Lightning reduce training camp roster by seven

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning have reduced their training camp roster by seven today, vice president and general manager Julien BriseBois announced. The Lightning now have 54 players remaining in their 2018 Training Camp, presented by Florida Blue.

The Lightning assigned forwards Gabriel Fortier, Jackson Leppard, Matthew MacDougall and Chase Wouters along with defensemen Walter Flower, Montana Onyebuchi and Radim Salda. Below is a list of the players and where they are being assigned.
| FORWARDS | | --- | | No. | Name | HT | WT | DOB | Born | Acquired | Assigned To | | 82 | FORTIER, Gabriel | 5'10 | 170 | 2/6/2000 | Lachine, Quebec | 18 Draft (2nd Rd) | Baie-Comeau (QMJHL) | | 50 | LEPPARD, Jackson | 6'2 | 196 | 1/18/2000 | North Vancouver, B.C. | Invitee | Prince George (WHL) | | 90 | MacDOUGALL, Mathew | 5'9 | 171 | 1/23/2000 | Newmarket, Ontario | Invitee | Windsor (OHL) | | 51 | WOUTERS, Chase | 6'0 | 176 | 2/8/2000 | Lloydminster, Alberta | Invitee | Saskatoon (WHL) | | 83 | FLOWER, Walter | 6'2 | 180 | 5/7/1999 | Lunenburg, Nova Scotia | Invitee | Halifax (QMJHL) | | | | | | | | | | | DEFENSEMEN | | No. | Name | HT | WT | DOB | Born | Acquired | Assigned To | | 44 | ONYEBUCHI, Montana | 6'3 | 210 | 3/8/2000 | Dugald, Manitoba | Invitee | Everett (WHL) | | 68 | SALDA, Radim | 6'0 | 185 | 2/18/1999 | Pardubice, Czech Rep. | 18 Draft (7th Rd) | Saint John (QMJHL) |