In a move that will likely cause opposite reactions among fans, the Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed 26 year old defender Andrej Sustr to a one-year contract at a cost of $1.95 million. The team also re-signed forward Yanni Gourde to a two-year contract at $1 million per year.
Andrej Sustr
For most of last season, Sustr paired with recently traded defender Jason Garrison. That pairing was one of the team’s major weaknesses. Part of their struggles was due to being used as the second pairing, but that alone was not enough to justify their poor results.