u do realize that you have to include those players on LTIR as a real contract for day 1 of the NHL season...making you go over 16M over the cap

Think you worded this a bit weird but your general thought is incorrect.

A day 1 roster can be submitted with players on ltir. They do not need to be added to the main roster and do not count against the cap.

To the op, Tampa can also use offseason ltir. The relief is added on top of the 10% cushion. The only issue is that all of the contracts are insured and the teams will not give you value to take them.

No. LTIR is only good for cap space once the season starts. Its a paper transaction but those players on LTIR count against the cap until the paper transaction is done. This is why teams like WPG and STL are not signing higher cap hit players even if they need them(a random LD for WPG and Dunn for STL) and have the space with their players on LTIR

Even if BriseBois were to retain $1 million on Tyler Johnson, it would still cost more then a 3rd round pick to move him. And Detroit isn't dealing Zetterberg and i doubt Columbus moves Dubinsky and Ottawa move Gaborik.

Why would tampa trade there best prospect for nothing in return

Ottawa can move Gaborik because they are well above the cap floor now, and no where near the cap ceiling. Trading Gaborik saves $975K in salary paid out

I don’t think you know much on foote, I’ve been watching the prospect pool of Tampa for a very long time, and although footes PNHLe has dropped since 2018 he’s still an amazing prospect, back in 2018 he was projected to be a superstar D-man, now he projects as a top paring D, not a #1 d-man but still a top paring guy, and for me it’s really between AB-B and foote for Tampa’s best prospect but foote is by no means just a shutdown guy, he is great in transition, great at exiting his zone has a great shot and hockey iq his only problem is he needs to work on his skating just like his brother which is the main reason why he isn’t also phenomenal at entering the offensive




Foote looks like a decent prospect, but if he's your best prospect, that's not good. I haven't checked the TBL top prospects list, but Foote is at best a second pair shutdown D, but probably a 4/5 shutdown D on a good team. That's not a bad prospect, just not a typical, teams best prospect. This is the reality of being a Stanley Cup team, you have to give up the future for now.

24 year old Jaros is a 6/7 D, a definite downgrade from Foote, and 23 year old Chlapik is NHL ready, and has a very achievable ceiling of 3C. Ottawa has so many good centre prospects that Chlapik has been in tough trying to get his chance. He may have been Ottawa's best defensive forward last season, in his 31 games, and he's always been able to score, eventually. You don't have to include Paquette, but this is about clearing cap space.

Chlapik's value is less than Foote, but you're getting Gaborik, which is needed. Jaros and Paquette just evens the trade and removes a little more cap.