Atlantic Division: Tampa Bay Lightning Season Primer
Steven Stamkos of the Tampa Bay Lightning

A quick look at the Tampa Bay Lightning heading into the season.

Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly

Projected Cap Hit: $71,955,835
Projected Cap Space: $1,044,165
Projected LTIR Used : $0
Current Cap Space: $1,044,165
Deadline Cap Space : $4,698,743
Today’s Cap Hit : $71,955,835
Roster Size: 22/23
Contract: 48/50

Offseason Moves – In/Out source Sports Forecaster

In
Cory Conacher, LW/RW – FA – Europe
Mike Halmo, RW/LW – FA – NYI
Jeremy Morin, RW/LW – FA – SJ
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond, RW/LW – FA – NJ
Gabriel Dumont, C/RW – FA – Mtl
Michael Bournival, LW – FA – Mtl

Out
Mike Angelidis, LW – FA – Minors
Matthew Carle, D – FA – Nas
Mike Blunden, RW – FA – Ott
Jonathan Marchessault, RW/LW – FA – Fla
Anthony DeAngelo, D – T – Ari
Jeff Tambellini, LW/RW – FA – Europe

Depth Chart

Forwards
Ondrej Palat – Steven Stamkos – Jonathan Drouin
Alex Killorn – Tyler Johnson – Nikita Kucherov
Vladislav Namestnikov – Valtteri Filppula – Ryan Callahan*
Cedric Paquette – Brian Boyle – J.T. Brown
Cory Conacher – Brayden Point – Erik Condra

Defense
Victor Hedman – Anton Stralman
Jason Garrison – Andrej Sustr
Nikita Nesterov – Braydon Coburn
Slater Koekkoek – Dylan Blujus

Goalies
Ben Bishop
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Kristers Gudlevskis
Adam Wilcox

2017 Draft Picks

1st – Tampa Bay
2nd – Tampa Bay
3rd – Tampa Bay
4th – Tampa Bay
5th – Tampa Bay
6th – Tampa Bay
7th – Tampa Bay

2017 Free Agents

Unrestricted –  Ben Bishop, Brian Boyle, Cory Conacher, Luke Witkowski, Matt Taormina, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond

Restricted –  Adam Wilcox, Andrej Sustr, Dylan Blujus, Gabriel Dumont, Henri Ikonen, Jake Dotchin, Jeremy Morin, Joel Vermin, Jonathan Drouin, Kristers Gudlevskis, Matthew Peca, Michael Bournival, Mike Halmo, Ondrej Palat, Slater Koekkoek, Tanner Richard, Tye McGinn, Tyler Johnson, Yanni Gourde