/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/PP2B4LOCLRGRLL76SIPKOWCEX4.jpg "Mathieu Joseph played in 37 games with the Lightning last season, averaging 11:31 of ice time. He had four goals and three assists.")
TAMPA — The Lightning continued their rush to get restricted free agents under contract Wednesday as training camp looms, re-signing forwards Mathieu Joseph and Alex Volkov to short-term, one-way contracts.
Joseph, 23, signed a two-year, $1.475 million deal, and Volkov, 23, received a one-year deal worth $700,000.
The pair split time between the Lightning and AHL Syracuse last season. Joseph played in 37 games with the Lightning, averaging 11:31 of ice time and getting four goals and three assists. As a rookie two seasons ago, he compiled 13 goals and 13 assists in 70 regular-season games.
Volkov saw action in nine games with the Lightning last season, recording one assist while averaging 10:16 of ice time as a rookie. He played 9:34 in the Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 win over the Stars.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/tbt/DBLTP27NDBHZ3BRXM57A4MY2CE.JPG "Alexander Volkov battles for position against Alexander Radulov of the Dallas Stars during Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final.")
A one-way contract pays the player a set salary regardless of whether he plays in the NHL or the AHL.
The signings, along with those of restricted free-agent defensemen Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak, put the Lightning about $7.6 million over the $81.5 million salary cap. They must get under the cap by the beginning of the season Jan. 13.
Forward Anthony Cirelli is the only remaining unsigned restricted free agent.
Contact Eduardo A. Encina at eencina@tampabay.com. Follow @EddieInTheYard.
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