The Tampa Bay Lightning announced on Friday afternoon that they have re-signed right handed defender Jan Rutta to a one year extension worth $1.3 million.
The Lightning acquired Rutta during the 2018-2019 season in exchange for Slater Koekkoek. Rutta started his time with the Lightning organization in Syracuse before eventually being called up to Tampa due to injuries. He remained with the team and played regularly through their short playoff stint.
We covered Rutta’s season in depth a couple days ago here on the blog and you can read that here.
At a high level, he was more than serviceable depth.