We now have a commerce to announce the day earlier than the Convention Finals start within the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Tampa Bay Lightning are re-acquiring defenseman Ryan McDonagh from the Nashville Predators.

?️MAC IS BACK

Particulars ? https://t.co/zDDVRd71Wt pic.twitter.com/Lr8w00kq2H

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) May 21, 2024

The Lightning are getting McDonagh and a 2024 fourth-round choose in trade for a 2025 second-round choose and a 2024 seventh-round choose.

Commerce particulars:

To Tampa: D Ryan McDonagh, 2024 4th RD choose
To Nashville: 2025 2nd RD choose, 2024 seventh RD choose https://t.co/INMeQyPKNK

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) May 21, 2024

The Tampa Bay Lightning have been going to be a staff to look at this summer season due to free-agent Steven Stamkos. Stamkos is due a brand new contract. As well as, defenseman Victor Hedman is due a brand new contract extension.

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The acquisition of McDonagh makes the summer season much more fascinating, particularly surrounding the Lightning. The Predators usually are not retaining cash on McDonagh’s $6.75 million wage cap hit. There are two years left on his deal.

Nonetheless, the Predators have a wage cap hit of $5.55 million this season and $6.55 million subsequent two seasons for the Matt Duchene buyout.

Sorry Duchene buyout cap cost subsequent season is $5.55M. It goes to $6.55M the yr after that. However the level is, the Preds must account for that. https://t.co/5QrX5LWyHp

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 21, 2024

The Lightning now have slightly over $5 million in cap area, and Stamkos wants a brand new deal. There isn’t any rush within the eyes of Lightning GM Julien BriseBois to signal Hedman. Stamkos is the precedence.

Tampa Bay now has just a bit over $5M for subsequent season.

Both Tampa goes to be actual busy this offseason, or free company simply received a complete lot extra fascinating.

— Marco D’Amico (@mndamico) May 21, 2024

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The Predators have finished a wonderful job with these trades.

Marco D’Amico: The Nashville Predators paid the worth of Philippe Myers, Grant Mishmash, and a 4th-round choose to lease Ryan McDonaugh. They then received a 2nd + a seventh for his or her hassle.

Predators GM Barry Trotz: “This commerce provides to our already deep corps of draft picks over the subsequent two NHL Drafts and permits us to proceed to make tweaks and enhancements to our staff throughout the offseason. We need to make selections that assist us construct on the success we had within the 2023-24 season by giving us as many weapons as we are able to get, whether or not it’s youthful gamers on our roster, extra impactful draft decisions or wage cap flexibility.”

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The Predators are shedding about $7 million in wage for the subsequent two years for a participant who will flip 35 and has a historical past of accidents.

The Lightning wished so as to add a top-4 D this summer season. Going the UFA route doubtless would have meant extra time period than Tampa wished to go to. So 2 years left on McDonagh deal made sense for the Bolts and clearly they know the participant nicely. Can be a well-liked transfer in Bolts dressing room.

— Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) May 21, 2024

Nonetheless, McDonagh did it for the Predators throughout the 23-24 season. He was additionally a vital member of the Stanley Cup Championship groups in 2020 and 2021.

Wow. Didn’t anticipate that. Ryan McDonagh performed nice 2023-24 season with Nashville to be sincere. https://t.co/L0W1zH1EmN pic.twitter.com/r0wfwS7AJS

— Andy & Rono (@ARHockeyStats) May 21, 2024

All eyes will probably be on what the Lightning and Predators do subsequent this offseason.

Even with the Stanley Cup Playoffs nonetheless occurring, the low season has begun for the remainder of the league.