Retool to stay competitive

Created by: imawesome

Team: 2023-24 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 28, 2023

Published: Dec. 28, 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

In the case that this team is 5+ points out of the playoffs by deadline time it could be best for the long-term future to try and get value for the older guys and stay relevant for longer. The Lightning still have Kucherov, Point, Hagel, Cirelli, Paul, Sergachev, Cernak, and Vasilevskiy under contract LONG term. That's a really solid core and should stay a playoff team a long time if the depth is managed correctly.

Rotate the young players into the lineup for the remainder of the season. Hopefully someone shows something to get them into the lineup for next season. Someone out of nowhere like Colton a few years ago.

Trades

TBL

Girard, Samuel
O'Connor, Logan
2024 1st round pick (COL)

COL

Stamkos, Steven ($4,250,000 retained)

TBL

Anderson, Michael
Laferriere, Alex
2024 1st round pick (LAK)
2025 3rd round pick (LAK)

Additional Details:

Obviously Kings fans love Anderson, but a player of Hedman's caliber will help them more in 4-5 years which is probably the main cup contending window for this team. They aren't super young and Hedman is the same age as Kopitar.

LAK

Hedman, Victor

TBL

Foegele, Warren

EDM

TBL

TOR

Additional Details:

Anywhere for late round picks or future considerations

TBL

2024 3rd round pick (VAN)

VAN

O'Connor, Logan
2024 7th round pick (MIN)

TBL

2024 4th round pick (FLA)

FLA

Glendening, Luke

Buyouts

Vincent Lecavalier: $0

Retained Salary Transactions

Patrick Maroon: $200,000 (20%)
Steven Stamkos: $4,250,000 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

ROSTER

LONG-TERM OUTLOOK

EMBED

TEXT-EMBED

ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
22	$83,500,000	$80,735,833	$0	$137,500	$2,764,167

Roster

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Laferriere, Alex $875,000$875,000 RW RFA - 2	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
Hagel, Brandon $1,500,000$1,500,000 LW UFA - 1	Cirelli, Anthony $6,250,000$6,250,000 C, LW UFA - 8	Foegele, Warren $2,750,000$2,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Groshev, Maxim $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) RW, LW RFA - 3	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	Jeannot, Tanner $2,665,000$2,665,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Merelä, Waltteri $870,000$870,000 ($80,000$80K) RW RFA - 1

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Sergachev, Mikhail $8,500,000$8,500,000 LD/RD UFA - 8	Girard, Samuel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LD/RD UFA - 4	Vasilevskiy, Andrei $9,500,000$9,500,000 G NMC UFA - 5
Anderson, Michael $4,125,000$4,125,000 LD UFA - 8	Cernak, Erik $5,200,000$5,200,000 RD UFA - 8	Johansson, Jonas $775,000$775,000 G UFA - 2
Fleury, Haydn $762,500$762,500 LD/RD UFA - 1	Raddysh, Darren $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Barré-Boulet, Alex $758,333$758,333 RW, LW UFA - 1		Seabrook, Brent $6,875,000$6,875,000 RD M-NTC UFA - 1
Myers, Philippe $1,400,000$1,400,000 RD UFA - 1		Brown, Logan $775,000$775,000 C, LW RFA - 1

Taxi Squad
Goncalves, Gage $820,000$820,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) LW RFA - 1
Fortier, Gabriel $775,000$775,000 ($0$0$0$0) LW RFA - 1
Robert, Félix $857,500$857,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($80,000$80K) C, LW RFA - 1
Finley, Jack $797,500$797,500 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) C RFA - 2
Carlile, Declan $855,000$855,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 1
Thompson, Jack $828,333$828,333 ($0$0$0$0) ($82,500$82K) RD RFA - 2
Alnefelt, Hugo $850,833$850,833 ($0$0$0$0) ($57,500$58K) G RFA - 1

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Point, B.		Paul, N.		Kucherov, N.
	Laferriere, A.		Sergachev, M.

Top Comments

Dec. 28, 2023 at 4:49 p.m.

MoSeider53

Future Norris guy

Joined: Aug. 2022

Posts: 15,605

Likes: 8,625

Hedman and Stamkos decline.

The LAK doesn't have the cap space to fit Hedman in without sending out major salary to Tampa.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 4:51 p.m.

Dickie_Dunn

Joined: May 2021

Posts: 997

Likes: 262

Canucks pass.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 5:02 p.m.

tkecanuck341

Joined: May 2016

Posts: 14,579

Likes: 6,154

The Kings are not trading MIkey Anderson. His is one of the best contracts in the NHL.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 5:04 p.m.

imawesome

I want Gourde back

Joined: Jun. 2018

Posts: 4,565

Likes: 2,374

Quoting: tkecanuck341

The Kings are not trading MIkey Anderson. His is one of the best contracts in the NHL.

I would almost always agree but at some point talent has to win out. Hedman is a top 30 player in the league and he will help the team win more throughout the rest of Kopitar's career and probably a few years beyond that.

Dec. 28, 2023 at 5:05 p.m.

theleano1

PDG over PDO

Joined: Feb. 2020

Posts: 5,056

Likes: 4,104

Canucks pass not enough value coming back for our 3rd

See All

DISPLAY SETTING

BETTING ODDS

LOCALE

ARCHIVE

CBA

CALCULATORS

FANTASY HOCKEY TOOLS

TOOLS

PLAYERS

WESTERN CONFERENCE

EASTERN CONFERENCE

INTERACTIVE FEATURES