Overview
- Tampa Bay placed Mitchell Chaffee on waivers after a scoreless seven-game start and two healthy scratches.
- Chaffee had 12 goals and 133 hits in 66 games last season and appeared in four playoff games, but he has been limited to bottom-six minutes early this year.
- Team analysis points to a crowded Lightning bottom six with Zemgus Girgensons returning and Dominic James, Curtis Douglas and Jack Finley competing for roles.
- Washington waived Brett Leason shortly after he signed a one-year, two-way deal, and he has yet to play this season following PTOs with Minnesota and Charlotte.
- If unclaimed at the 2 p.m. EST Tuesday deadline, Tampa Bay can send Chaffee to AHL Syracuse for his first stint there since 2023–24, and Washington can assign Leason to Hershey.