Team: 2020-21 Tampa Bay Lightning

Initial Creation Date: Jun. 17, 2020

Published: Jun. 19, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Here’s the thing, once palat’s contract is up, most of his cap hit is going to pointer’s extension. We need to flip gourde to somebody in the next offseason because our bottom 6 all need new contracts and we kind of toast.

If the core is point, stamkos, McDonagh, Hedman, kucherov, vasilevsky, sergachev and Cirelli there’s going to be a lot of plug in contracts and players on their elc every year. Once Sergy’s done his bridge deal I’m not sure how we sign him but hopefully the cap goes up in the next couple seasons or they start throwing us a couple cbos.

If McDonagh isn’t part of the core we have to move him while he’s still got value but we need him to win a cup so I’d keep him till we win one then move him (hopefully win a couple)

I think Cirelli is an elite 3C and a really good 2C. If we start paying 2Cs like 1Cs we are toast so I don’t think he’s worth 6 or 7 mil and if he demands it then we trade him and then use that cap to sign Sergy long term. Don’t want to sign cernak long term yet.

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