-to-day category starting next week. The 24-year old forward hasn’t played since sustaining a knee injury in the game against the Columbus Blue Jackets in January. However his roster spot doesn’t look as vacant as it seemed to be back in January as Ross Colton has really proven himself as a solid fourth line center recently.
Colton impressed many of the Lightning fans and experts with his quick start.