The Lightning intend to find playing opportunities for newly-acquired Brendan Mikkelson. He did not play Saturday as he had quite a travel day getting to the east coast from Abbottsford British Columbia. Mikkelson also needs to be acclimated to the Tampa system before he can play a meaningful role on the Bolts' blueline. "We would like to see him at some point, so we'll look for the opportunities," Lightning coach Guy Boucher said. "He's a big boy with speed ... it's something we desperately needed and I think it was good that (general manager Steve Yzerman) was able to make this trade." That said, he is likely a much better hockey player than fantasy one. Mikkelson has never been a big scorer, nor has he amassed significant penalty minutes despite his impressive size (6'2", 202 lbs).