"cirelli is super underrated" *pays him 4 mil*

Both Cirelli and Sergachev are underpaid, And Gourde isn't waiving for Anaheim. Nor are Johnson and Coburn waiving for New Jersey either.

With Vasilevskiy’s cool $6 million bump, no matter how you slice it, the Lightning will be in a world of hurt. Somebody is going to be moved of the roster.

Cernak could get $4M easy. I hope offer sheets happen. It just makes it fun.

Hope the Lightning win the cup this year because this offseason is going to be interesting. You’ve made two moves to clear cap space (both of which don’t have much of a chance to happen) you’ve underpaid everyone and you’re still barely under the cap.

Please can we stop making AGMs where the Lightning upgrade roster holes through UFAs and keep all of their RFAs by underpaying the one you happen to not really know enough about to truly estimate value? If the NJD trade happened, the Lightning would find someone to take Wood for a pick. We also wouldn't sign DeMelo to get an RHD upgrade. We're sticking with Rutta in all probability, if not Foote. That's almost $3m saved. Give Cirelli another $500k, Sergachev another $1.5m, and if necessary, give Cernak another $500k, and then make a call-up so we're at a 21-man roster (maybe you have to shave a few thousand off some of those contracts, then, but not enough to make or break a deal).

I'm not complaining about the Shattenkirk deal because that would be great if he would sign it, but I don't know about that. Likewise, maybe some NTCs will be waived, but definitely not for NJD and ANA. That's where this scenario really fails. Do we rely on Foote to replace Shattenkirk and solidify Rutta's roster spot if Shattenkirk won't sign a cheap deal? And where do we actually put the NTCs? Because we can't just toss them to a lottery team at will.