Summer of Change Pt 3

Created by: BleedBoltsBlue

Team: 2023-24 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: May 11, 2023

Published: May 11, 2023

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

Part 1 and Part 2 involved Ross Colton's RFA Rights being traded for picks. In this version, Colton is re-signed on a 2-year bridge deal, similar to the Killorn bridge deal before the 7 year contract.

Nick Bonino is brought on as 4C, he has the Stanley Cup winning pedigree that the Lightning love to add. Calvin de Haan is brought in to be Cernak's D-partner. He could be a solid partner for Cernak considering he has been in a lesser role in Carolina with Gostisbehere in the lineup.

Corey Perry is brought back for another year, after having a somewhat decent year scoring 30 points mainly on the 4th line. Honestly, I could see him or a younger player from Syracuse taking over that RW4 spot.

Lastly, I do think Tampa needs to explore a back-up goalie who can play between 25-30 games as Vasy has come out and said he needs to prioritize resting/recovery during the season better. So Rittich is brought in on a 2-year deal.

Free Agent Signings

RFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Colton, Ross	2	$2,250,000
Balcers, Rūdolfs	2	$775,000
Koepke, Cole	3	$775,000
Jeannot, Tanner	3	$1,500,000

UFA	YEARS	CAP HIT
Rittich, David	2	$800,000
Bonino, Nick	2	$1,000,000
De Haan, Calvin	2	$1,000,000
Perry, Corey	1	$900,000

Buyouts

Vincent Lecavalier: $0

Buried

Philippe Myers: $250,000 ($1,400,000)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2023
2024
2025

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$82,500,000	$82,287,500	$0	$0	$212,500

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Hagel, Brandon $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Point, Brayden $9,500,000$9,500,000 C, RW NMC UFA - 7	Kucherov, Nikita $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 4
Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 1	Cirelli, Anthony $6,250,000$6,250,000 C, LW UFA - 8	Colton, Ross $2,250,000$2,250,000 C, LW UFA - 4
Jeannot, Tanner $1,500,000$1,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Paul, Nicholas $3,150,000$3,150,000 C, LW NTC UFA - 6	Eyssimont, Michael $800,000$800,000 RW, C UFA - 2
Koepke, Cole $775,000$775,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Bonino, Nick $1,000,000$1,000,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Perry, Corey $900,000$900,000 RW UFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Hedman, Victor $7,875,000$7,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 2	Perbix, Nick $1,125,000$1,125,000 RD UFA - 2	Vasilevskiy, Andrei $9,500,000$9,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Sergachev, Mikhail $8,500,000$8,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Raddysh, Darren $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1	Rittich, David $800,000$800,000 G UFA - 1
De Haan, Calvin $1,000,000$1,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 1	Cernak, Erik $5,200,000$5,200,000 RD UFA - 8

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Bogosian, Zach $850,000$850,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1		Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Maroon, Patrick $800,000$800,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1