Chris Johnston: The Tampa Bay Lightning traded forward Mitchell Stephens to the Detroit Red Wings for a 2022 sixth-round pick.
Joe Smith: “GM Julien BriseBois had to walk the tightrope with the cap, said every transaction would be “dollar in, dollar out.” Mitchell Stephens dealt to Detroit for a sixth rounder is part of that. Still need to sign RFAs Colton, Raddysh, Katchouk.”
Cap Friendly: “After trading Mitchell Stephens to Detroit, the #Lightning now have a projected cap hit of $87,240,955 and $1,134,045 in projected off-season LTI cap space.