Speculation: 2024-2025 General Lightning Discussion II: "Atlanticly" challenged

[DistantThunderRep]

The AAV Saad is hilarious. $1.5M? I can see why it wasn't here. Also how is Vegas fitting in that Cap hit? They are over the cap by $2.5M with no one on LTIR?

 

[bov]

1.5 is a little on the steep side imo.

 

[creg]

Tampa is just not "the place to be" like they were a few years ago.

I mean we did just get the best free agent available for a contract less than what he was offered by the team that traded for him

Players aren't going to cup chase with us though, that's for sure

 

[ccman68]

MVP MVP

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[Rschmitz]

Shattenkirk was 100% called not an NHLer anymore. And quite often. He was also coming off a buy out.

Maybe by some idiots on hfboards, he was injured. There is a reason why we tried to woo him before he went to the Rangers, his shot suppression stats were pretty amazing. There were 6-7 teams interested in him, which is why he didn't sign for league minimum.

 

[Master P]

MVP MVP

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[Flat Ronnie]

Players aren't going to cup chase with us though, that's for sure.

That's more what I meant

 

[Hoek]

Went to another contending team with no state tax and less Trump. Also hilarious Vegas cucked Tampa again.

Unfair! I'm gonna make a main board thread about how there needs to be a "Gambling" adjustment to the salary cap that punishes Vegas alone

 

[Rschmitz]

The Atkinson contract is small. I don't think anyone wants to pay this guy 4m.


Shattenkirk was 100% called not an NHLer anymore. And quite often. He was also coming off a buy out.

Reaction on our board right after we signed him doesn’t make it out like he was thought of as an AHLer

Confirmed with Link: Thread 'Lightning sign RD Kevin Shattenkirk | 1 year, $1.75M'

Aug 5, 2019

• TeslaCoilFan
• Replies: 146
• Forum: Tampa Bay Lightning

 

[Point21]

 

[DFC]

Reaction on our board right after we signed him doesn’t make it out like he was thought of as an AHLer

Confirmed with Link: Thread 'Lightning sign RD Kevin Shattenkirk | 1 year, $1.75M'

Aug 5, 2019

• TeslaCoilFan
• Replies: 146
• Forum: Tampa Bay Lightning

Oh we didn't for sure. But NY did. We knew we had a guy who was trying to earn a bigger deal on a cheap one. Saad is kind of in the same situation. I just think it's a reasonable gamble. He's not THAT far off a 20 goal pace after being a pretty consistent 20 goal guy forever. If we'd gotten him for under 1.5, I don't see how it wouldn't be a reasonable gamble.

 

[Point21]

 

[DistantThunderRep]

What a garbage trade for the Canucks. I am laughing.

 

[Rschmitz]

Dealing him off a few years ago somehow feels less painful witnessing what they got in return.