Alex Barre-Boulet’s merry go round continues with Tampa Bay Lightning
In an adjacent move, the Lightning placed Tyler Motte on injured reserve with an undisclosed hand injury on Thursday. Motte was originally listed as day-to-day. Motte took a puck to the hand against Nashville and eventually had to leave the game At a minimum, Motte will be unavailable for at least the team’s next two contests.
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Barre-Boulet was hoping for a breakout season this year with the big club. He spent almost all of last down in the minor leagues where he posted career highs for assists and points in 69 games with the Syracuse Crunch last season.
He was also selected as an AHL First-Team All-Star.
Unfortunately coming out of training camp for Barre-Boulet, he was beaten out by Austin Watson and Waltteri Merela for the last two slots on the roster for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Barre-Boulet was placed on waivers and cleared before officially being assigned to Syracuse. If and when Motte is taken off injured reserve, Barre-Boulet would once again have to clear waivers to go back to Syracuse.
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