With a flurry of activity happening around them on Wednesday, the Tampa Bay Lightning made their first move of the trade deadline. Julien BriseBois was able to acquire a fourth-round pick to help make the salary numbers work in a larger trade between Anaheim and Edmonton. Anaheim sent forward Adam Henrique to Tampa for unsigned prospect Ty Taylor while retaining 50% of Henrique’s $5.825 million salary.
Henrique’s tenure in Tampa didn’t last too long as Tampa Bay then traded the 34-year-old pending unrestricted free agent to the Oilers for a 2026 fourth-round pick that becomes a 2025 fourth-round pick if Edmonton doesn’t win the 2024 Stanley Cup (they won’t).