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Raise your hand if, before the season started, you had Joel Vermin making an impact on the 2015-16 Lightning.
Hands buried in pockets
When Vermin was recalled from the Syracuse Crunch on Wednesday to help offset the loss of forwards Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson, Cedric Paquette, Jonathan Drouin and Ryan Callahan to injury, the move was a curious one to Lightning supporters.
Sure, Vermin was a worthy candidate to make his NHL debut. In 12 games with the Crunch before his callup, the 23-year-old Swiss national had scored three goals and recorded team highs for assists (7) and points (10). But more experienced forwards littered the Crunch roster, guys like Mike Angelidis, Jeff Tambellini and Tye McGinn who had plenty of NHL games between them and would be safer choices.
Instead, the Lightning decided to give Vermin a chance.
That decision has paid off considerably.
In his NHL debut, Vermin showed surprising confidence with the puck against the New York Rangers and created a couple decent scoring chances for himself.
On Saturday, Vermin continued to showcase his skill and was rewarded with his first NHL point (an assist) on the Lightning’s opening goal.
“I think like any player who comes to this level, it’s a different adaptation,” said forward Jonathan Marchessault, another Syracuse callup providing solid minutes for the Lightning. “He played even better than the first game, and he played really good in the first game. If he just keeps playing the same way and trying to improve every game, I think he’ll become a better player and be able to adapt at this level.”
Vermin was plus-one in 12:22 of ice time against Anaheim and even saw some time on the Lightning power play.
With the Bolts starting to get healthier, some of the callups will return to Syracuse. Angelidis, Mike Blunden and Luke Witkowski were all reassigned to the Crunch Sunday morning.
Vermin, however, is making his case to stay with the big club.
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