On Saturday, they announced that they have re-signed goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis to a one-year, two-way contract, meaning he will split time next season with the Lightning and their AHL affiliate the Syracuse Crunch.
Last season, he played in 41 games for the Crunch and posted a 16-12-8 record with a 2.83 goals-against average and a .907 save percentage. He has only played in two career NHL regular season games, gaining a 1-0-1 record.
I'm not sure where the Lightning are going with this. I guess they're waiting to see if he can pick up the starting goaltending or backup goaltending job one day or if they are trying to give him more playing time in the AHL before possibly trading him away to gain something of value they could use. Either way, good for him. He gets some more playing time up in Syracuse and he could possibly join the Lightning should Ben Bishop leave next season or get traded sooner. Right now, the Lightning are trying to find the right pieces to get back to the Stanley Cup Final and making this move makes sense.
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