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Tampa Bay Lightning Trying To Trade Slater Koekkoek

January 10, 2019 at 12:16 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 6 Comments

Though there were certainly more exciting headlines generated by Elliotte Friedman’s latest 31 Thoughts column for Sportsnet—including that Carolina and Micheal Ferland are still not close on a contract extension—Tampa Bay Lightning fans likely focused in on one nugget in particular. Friedman reports that the Lightning are working to find a “new home” for Slater Koekkoek, who is currently with the Syracuse Crunch on a conditioning stint.

It’s been several years of disappointment for Koekkoek, who was selected 10th overall in 2012 as a do-it-all defenseman that could potentially grow into a nice complement behind Victor Hedman in Tampa Bay. Though his minor league career got off to a very solid start in 2014, Koekkoek has played just 85 NHL games to date and regularly found himself sitting on the bench late in games even when he was dressed. With the addition of Ryan McDonagh and Mikhail Sergachev as additional left-handed options the future seems bleak for Koekkoek even if he could stay healthy.

Just finding a new home could be quite difficult. Though Koekkoek carries just an $865K cap hit this season, he’s waiver eligible and a restricted free agent with arbitration rights in the summer. Nothing he’s done so far in his NHL career has shown that he would be even worth a qualifying offer given the risk of arbitration, meaning teams aren’t going to want to give up a lot to get him. If Tampa Bay is truly set on moving him it would likely be more of a “fresh start” trade that brings back very little, a tough ending for an organization who has invested a high pick and several years of development.

There could very well be another benefit for the Lightning though, given that they currently sit just under the 50-contract limit. With 49 players under contract in the organization, they will be limited at the trade deadline and at the end of the college season. That alone could be worth moving Koekkoek, if they’ve truly decided that he’s not part of the future.

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  1. dugdog83

    6 years ago

    Who are they going to trade Slater to, the Valley Bulldogs?

    Reply
  2. Getzlaf's Bald Spot

    6 years ago

    I hope Bob Murray doesn’t do anything drastic

    Reply
  3. Nathan Trembley

    6 years ago

    Don’t worry that’s Peter chiarelli job

    Reply
  4. Nebraska Tim

    6 years ago

    Peter Chiarelli wouldn’t give anything less than a first round pick for Koekkoek.

    The Lightning might ask for less, but he’d make sure the got more than Koekkoek is worth!

    Reply
  5. MacJablonski--NotVegasLegend

    6 years ago

    Concur! Trader Pete & Trader Bob — tied at the hip! Who can out-train-wreck the other guy! Good thing Hextall and Lombardi are out of the equation…

    Reply
  6. dugdog83

    6 years ago

    Seriously no “Saved by the Bell” fans? Valley Bulldogs were the Bayside Tigers and A.C. Slaters biggest rivals.

    Yeah the joke was a stretch but my Seinfeld and Office references get picked up super quick.

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