TRAIKOS: Lightning GM says 'sometimes the stars align for you' in regards to Kucherov injury controversy

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Lightning GM defends Kucherov LTIR move: 'Sometimes the stars align' - Sportsnet.ca

Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois defended his team’s handling of Nikita Kucherov‘s injury and contract this season, saying “sometimes the stars align for you.”“We had a player who was injured, needed surgery with about a five-month expected rehabilitation time. It just so happened with this season, because of the extraordinary circumstances, the regular season was only lasting four months,” BriseBois said in a press conferenc…