Chasing a 3 peat

Created by: Jim_Benning_Almost

Team: 2021-22 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: Jul. 14, 2021

Published: Jul. 14, 2021

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

Here's a potential of TB being able to take a serious run at another cup by leveraging assets which other teams have discarded, but are still good.
Assumptions:
- Suter and Parise want to stay together, want to win a cup, and will sign bargain deals.
- Various other veteren players who have made money, but not won, would come over.

Steps:
1) Grease Seattle to take McDonaugh (1st rounder, maybe more needed)
2) Trade a solid, young but expensive player to the team of the guy who originally drafted him. Probably not get his true worth because of flat cap year.
3) Bite the bullet and buyout Tyler Johnson. Don't think anyone is going to trade for him.

Then sign some UFAs who still have value:
- Bring back Goodrow, 3 x $2M
- Sign Parise & Suter, $1M each.
- Sceviour and Helm are reliable depth forwards with experience.
- Marc Staal wants a cup like his brothers.
- James Reimer is a solid back up who won't complain about being a back up.

23 player roster with $265k to spare.

Free Agent Signings

RFA		YEARS	CAP HIT
Colton, Ross		1	$1,000,000
Foote, Cal		1	$1,200,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Goodrow, Barclay	3	$2,000,000
Parise, Zach	1	$1,000,000
Suter, Ryan	1	$1,000,000
Staal, Marc	2	$1,500,000
Reimer, James	2	$1,500,000
Sceviour, Colton	2	$1,250,000
Schenn, Luke	1	$1,000,000
Helm, Darren	1	$1,000,000

Trades

TBL

E-draft with some greasing

SEA

McDonagh, Ryan
2022 1st round pick (TBL)

TBL

2021 2nd round pick (DET)
2021 3rd round pick (VGK)

DET

Cirelli, Anthony

Additional Details:

Normally AC would demand a higher return, but in this particular year, teams know that TB is up against a wall, so they look to take advantage...and Yzerman does just that.

Buyouts

Vincent Lecavalier: $0
Tyler Johnson: $1,055,556

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

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$81,500,000	$81,379,844	$145,122	$0	$120,156

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Killorn, Alex $4,450,000$4,450,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3	Kucherov, Nikita $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 6
Parise, Zach $1,000,000$1,000,000 LW UFA - 1	Point, Brayden $6,750,000$6,750,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Gourde, Yanni $5,166,666$5,166,666 C, LW, RW NTC UFA - 4
Goodrow, Barclay $2,000,000$2,000,000 C, LW UFA - 6	Joseph, Mathieu $737,500$737,500 LW, RW UFA - 1	Palat, Ondrej $5,300,000$5,300,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1
Maroon, Patrick $900,000$900,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Colton, Ross $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW UFA - 2
	Helm, Darren $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Sceviour, Colton $1,250,000$1,250,000 RW, C UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hedman, Victor $7,875,000$7,875,000 LD NMC UFA - 4	Sergachev, Mikhail $4,800,000$4,800,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Vasilevskiy, Andrei $9,500,000$9,500,000 G NMC UFA - 7
Suter, Ryan $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD UFA - 4	Cernak, Erik $2,950,000$2,950,000 RD UFA - 2
Staal, Marc $1,500,000$1,500,000 LD UFA - 1		Reimer, James $1,500,000$1,500,000 G UFA - 2
Schenn, Luke $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 2	Rutta, Jan $1,300,000$1,300,000 LD/RD UFA - 1
Foote, Cal $1,200,000$1,200,000 RD RFA - 2