Why does Tampa make this deal? Hanzal has been incredibly injury prone recently and Killorn is a solid top 9 forward with Girardi being a necessary top 6 defenseman. plus tampa is adding a higher pick? I dont understand the move.

It’s a long-term cap move for TBL. Hanzal would be on LTIR. For this season, Girardi is not necessary, and youth injection from Volkov and Joseph would do the team well.

Is it confirmed Hanzal wont play again? This year isnt the cap issue it will be next year and beyond

These days it seems pretty easy to go that route with back injuries or the like, so I don’t see it being a problem.

why not just trade Killorn somewhere for a pick? Eliminate the risk of the player coming back.

NTC and state income tax was my thinking. He might have a limited list to keep him from losing money. I forget what year the lesser clause kicks in to make him more tradeable.

Sure but why not just move him to Dallas for a 7th and eliminate the picks and Girardi?

Cernak looks great in a small sample this preseason, so getting rid of Girardi seems like an easy add on. Would rather just sit Koekkoek in the press box. If/when Cooper runs 7D, maybe he’s an option then to just be in there for penalty killing and such, but otherwise Cernak is looking to be better for a 12F-6D lineup imo.