With the salary cap going up to $83M for next season, the Lightning would have roughly $11.75M for next season. In the Lightning exit interviews, Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois said “The reality is that there were going to be changes in the offseason anyway because of our cap situation. There will be some changes.” What does this mean? I’ll take a deep dive into that.
Upcoming unrestricted free agent forwards: None
Surprisingly enough, the Lightning have 0 unrestricted free agent forwards, which gives BriseBois a ton of room to work with. But there is something I can put here.