The Syracuse Crunch kept their leadership team intact by bringing back two franchise icons on one-year contracts. On Tuesday, they announced that they had signed both captain Gabriel Dumont and the franchise leader in games played, Daniel Walcott, to one-year, AHL contracts. As AHL deals, they do not count against the NHL salary cap for the Tampa Bay Lightning, and the Bolts would have to sign them to a NHL contract in order to call them up to the team.
While both players may not factor in the plans for the Lightning next season, the fact that they are coming back for another year is huge for the Crunch.