A commitment to player development at the American Hockey League level has paid off handsomely for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy along with forwards Tyler Johnson, Nikita Kucherov, Vladislav Namestnikov, Ondrej Palat, JT Brown, Alex Killorn, and Cedric Paquette all honed their trade with Syracuse. Each is a part of one of the most productive AHL pipelines this decade.
Lightning have AHL pipeline primed
Syracuse affiliate plays important part in Tampa Bay success
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