Tampa has continuously bend the rules for cap, and had stupidly friendly team contracts. Sergachev makes more than Hedman. Hedman didnt sign that long ago.
- Mentalorgasm5

They bent the cap during the season - that's a big difference. Putting Kucherov on LTIR a couple of years ago allowed them to get a rental. That has nothing to do with the bigger picture and how they've slotted their contracts.

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
LA announces it signs Brendan Lemieux 1x$3.5M

I was joking about the .25 million that was always your issue , (with the girgensons deal).

Went over your head then and again.
Pretty tall joke to go over your head ☝️

5 years x 5 or 5.5 million was always my prediction.
- Boss34

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Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
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Erik Cernak signs eight-year extension with #TBLightning at $5.2M AAV.


HOW???????
- Stripes77

As someone here said recently, the only people who worry about cap space are fans.

GMKA Presser in 20 mins...we're done? lol

GMKA Presser in 20 mins...we're done? lol
- SyrSabreFan

So the Ben Bishop move was, in fact, an indicator, of the next to nothing that was going to happen today.

- jochfr

They can be 10% over until the season starts. They will figure it out later.

Luckily we only signed our own and nothing else...

No, the opposite. Everything they do they do with the cap in mind. They now have all of their core locked up to (mostly) team-friendly deals. It they had kicked the can down the road they would be selling today like so many others are.
- Slump Buster

Agree

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
LA announces it signs Brendan Lemieux 1x$3.5M
- jochfr

He goofed - it was actually a little over 1 mill.

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
LA announces it signs Brendan Lemieux 1x$3.5M
- jochfr

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
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1m
Too careless, sorry. Lemieux in LA is 1x$1.35

So the Ben Bishop move was, in fact, an indicator, of the next to nothing that was going to happen today.
- buffalofan19

Adams cleared the "bare minimum" bar. So we've got that going for us, which is nice

Elliotte Friedman
@FriedgeHNIC
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1m
Too careless, sorry. Lemieux in LA is 1x$1.35
- Stripes77

That stupid wiener.

As someone here said recently, the only people who worry about cap space are fans.
- buffalofan19

That was meeeeeeeee

That stupid wiener.
- jochfr

Brendan Lemieux
@blemieux22
Replying to
@FriedgeHNIC
i liked your first tweet better

They bent the cap during the season - that's a big difference. Putting Kucherov on LTIR a couple of years ago allowed them to get a rental. That has nothing to do with the bigger picture and how they've slotted their contracts.
- Slump Buster

Sure it does. They shouldnt have had cap space to do that. As I said, good teams dont worry about the cap, they make it work. Tampa is a GREAT example of that.

As peeps sit here worrying about players we need to resign 2, 3, and 4 years out. Silliness.

Brendan Lemieux
@blemieux22
Replying to
@FriedgeHNIC
i liked your first tweet better
- Stripes77

So the Ben Bishop move was, in fact, an indicator, of the next to nothing that was going to happen today.
- buffalofan19

That's how it was for most teams so far. A couple of nice moves, a bunch of rearranging deck chairs, and a lot of bad moves.

So the Ben Bishop move was, in fact, an indicator, of the next to nothing that was going to happen today.
- buffalofan19

We were told not to expect much

Sure it does. They shouldnt have had cap space to do that. As I said, good teams dont worry about the cap, they make it work. Tampa is a GREAT example of that.

As peeps sit here worrying about players we need to resign 2, 3, and 4 years out. Silliness.
- Mentalorgasm5

Of course they bent the rules in season in order to make a trade. They are not in any way, shape or form an example of "worry about the cap later". They are the ultimate example of draft, develop, don't sign foolish contracts. They've had these guys slotted years in advance.

- jochfr

Those signings don't kick in till 23-24, they'll have 13 guys signed to $79 million

That was meeeeeeeee
- ImThatGuy

Tampa actually has done the opposite

They have set up their core for the long term, most of which were drafted by the team (minus the stupid Drouin trade by Montreal)

Lemieux as a toughness depth player would have been nice at 1.3