NHL free agency opens July 1st at noon EST, and the Tampa Bay Lightning will have some shopping to do to round out their roster.
Here are the key items you need to know on the team’s situation heading into free agency:
Salary cap and roster spots
According to CapFriendly, the Lightning currently have $7,325,000 in salary cap room, with 17 players on next season’s roster. If we assume Phil Myers is waived and assigned to the Syracuse Crunch — like he was for most of last season — then that changes to $8,475,000 in cap room with 16 players signed.