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The long-term injured player list, in other words.
Nilsson has not played an NHL game since December 16, 2019, when the Senators visited the Florida Panthers and lost.
Anders Nilsson has suffered the suites from a concussion.
That he’s now on the long-term disabled list means Lightning doesn’t expect to have time to recover this winter so he can switch to the NHL.
Nilsson made 20 NHL appearances (opened 19 of them) in the NHL last season and recorded 9 wins and 9 losses, as well as 2 losses in overtime.
In total, he has 161 games over the years in the NHL.
Anders Nilsson made his league debut with the New York Islanders in the 2011-12 season and also represented the Edmonton Oilers, St. Louis Blues, Buffalo Sabers and Vancouver Canucks before joining Ottawa in the 2018-19 season.
Won World Cup gold
He was involved in winning World Cup gold with Tre Kronor 2018 and has one year left on his contract, which pays him 21.6 million SEK.
Ottawa general manager Pierre Dorion had a busy weekend at the office when he signed 30-year-old center forward Derek Stepan from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for a second round in next year’s draft.
On Sunday, Ottawa sent two players on the long-term disabled list to Tampa Bay to get defender Braydon Coburn, 35, and forward Cedric Paquette, 27, and a second round of the draft.
In addition to Anders Nilsson, Lightning will also take over the contract for Marian Gaborik, 38, who has not played in the league since the 2017-18 season.
The measure is being taken to allow Tampa Bay to drop below the salary cap. Long-term injured player contracts can be “hidden” as they are not counted in current year’s salary costs.
