After an eye-opening seven-game showing with Syracuse (AHL) in 2024-25, Ryan Fanti has signed a one-year, two-way deal worth $775,000 with Tampa Bay. The 25-year-old netminder was originally signed as an undrafted free agent to Edmonton in 2022 and spent the majority of his career in the ECHL before breaking out last season. With Syracuse, he had a 3-1-0 record, .946 SV% and 1.45 GAA,

Fanti is an undrafted 24-year-old netminder who has yet to play in the NHL and only has nine games of AHL experience. In 17 games (9-6-2) with the Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL) this season, Fanti registered a 2.75 GAA and .915 SV%.