Tampa Bay Lightning Julien BriseBois had to make some moves this summer to get the Lightning salary cap compliant for the 2021-22 season. The two biggest moves involved letting Yanni Gourde go in the expansion draft to the Seattle Kraken and trading Tyler Johnson to the Chicago Blackhawks. They also moved Mitchell Stephens to the Detroit Red Wings, but that was more due to running out of roster spots after signing Pierre-Edouard Bellemare and Corey Perry to fill out the fourth line than the salary cap. BriseBois also signed RFAs Alex Barre-Boulet, Taylor Raddysh, and Boris Katchouk to potentially team friendly three-year contracts for the league minimum.
Where a steadily rising salary cap puts the Tampa Bay Lightning
