Jimmy Howard?

AHL / sliiiiiightly possible bounce back guy

Nah man. TB would be better off just letting Cernak go for an offer sheet. That won't do.

Check out what NYI got from COL for Toews. I expect TB getting a same kind of bargain for Cernak.

He'd be the AHL back up at most, but NSH already signed Kaskisuo and Cooley to fight for that spot.

I don't think any of the other free agent contracts are very realistic either, unfortunately. I'm not sure what Cernak's price is, but Kunin, Hoffman & Duclair will certainly be looking for more than that.

Hoffman @ 4,4 M is ridiculous... please don't insult him and give him at least 6,5M for 2 years

If you're going to get Cernak, you may as well send Fabbro to TB. Someone's ice time is going to be limited if you keep both of them and Ellis. I don't think NSH gets all 3 of Killorn, Hoffman, and Duclair. Likely to only get one of them with the way Poile's moves have gone thus far.

They might get better compensation for Cernak but they'll still have to purge cap to get a full team making them attach picks/prospects to get rid of players like TJ.

Cernak doesn't really make much sense for Nashville anyways since they've got 4 D currently worth protecting. I guess a 5th gives them coverage should someone get taken in expansion

Yeah getting rid of TJ will cost them something. The harder part is to find the team where TJ would be willing to waive for.

Would be willing to waive to AND has the capspace to accept him. Tampa probably doesn't want to take cap back either.
Teams with > 5M capspace
Blackhawks - still have to sign D. Strome so they won't work
Bruins - still have to sign DeBrusk so they won't work
Islanders - still have to sign Barzal so that won't work either
Rangers - might have room after signing R. Strome/Lemieux but they have so many young players that are going to need cap raises in the next season or two plus extending Zibanejad in two seasons i don't think it'd be wise for them.
Panthers - have all sorts of space but they're rumored to have internal cap
BlueJackets - they've got room but half their team is RFA/UFA over the next 2 seasons and they have some bad contracts already. They may be willing to do it
nashville- they've got space and some holes in the roster if the young players can't hang. Would he waive to go there (rumor is yes)
senators, kings, wings, devils - they've got space but will he waive? None of those teams look like they'll be terribly competitive this season