From Bryan Burns: Anton Stralman, who has been on IR since late November, and Mathieu Joseph, who sat out the last game with an upper-body injury, will likely return to the Tampa Bay Lightning lineup “at some point” on the Western Canada trip. The issue that I see is that Erik Cernak is doing pretty well. Will JBB send him back to the Syracuse Crunch just as he’s hitting his stride? But what’s the alternative?
Western Canada trip provides another challenge for Lightning. [Tampa Bay Lightning]
The Lightning should get some help on the trip in the form of additional healthy bodies.