Prior to Saturday’s roster freeze, there were a flurry of moves around the NHL as teams shuffled their rosters prior to submitting their final expansion protection lists to the NHL offices. The Tampa Bay Lightning made two deals, first signing Fredrik Claesson to a one-year, two-way deal, then trading pending unrestricted free agent Barclay Goodrow to the New York Rangers for a 2022 seventh-round pick.
Claesson was a pending unrestricted fee agent as well, and his signing keeps a little depth to the organization on the left side of the defense. He was acquired at last year’s trade deadline from San Jose in exchange for Magnus Chrona and then appeared in two regular season games for the Lightning.