Because Johnson is going to waive his full NTC to leave Tampa for Detroit?

If he's forced out he might not have a choice, Brisebois could tell him to give him a list of teams he's willing to waive for or be put on waivers. Which Detroit would've first dibs on him. Not saying it would happen but you never know Brisebois is going to have his work cutout this summer.

That could potentially play out very poorly for BriesBois and how he's perceived by the players if that's the route he takes. Would be better to just trade one of Sergachev or Cirelli.

Tampa is not going to waive a quality player like Johnson and give him up for nothing. That's absurd. If they absolutely needed to trade him, they'd have to approach him and explain the situation, and I'm sure he'd come up with a very strict list of teams and conditions that would need to occur for him to accept a trade. And he still might tell them to kick rocks.

Yes, Tampa's situation is precarious, but they would sooner trade a player like Kucherov or Point (who don't have trade protection) for a King's ransom in return than give up Johnson for nothing.

Johnson loves his former GM, Stevie Y, and wants to play for him. That and the whole Original Six thing.

Free agency will be interesting this year. With COVID-19 and the amount of money lost by the owners we might see a lot of teams not wanting to spend a lot of money.