Confirmed Trade: [TBL/NSH] Ryan McDonagh and 2024 4th round pick for 2025 2nd and 2024 7th round picks

[cheesymc]

Interesting. Frees up money for the Predators to sign a top defenseman UFA. Pesce? He seems to be their type of defenseman.

What’s tampa going to do with their UFAs? Is Stammer going to give a Tom Brady discount?

 

[Vukotal Recall]

Good lord, the Lightning now have no 2024 1st, 2024 2nd, 2024 3rd, 2025 1st and 2025 2nd

Something something they can't hear you because they have their two Stanley Cups plugging their ears

 

[OurlordAndSaviorKuch]

Something something they can't hear you because they have their two Stanley Cups plugging their ears

I mean cup banners last forever as someone else said.

 

[Kranix]

Nashville freeing up cap space to sign Stammer july 1

 

[pld459666]

Nashville clearing cap space

 

[Beech]

Something something they can't hear you because they have their two Stanley Cups plugging their ears

I mean cup banners last forever as someone else said.

will people remember this in the next 10 years, as they are mired near the bottom?

Do you think Chicago fans are still feeling the warmth of the 3 cups? Or Pittsburgh?

Chicago attendance fell by 3 K. Pitt by 500-1000 fans.

Sports fans remember yesterdays game and not last season's playoff game.

I am in Ottawa, 7 years of being out. Detroit 8 years, Buffalo 13 years, SJ, Anaheim, Arizona 4 plus years.. sink to the bottom and good luck in coming back up.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Something something they can't hear you because they have their two Stanley Cups plugging their ears

None of the draft picks they gave up in either 2024 or 2025 had any impact on them winning cups.

 

[Pandaman11]

So when exactly can you start trading again after the trade deadline?

 

[Desert Panther]

I wonder if this means Stamkos is gone.

I thought about this as well. TB still has about $5M in cap space with several roster spots to fill out. I can't see them having enough space to resign Stamkos without another cap dump kind of move. Capfriendly doesn't show any retention on McDonagh's deal though that just may be there's no details for them to add yet.

So when exactly can you start trading again after the trade deadline?

Any players acquired after the deadline simply aren't eligible for the playoffs that season. So teams can still make trades after the deadline.

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I disagree about our prospect pool, I think we're somewhere 5th-10th in the league personally, but yes, we're in a good spot asset wise.

Not sure of a specific ranking, was just thinking that, aside from Askarov, we lack a blue-chip prospect. Just a bunch of good to very good pieces.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

I don’t get it

 

[Soundgarden]

Not sure of a specific ranking, was just thinking that, aside from Askarov, we lack a blue-chip prospect. Just a bunch of good to very good pieces.

I'd argue that Askarov, Kemell and Molendyk all have elite potential, whether they live up to it is another story.

 

[MMC]

 

[OVO16]

So if Stamkos is back, who's getting traded.

Cernak to Anaheim?

 

[Beukeboom Fan]

I don't think anyone would take him unless TB keep a portion of his salary.

He's a 40 pts player playing with really good players in TB top6, he's overpaid.

This is my thought as well. It is also especially difficult to shed cap when other teams know you have to make those moves.

Just "interesting" to me that the Lightning couldn't make room for 33/34 YO seasons of a McD, but then take back the 35/36 YO seasons when they have even less cap room. I guess it possible that the organization thought that they could rely more heavily on the top 3D of Hedman, Cernak & Sergachev and experience showed that placed too much reliance on the bottom 3 and they learned that wouldn't work.

Brisebois certaintly has his work cut out for himself.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Osprey]

Watch the Preds outbid the Lightning for Stamkos now that the Preds have the cap space for him and the Lightning don't.

 

[AslanRH]

has he been bad? if you retain 50% we are down.

No, he's fine enough. It wouldn't hurt my feelings any if they found a little cap savings though in a cheaper 3C who might be more of a matchup center now that they have Mittelstadt in the fold as the 2C

 

[BergyWho37]

Woof

 

[Breakers]

Nashville clearing space for Marner

 

[eojsmada]

Trotz is such a standup guy. Really hope he can guide the Preds to a cup in the near future.

 

[archangel2]

Interesting trade

 

[Vasilevskiy]

We missed McDonagh a lot.

Trade Cirelli, get a young player ready for the NHL and a pick.

 

[Zirakzigil]

So when exactly can you start trading again after the trade deadline?

Besides holiday movement freezes, there is never a time you cant. Only thing is that after the deadline traded players are ineligible for the playoffs.

 

[ThunderRoad]

It's exciting to have him back - was really upset when they moved him couple of years ago and replaced him with quantity rather than quality. They had such a good 1/2 and have been missing that since the trade. Wary of what it means cap wise but if anyone understands what it means from salary perspective, it's Stamkos, and he seems to be saying all the right things about accepting less to remain. He's got to be excited Ryan is back though.