The Tampa Bay Lightning placed forward Gabriel Dumont on waivers this afternoon presumably with the intention of sending him back to the Syracuse Crunch. For the Crunch, this would add another veteran player with a history of AHL success, and for the Lightning, it likely makes room for the return of Cedric Paquette.
Dumont has played sparingly for the Lightning this season, drawing into the lineup just seven times in their twenty games. J.T. Brown seems to have clearly established himself as the eleventh forward and take over Dumont’s role of playing in between Chris Kunitz and Ryan Callahan on the fourth line.