Lightning Deadline

Équipe: 2018-19 Blackhawks de Chicago

Date de création initiale: 14 févr. 2019

Publié: 15 févr. 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

The lightning improve their offense with Anisimov for Callahan. Anisimov can play either wing or center. They also get Hayden who is a big bodied power winger who can play a hard tough game which they don’t really have for a playoff series that requires is. They also get a high scoring offensive defenseman that they can play deeper in the lineup than he is in Chicago and will provide great depth scoring for the playoffs. He’s also got another year on his cheap deal.

Both these moves, Anisimov at nearly $2M cheaper than Callahan, Hayden still on an ELC, and Gustafsson at only $1.1M should help Tampa with their cap situation for next year.

The Hawks get Taylor Raddysh who played a lot with Strome and Debrincat in juniors and lit it up with them. They take on cap but have the space to do that for another year. And get a late, late first round pick either this year or next.
This doesn’t really hurt the hawks ability to sign UFAs with summer because they should really only be signing one big ticket guy anyways with both strome and Debrincats contracts up the following year that they will need space for. This move makes sense for both teams IMO. Tampa gets MUCH deeper for these playoffs with one move and helps them next year as well.