The Tampa Bay Lightning have extended their affiliation agreement with the Syracuse Crunch, an announcement that was met with much joy yesterday from both sides of the agreement. The new agreement is for seven more years, keeping Syracuse in the fold until at least 2023. Here’s a rundown of all of the coverage and reactions we could find:
(Highlight here: Jeff Vinik has the goal of getting to a Crunch game this season to check out all of the new War Memorial improvements)
One of the benefits of the partnership is how the development model works.