The Tampa Bay Lightning faces a serious problem that will cost them dearly to fix.
Due to their specific financial situation, the Stanley Cup champions will have to part with “two good players and more,” Renaud Lavoie said in his daily column on the show. JIC; Thursday. See in the video above.
“The Lightning is the team with the most problems right now. And it will cost him dearly to fix this problem. What I am told is that we think we will be able to resolve it by the start of training camps, said our hockey informant.
“But we know that we will probably have to part with two good players and that we will also have to give something more. We will be forced to add draft picks or even young prospects. ”
Time is running out for general manager Julien BriseBois since training camps will start somewhere in December, if all goes as planned.
At present, his team has expenses of 78.6 million dollars for only 18 players, and this, on a payroll which must not exceed 81.5 million $.
Of the interest of the Devils?
He is left with around $ 2.9 million left, but he has to negotiate new contracts with forward Anthony Cirelli and defensemen Mikhail Sergachev and Erik Cernak, all free agents with compensation. BriseBois will therefore not be able to keep all of them without exchanging other current members of the Lightning.
On the other end of the spectrum, a team like the New Jersey Devils still have a lot of cash on hand ($ 17.2M). According to Renaud Lavoie, she also wants to take action.
“What I’m told in the Devils is that we want to acquire a player aged 27 and under whose contract is still valid for a few seasons. The Devils problem, and it’s important, is that there aren’t a lot of players with a no-trade clause who want to go play in New Jersey. The problem is there. ”
The Los Angeles Kings and Nashville Predators also have room to maneuver, $ 13.6 million and $ 12.9 million respectively.
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