Reloading for next year

Équipe: 2024-25 Lightning de Tampa Bay

Date de création initiale: 24 avr. 2024

Publié: 24 avr. 2024

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

Florida is 100% beating this team in 5-6 games. They won't get swept, but this series is over. Let's "reload for next year" lol.

Don't focus too much on the specific picks involved in dumping Sheary and Jeannot. All that matters is that they're gone.

It's hard to predict what Stamkos will sign for, but if he's serious about sticking around, he needs to take a discount. Duclair has been great for this team and they should try to retain him as well.

Mitchell Chaffee has been awesome and it would be a huge mistake to let him walk.

The Lightning need more depth scoring in the Bottom 6. Kubalik had a bad year in Ottawa, but he could be a solid reclamation project. Play on the third line and let Paul/Eyssimont handle the forechecking/defense. He just needs to give them juice on offense.

They also need to fix their defense in the worst way. I know that Sergachev will be back, but it was terrible even before he broke his leg. If they're serious about winning another Cup (somehow), they need to make some changes and can't rely on Perbix/Lilleberg/Crozier developing.

Is this a Cup team? Probably not, but this is the reality when you trade all your picks and don't get really lucky on the picks you do keep. Hopefully Dylan Duke can pay dividends early in his career.

Was it worth it? 100%, but the run is likely over for now.

Fire away...

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