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GM says Tampa needs to be improved

Created by: BOLTLOVER1
Team: 2019-20 Tampa Bay Lightning
Initial Creation Date: Dec. 31, 2019
Published: Dec. 31, 2019
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$12,500,000 (Performance Bonus$250,000)
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UFA - 5
Description
GM interview said team clearly needs to upgrade top 9 and some D .. or politically correct way to say "get a whole new 3rd line cause we suck". 12 of next 14 games are away and will highlight 3rd line issue. This is part of 1 of 3 trades for Tampa at deadline.
Trades
TBL
  1. Palmieri, Kyle
  2. Vatanen, Sami
Additional Details:
Veteran for 3rd line "production and grinder role" and solid RD
NJD
  1. Joseph, Mathieu
  2. Volkov, Alexander
  3. 2020 1st round pick (VAN)
Additional Details:
NJ gets young cheap bodies and a mid 1st.
Buyouts
Buried
DraftRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7
2020
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2021
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2022
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ROSTER SIZESALARY CAPCAP HITOVERAGES TooltipBONUSESCAP SPACE
24$81,500,000$83,865,831$0$1,180,000-$2,365,831
Left WingCentreRight Wing
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$5,000,000$5,000,000
RW, C, LW
NTC
UFA - 5
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$8,500,000$8,500,000
LW, C
NMC
UFA - 5
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$5,300,000$5,300,000
LW, RW
NTC
UFA - 3
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$4,450,000$4,450,000
RW, LW
NTC
UFA - 4
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$6,750,000$6,750,000
C, RW
UFA - 3
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$9,500,000$9,500,000
RW
UFA - 8
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$900,000$900,000
LW, RW
UFA - 1
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$1,650,000$1,650,000
C, LW, RW
UFA - 2
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$5,166,666$5,166,666
C, LW, RW
NTC
UFA - 6
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$833,333$833,333
C
UFA - 1
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$728,333$728,333 (Performance Bonus$182,500$182K)
C, LW
UFA - 1
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$2,325,000$2,325,000
RW, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2
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$700,000$700,000
LW
UFA - 1
Left DefenseRight DefenseGoaltender
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$7,875,000$7,875,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 6
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$1,750,000$1,750,000
RD
NTC
UFA - 1
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$3,500,000$3,500,000
G
UFA - 1
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$6,750,000$6,750,000
LD
NTC
UFA - 7
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$1,300,000$1,300,000
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$1,300,000$1,300,000
G
UFA - 2
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$1,700,000$1,700,000
LD
NTC
UFA - 2
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$700,000$700,000
RD
UFA - 1
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$894,166$894,166 (Performance Bonus$850,000$850K)
LD/RD
UFA - 1
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$697,500$697,500 (Performance Bonus$147,500$148K)
RD
UFA - 1
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$2,437,500$2,437,500
LD/RD
UFA - 1

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Dec. 31, 2019 at 8:27 a.m.
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Tspky
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you are just a bit over the cap
Dec. 31, 2019 at 9:38 a.m.
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BOLT LOVER
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10M cap available to Tampa at TDL so this year not an issue and Tampa HAS to go for Cup this year .. Vernanen is UFA so only need to manage one year of 2020 of Palmieri money or trade him .. sort of a weaker Charlie Coyle deal Bruins did last year at TDL .. bye bye Gourde and Johnson frees up 11M
Dec. 31, 2019 at 9:47 a.m.
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Quoting: BOLTLOVER1
10M cap available to Tampa at TDL so this year not an issue and Tampa HAS to go for Cup this year .. Vernanen is UFA so only need to manage one year of 2020 of Palmieri money or trade him .. sort of a weaker Charlie Coyle deal Bruins did last year at TDL .. bye bye Gourde and Johnson frees up 11M


Very optimistic that NTC Gourde and Johnson can be traded. Even their contracts now may not even be that attractive if there were suitors.
Dec. 31, 2019 at 10:13 a.m.
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MisstheWhalers
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This isn't enough for both these guys, add a 2nd and it might be enough.

Who's Tampas 3rd line currently?
Dec. 31, 2019 at 11:52 a.m.
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I'm all for upgrading our top 9, but I think the Dcore is fine as it is.
Lightning are not giving the opponent many quality chances, below average G has been screwing us over and over again this season.

For the top 9, if I were the GM I'd wouldn't use our 2020 1st rounder or VAN's 1st rounder as return. Those 2 picks could become very valuable:
1) This year's draft seems to be great with a 1st round full of talent. Having 2 first rounders would be huge, as what's missing in our prospect system is one or two ELITE prospects.
2) If things go south for VAN and they miss the playoffs, which could happen, their 2020 1st rounder would become a 2021 UNPROTECTED 1st rounder. And it's not impossible that VAN could end up missing the playoffs 2 years in a row, especially in a division that is trending up. So the chance of getting a top 10 pick in 2021 is there, I definitely wouldn't pass on that possibility.

If necessary we can use one/two of Verhaeghe, Volkov, Joseph or Katchuk + 2nd or 3rd rounders to improve our 3rd line.
But who do we take? Yzerman's mentality was always to get a player only if he still has some contract left, in order no to waste some future for a simple rental. And JBB seems to be following that idea too.

Also because you don't have to forget that Cirelli, Sergy and Cernak will take away most of our cap space this offseason, so you can't make many moves.
Eventually what I could see us doing is getting a player with some term left on his contract at the deadline and then trading him away during offseason
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