Équipe: 2020-21 Lightning de Tampa Bay

Date de création initiale: 30 sept. 2020

Publié: 30 sept. 2020

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

I'm glad this team got a Cup before cap hell officially kicked in for the Lightning. This might the toughest offseason this front office has seen. As a fan, I'm confident that JBB can find a way to navigate this mess and keep all the important pieces in tact but it won't be easy. On a incredibly serious note, Stamkos might be placed on LTIR. He played just 2:47 all playoffs and was supposed to be ready to go for this bubble tournament but something else happened to him. No one really knows what it is because of them being in the bubble but there's a lot of signs pointing to another lengthy Stamkos absence (maybe even permanent) and while his contract being on LTIR doesn't solve the cap crisis permanently in Tampa, it does provide some relief and gives Tampa flexibility. Obviously, the reports aren't saying that but they are saying JBB has been looking to shop players who aren't expected to leave and a lot of them are going to be reluctant when it comes to waiving their NTCs. If Stamkos has to be put on LTIR, that means JBB can keep mostly everyone here in Tampa but you know that's a long shot of an assumption of what will happen. I could've put Stammer on LTIR for the purpose of this Armchair GM, assuming he does have to miss all of next season with whatever he's dealing with and kept Killer/Johnson but obviously I'd rather have the captain over those two any time of the year. I could see Bobby Ryan ringchasing now that he is out of Ottawa and Tampa would be a likely destination if he were willing to take a serious discount to play here (which i mean maybe) and if he were to join, it would replace Killorn's goalscoring we would be missing if he were to be shopped. The other UFA moves being Rutta, Bogosian and Maroon all back on similar deals, keeping the cap roughly the same. The RFA signings of Cirelli, Sergachev, and Cernak are maybe a little based on their performances in the bubble and I wouldn't be shocked if they were lower in AAV but during their ELCs they have all earned a pay raise. Only one I didn't sign is Masin as he has left for the KHL.

One last thing: Wouldn't it be funny if Tampa moved McEhlinney for whatever they can get for him and signed Lundqvist on a league minimum as their new backup?

Okay so I'll admit I might have lowballed Cirelli and Sergachev by a million or less each respectfully and I knew when I made the Johnson trade I should have sent him to DET so he could be 2C again

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