The Tampa Bay Lightning have been in need of a shakeup for quite some time. While many here in the Bolts Nation hoped the shakeup would not include any trades, it seems as if this was unavoidable.
On Thursday night, just before the puck dropped between the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers, the Lightning would announce they had traded defenseman Nikita Nesterov to the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Jonathan Racine and a 6th Round Draft Pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.