How Tampa makes opening night work

Created by: Byrr

Team: 2020-21 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 1, 2020

Published: Dec. 1, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Legend

Left Handed

Original Team

Waivers Exempt

Right Handed

Position

Trade Clause

Max Perf. Bonus

Expiry Status

Term Remaining

McDavid, Connor

$12,500,000 ( Performance Bonus

$250,000)

NMC

UFA - 5

Description

I didn't focus too much on lines, which prospects play, etc. This is just making the cap work.

Stamkos starts the year on LTIR giving them space to sign Cirelli and Cernak. They both take great deals because they play in Tampa. Spread the term out a bit so they don't have any years with a lot of RFAs again.

The risk here is that it will become easier to move the players they need to once the season starts and injuries start happening.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Cirelli, Anthony		1	$3,500,000
Cernak, Erik		2	$2,250,000

Buyouts

Vincent Lecavalier: $0

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2021
2022
2023

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$81,500,000	$81,487,499	$0	$0	$12,501

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Johnson, Tyler $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, C, LW NTC UFA - 4	Point, Brayden $6,750,000$6,750,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Kucherov, Nikita $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 7
Killorn, Alex $4,450,000$4,450,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Cirelli, Anthony $3,500,000$3,500,000 C, LW UFA - 3	Palat, Ondrej $5,300,000$5,300,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 2
Goodrow, Barclay $925,000$925,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Coleman, Blake $1,800,000$1,800,000 RW, LW UFA - 1	Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW NTC UFA - 5
Maroon, Patrick $900,000$900,000 LW, RW NTC UFA - 2	Stephens, Mitchell $737,500$737,500 C UFA - 2	Paquette, Cédric $1,650,000$1,650,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hedman, Victor $7,875,000$7,875,000 LD NMC UFA - 5	Cernak, Erik $2,250,000$2,250,000 RD UFA - 3	Vasilevskiy, Andrei $9,500,000$9,500,000 G UFA - 8
McDonagh, Ryan $6,750,000$6,750,000 LD NTC UFA - 6	Coburn, Braydon $1,700,000$1,700,000 LD NTC UFA - 1	McElhinney, Curtis $1,300,000$1,300,000 G UFA - 1
Sergachev, Mikhail $4,800,000$4,800,000 LD/RD UFA - 3	Schenn, Luke $800,000$800,000 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Katchouk, Boris $833,333$833,333 LW RFA - 1		Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 4

Top Comments

Dec. 1, 2020 at 4:40 p.m.

SmugTkachuk

Banned

Joined: Feb. 2018

Posts: 1,968

Likes: 733

To qualify for LTIR there is a rule somewhere that the player has to be on the roster and under the cap for the start of the season. You can move them to LTIR immediately after but you need to start the year cap compliant. I don't know it exactly but the Flames had to work with that a few years ago when Smid needed to go to LTIR

Dec. 1, 2020 at 4:41 p.m.

Byrr

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 6,297

Likes: 3,045

Quoting: SmugTkachuk

From the FAQ:
Can LTIR be used in the off-season?
Yes, LTIR can be used in the off-season while the 10% off-season cushion is active. LTIR in the off-season is calculated using the basic equation outlined above, which permits a team to exceed the off-season salary cap. To use off-season LTIR the team must provide doctors proof that the player in question will continue to be injured at the beginning of the regular season for 10 NHL games and 24 calendar days.

At the start of the season the teams LTIR relief & ACSL is recalculated when the 10% cushion is removed.

Why the Flames wern't able to do it, I'm not sure but I'm sure there is a reason if you look into it.

Dec. 1, 2020 at 4:44 p.m.

imawesome

I want Gourde back