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Tampa Bay Reduces Roster by 12

Steve Yzerman announced today that the Tampa Bay Lightning have reduced their training camp roster to 30 players. This means that a total of 12 players have been assigned to play elsewhere.

Anthony Cirelli, Adam Erne, Mathieu Joseph, Tye McGinn, Matthew Peca, Mitchell Stephens, Dennis Yan, Erik Cernak, Jamie McBain, Ben Thomas, and Daniel Walcott have all been assigned to Syracuse.

Forward prospect, Brett Howden, has been assigned to Moose Jaw of the Westen Hockey League.

We have reduced our #BoltsCamp roster by 12, assigning 11 of those to the @syracusecrunch.

30 players remain: https://t.co/O8woVcr2wQ

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 25, 2017

Another Number Retired

This afternoon, the Lightning will announce that they will be retiring Vincent Lecavalier's number on Saturday, February 10th. Both Jeff Vinik and Lecavalier are expected to be there for the announcement.

Forever a Bolt. ⚡️

We will retire Vinny Lecavalier’s No. 4 on Saturday, Feb. 10.#VL4: https://t.co/0VFAC3Fxeg pic.twitter.com/mwRErjdV4P

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) September 25, 2017

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