Ok lets try this again without LTIR this time LOL

Team: 2020-21 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 15, 2020

Published: Sep. 15, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Ok so LTIR is a no go lol. Thought I was genius there for a second. So it appears it has to be the number crunching game at its finest. Meaning it means losing Cirelli and/or Sergachev and/or Cernak by OS or trade where they get less than full value in return OR Tampa makes the hard decision on 5 key but older expendable players. Luxury players on a team that can't afford them.

So its pretty simple:

-Cap casualties have to be Killorn, Coleman, Paquette, Coburn and McElhinney. If you got to pay to shed them, so be it. Outside Coburn the other should be easy to move without it costing TB.
-Replace 5 players above with league minimum contract players. Plenty of hungry UFA's looking for 1 year low cost deals to play in TB i'm sure so no biggie.
-Delay this cap hell situation 1 more year - Seattle will be able to take a decent roster player to help the cap situation to resign the RFA's again and some players NTC/NMC will move from full clause to limited # of teams clause which will make trading them easier. Johnson and Palat. Giving even more cap space next year.

Lines and players used are just quickly added for reference. The cap hit is what is important here.

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