We all knew that change was coming for the Tampa Bay Lightning. With Alex Killorn and Corey Perry getting free-agent deals that they couldn’t refuse, along with Ross Colton becoming too expensive for Tampa to keep, the Bolts were going to have roster turnover.
Tampa was never going to have the salary cap space to go out and make a huge splash, but they still had to restock the roster with somebody.
So we here at Bolts by the Bay are going to grade out the five players Tampa has currently signed for the 2023-24 season, factoring in contract and their expected role with the team.