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Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper talks to his team during a timeout in the first period of a game against the New York Rangers Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Jason Behnken) Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. Jon Cooper recently referred to his team as a “Mash” unit. It would seem to be an apt term given he has had to dress 29 skaters through the first quarter of the season. No less than eight of them have missed at least two games due to injury. The fact the Tampa Bay Lightning went 11-7-2 through the first 20 games is a testament to the culture in the room, albeit one that has been missing core players of late, including pillars and defensemen Victor Hedman and Ryan McDonagh. Better now, though, than the last quarter of the season. “The big thing here is the longevity and having him be better in the long run,” Cooper said of Hedman, who is at least a couple of weeks away from returning. The rash of injuries has kept the transaction wire humming with several players shuttling back and forth from the club’s AHL affiliate in Syracuse. Among those who has admirably answered the bell is 27-year-old defenseman Charle-Edouard D’Astous, who signed a two-way deal in early May after spending last season with Brynas IF of the Swedish Elite League. That followed a two-year stint in the Finnish Elite League during which he was named the circuit’s best defenseman in 2023-24. D’Astous made his NHL debut with Tampa Bay on October 25 versus Anaheim and is one of three Bolts – also Jack Finley and Dominic James — to score his first career goal this season. He averaged nearly 17 minutes of ice time in his first 11…

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