The Tampa Bay Lightning are going to want to clear some wage
Eduardo A. Encina of the Tampa Bay Instances: Apart from re-signing Steven Stamkos, the Tampa Bay Lightning have some work to do.
They presently solely have $5.335 million in projected wage cap house. That alone isn’t sufficient to re-sign Stamkos. They solely have 18 gamers below contract.
Potential commerce candidates are Tanner Jeannot ($2.665 million), Erik Cernak ($5.2 million), Nick Perbix ($1.125 million) and Conor Sheary ($2 million)
The Lightning don’t choose till the fourth spherical of the draft, so they may look to accumulate some extra picks.
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The Lightning solely have 10 forwards below contract, so that they’ll want to accumulate some extra depth.
Tyler Motte could have doubtless priced himself out of Tampa.
The Carolina Hurricanes could have provided Jake Guentzel slightly below $8 million. What may it take elsewhere?
Sekeres and Worth: Frank Seravalli on the Sekeres and Worth present speaking about pending UFA Jake Guentzel, the Vancouver Canucks, what the Carolina Hurricanes could have provided him, and what it’d take if a group can solely provide him seven years.
Seravalli: “He doesn’t care about the place he’s doing it, what jerseys sporting, the way it works, how distant it’s from wherever house base is. To not say it doesn’t matter, he simply desires the very best match.
And naturally he desires to be paid appropriately however that’s going to occur irrespective of the place that’s.”
Matt Sekeres: “You don’t assume the eighth 12 months is a deal breaker then, as a result of you’ll be able to’t add the eighth 12 months, proper?
In the event you commerce for …”
Seravalli: “No.”
Sekeres: “Okay.”
Seravalli: “I wouldn’t hand over an asset to do it as a result of I don’t assume it’s going to materially change the AAV sufficient to take action.
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I consider the Canes provide is someplace round eight years slightly below $8 million. So if that’s the case, simply north of $60 (million), it must be in that seven occasions $9.5 (million) vary to beat the eighth 12 months. ”