 He was immediately assigned to begin the year with AHL affiliate, the St. John's IceCaps.He appeared in just 26 games with the IceCaps for 3 assists, before he was traded again, along with a 6th round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft to the Tampa Bay Lightning for defenseman Nikita Nesterov on January 26, 2017.Racine was assigned to play out the remainder of the season with the Lightning's AHL affiliate, the Syracuse Crunch.