Cireli not signing that cheap

Frozen cap every FA will need to take huge discounts for short term... or they just won’t get signed

Avs pass

You know there’s teams out there with loads of cap itching to get a sergachev or cereli

Make it a 2nd + C prospect and you have a deal

I tried to convince people all morning that TB can't afford both and this is proof.

They can’t look what Montreal did to aho they will do the same to either segechev or cerelli or Basically any team

Pretty good lineup overall, and this is close to how Tampa likely looks next year. However, both Serg and Cirelli will likely take a 3 year bridge and get a slight bump to these numbers(Cirelli around 4, Serg around 4.5). I think Tampa will likely run a 22 player roster and move Coburn with a sweetener to free up 1.7, then also trade Paquette and save 800k or so after factoring in his replacement. With these savings, they can give Cirelli and Serg the bump, and give Cernak/Rutta/Maroon small increases as well on their likely 1 or 2 year deals. With Paquette gone, Verhaeghe slides into the 4C role(or Goodrow can if they prefer), and then one of Barre-Boulez, Joseph, Volkov or a traded/signed player takes the other spot on the 3rd or 4th line. I think Johnson could get at least a 3rd, but if 4th was all that was available after he waives, Brisebois would likely take it. Killorn could easily get a late 1st type return if there’s a bidding war between 2 or 3 teams, but trades for like a 2nd+Alex True from SJ or similar offer of a 2nd+b prospect or cost effective middle to bottom 6 F is a package that Tampa would also likely take. I agree 100% that most rfas and ufas will take less this offseason due to the situation, at least that’s the most common line of thinking(naturally except for Tampa players in most threads it seems of course lol, they’re obv going to take an OS to a non contender or lottery team for a little more $, since that’s very common right?). Anyway, thanks for this roster for next year showing how Tampa is not in nearly as bad of shape as most on here that want to see Tampa crumble believe.

at 4 years? No, at 2 years i can see it. Zibanejad signed a 2 year 2.65M deal after a 20 goal 46 point season.

Offer sheets will say otherwise, Bottom line noway Cirelli and Sergachev take those garbage deals. If JB offers them that little they will definitely sign highend offer sheets.