Jaroslav Janus Rumors & News

Today the IIHF Men's World Championships begin in Stockholm, Sweden, and Helsinki, Finland (dual hosts again this year). This year five Tampa Bay Lightning players are participating: Ben Bishop, Matt Carle, and Nate Thompson for the USA, Steven Stamkos for Canada, and goaltending prospect Jaroslav Janus for Slovakia. Contrary to rumors, prospect Andrey Vasilevskiy is not playing for Team Russia in the tournament,. Teams from 16 countries are divided into two groups for the round-robin-style first round. This year one group is competing in Stockholm (including Canada and Sweden) and...

On Monday, Finnish reporter Matias Strozyk reported that Lightning goaltender prospect Jaroslav Janus was in talks with the team to return to North America. Janus, who backed up Dustin Tokarski with the Norfolk Admirals last season, is currently on a two year deal with the KHL's Slovan Bratislava, and his season ended earlier this month. He has an out-clause that would allow him to return to North America for the 2013-2014 season, and it has been widely assumed that he would be in the discussion for a return to the AHL next year. But with Tampa Bay goaltender Anders Lindback on Injured...