I hope he'll thrive in an expanded role off of the 4th line.

Wonder who the prospect is.

Ducks could probably sign him next year. He could end up like Verhaeghe and Marchessault did immediately after leaving Tampa.

That would be nice if that happened.

I mean tampa needs cheap guys at the bottom of the line up, hes a rfa and going to make under a million, why move him.

It is a fair question. He has potential to be a top six forward. He has been inconsistent. On TB he is stuck on fourth line where there are 3 ahead of him fighting for 2 spots. I think the trade was to get a return for down the road and to give him a fresh start. Hope he does well.

Because they need the cap space when Mitchell Stephens comes off LTIR if he were Tuesday TB would have had to go with 5 defenseman at least that's what Julien Brisebios said

Well its too bad I liked the look of the kid

I agree like him a lot actually