MONTREAL - All it takes is a quick glance at Charle-Edouard D’Astous’ HockeyDB page to realize just how much passion he has for the game.

The 27-year-old native of Rimouski, Que., has already played in six different leagues over the course of his young career, beginning in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League with the Rimouski Oceanic, with pitstops along the way in both Finland and Sweden’s top leagues.

All roads, however, ultimately led to the NHL for D’Astous, with the defenceman signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning in May.

“When I left the East Coast Hockey League to sign in Finland, I told everybody that I would be back in North America to play in the NHL,” said D’Astous. “That’s exactly what happened.”

The 50 or so friends and family members in a

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