The Tampa Bay Lightning have placed center Riley Nash on waivers today. Earlier in the day, the Lightning also re-assigned defenseman Darren Raddysh from the taxi squad to the Syracuse Crunch of the AHL. While many were speculating that the Raddysh move signaled the return of Kucherov, the waiving of Nash is a much stronger signal that Nikita Kucherov is ready to return to the line-up Thursday night at home against the Calgary Flames.
The Lightning claimed Riley Nash on waivers from the Winnipeg Jets on December 7th. This was a time where the Lightning were dealing with some injury issues with both Kucherov and Brayden Point out of the line-up.