Who stays, who goes? The Lightning players most likely to move this offseason
New York TimesYou thought the Yanni Gourde loss was painful? Point isn’t going anywhere, though Tampa Bay does have to find the money to pay him next summer when he’s an RFA, coming off a bargain $6.75 million AAV bridge deal. He continued his penchant for scoring big goals in this year’s playoffs, and you’ll likely see Tampa Bay lean on him more next season, especially with Gourde, Goodrow and Coleman all expected to be gone. BriseBois feels this would be an easier market to move players, but it’ll be interesting to see how that works with Johnson, who has three years left at $5 million AAV. David Savard – Savard was the Lightning’s main deadline addition, and his value truly showed in the final two rounds of the playoffs when it got to “big boy hockey,” as BriseBois put it.
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Lightning trade with Predators to bring veteran defenseman Ryan McDonagh back to Tampa Bay
Associated PressSteven Stamkos wants to stay with Lightning, and team wants its career scoring leader to stay
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2 for 2: Lightning trades for Coleman, Goodrow pay off
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LeBrun: Lightning get right back to work trying to navigate upcoming cap crunch
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