The Tampa Bay Lightning have placed right winger J.T. Brown on waivers, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports (Twitter link).
Brown is in his sixth NHL season, all spent with Tampa Bay. He has had more of a sparing role in 2017-18 though as he has played in only 24 games so far this season while spending considerable time as a healthy scratch. He has a goal and three assists on the year (his last point came more than two months ago) while averaging a career-low 9:22 per game in ice time. In his career, Brown has 19 goals and 42 assists in 286 games while adding six points in 37 postseason contests.
The 27-year-old is in the final season of a two-year contract that carries a cap hit of $1.25MM. As a result, if he clears waivers on Sunday and is sent to the minors, the Lightning will still carry a prorated cap charge of $225K on their books.