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Snapshots: Lightning, Morin, Lafreniere

November 26, 2020 at 6:41 pm CDT | by Brian La Rose 7 Comments

It’s well-known that Tampa Bay has to clear up some cap space and Wednesday’s re-signing of Mikhail Sergachev only further cemented that as it put them over the $81.5MM Upper Limit with two restricted free agents (center Anthony Cirelli and defenseman Erik Cernak) still to sign.  Speaking with reporters, including Joe Smith of The Athletic (subscription link), GM Julien BriseBois indicated that some progress has been made in trying to accomplish that:

There’s a lot of progress being made. We’re working on a bunch of different fronts, there’s a lot of balls up in the air. Nothing has materialized yet.

Even if Cirelli and Cernak take short-term contracts to keep the AAV down (which is the likeliest scenario at this point), it’s doubtful that moving out one player will be enough to get them back into compliance.  Tyler Johnson is known to be available but he passed through waivers unclaimed earlier this offseason.  With few teams having the ability to take on pricey contracts, BriseBois and the Lightning still have a lot of work to do.

Elsewhere around the league:

  • Flyers defenseman Samuel Morin has fully recovered from his second ACL surgery, notes Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The 25-year-old has been limited to just 11 games combined over the past two seasons with Philadelphia and AHL Lehigh Valley and as a result, head coach Alain Vigneault believes that Morin will have to at least start next season with the Phantoms (assuming he clears waivers).  He’s entering the final year of his contract and will have a lot of work to do to prove himself worth of a qualifying offer next offseason.
  • Despite Canada’s World Junior team having to shut things down for two weeks for quarantining purposes, they haven’t ruled out the possibility of Rangers winger Alexis Lafreniere joining them, Hockey Canada’s Scott Salmond told reporters, including TSN’s Mark Masters (Twitter link). Discussions remain ongoing with New York about the top pick being made available.  At this point, the uncertain status of the start of next season is likely holding things up but if it’s pushed back in the near future, it would become more palatable for Lafreniere to be made available.
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  1. ericl

    3 years ago

    Tyler Johnson has a full no-trade clause. He isn’t agreeing to go to somewhere like New Jersey or Ottawa. It isn’t a simple as trading him to someone who can take his full cap hit. They need a team that can take the cap hit & can afford his cap hit. That is a little more difficult. The Lightning could trade Alex Killorn. He has a 16-team no-trade list, but can be traded to 15 teams without his consent. That might be easier to accomplish. Still, trading Killorn by himself won’t give the Lightning enough space to sign both Cirelli & Cernak

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    • pawtucket

      3 years ago

      Killorn says no to Ottawa, Detroit, LA, Anaheim. and any other rebuilding team. His list of 15 teams are all playoff teams close to the cap.
      Now what?

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    • ericl

      3 years ago

      Maybe you could trade Killorn to Nashville. They have cap space & could use a winger for their 2nd line. If not, it’s the problem you get yourself into when you give out too many no-trade & no-movement clauses.

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  2. Danny DeKeyser

    3 years ago

    Stevie Y built juggernaut of a team, sabotaged it with bad contracts in long term and suddenly walked out the door. Genius!!! Wait! Is he gonna do the same to us?

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    • goalieguy41

      3 years ago

      Sabotaged. How stupid are you?

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    • TheConsiglierre

      3 years ago

      Its genius! He handicaped the team with NTCs essentially locking them out of resigning RFAs and FA. BriseBois mistake was putting TJ on waivers. High risk maneuver that didnt pay off.

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  3. sixpacktwo

    3 years ago

    If they buyout Johnson it’s 1.65 million for 8 years. if they retain 2 mill of his salary that would be 4 year. I think Johnson for 4 years at 3 mill would be a great move for some team.

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