conor geekie is back with the Tampa Bay Lightning after the team recalled him and goaltender Brandon Halverson from the Syracuse Crunch on Sunday morning in Tampa Bay. The move came as the Lightning prepared their roster ahead of Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens, with three players sent back to AHL Syracuse in the same transaction. Vice President and General Manager Julien BriseBois announced the changes on April 19, 2026, in Eastern Time.
Lightning move conor geekie and Brandon Halverson up
The Lightning also reassigned forwards Mitchell Chaffee and Jakob Pelletier, along with defenseman Steven Santini, to Syracuse. That leaves Tampa Bay with a reshaped group as the postseason gets underway, and it removes three players who had been part of the organization’s recent depth options.
For conor geekie, the recall follows a strong AHL season. He has 17 goals and 59 points in 57 games with Syracuse this season, ranking second on the club in assists with 42 and tied for second in points. He also has 14 games with Tampa Bay this season, with one goal and three points while averaging 9: 54 of ice time.
Halverson, meanwhile, arrived after a heavy workload in net for Syracuse. He has played 43 games this season with a 24-11-6 record, a. 905 save percentage, a 2. 42 goals-against average, and six shutouts. His six shutouts lead the AHL, and he is tied for fifth in wins.
conor geekie brings recent NHL and AHL production
The latest recall gives Tampa Bay another look at conor geekie, who is 21 and has played 66 career NHL games, all with the Lightning. Across those NHL appearances, he has nine goals and 17 points. In the AHL, he has appeared in 81 career games with Syracuse, producing 28 goals and 79 points with 15 power-play goals.
The Lightning have not added any extra detail beyond the roster move itself, but the timing makes the immediate purpose clear: roster organization before the opening game of the series. Tampa Bay did not announce injury details tied to the transaction, and no additional roster changes were included in the update.
Immediate impact for Syracuse and Tampa Bay
The reassignment of Chaffee, Pelletier, and Santini strips Syracuse of three established contributors. Pelletier entered the move as the AHL’s scoring leader with 77 points in 63 games, while Chaffee had 57 points in 54 AHL games. Santini, the Crunch captain, had 33 games played and a plus-10 rating.
Julien BriseBois, Vice President and General Manager of the Lightning, is the named club official tied to the announcement. The roster shift signals that Tampa Bay is tightening its group for playoff action while keeping one eye on organizational balance in Syracuse.
What comes next
The next development will come with the start of the first-round series against Montreal and whether conor geekie or Halverson factors into game-day decisions. For now, the Lightning have made their message plain: the playoff roster is being set, and conor geekie is back in the mix as Tampa Bay moves into the next phase of its season.
