According to a person with direct knowledge of the moves, the Lightning placed Matt Carle and the Bruins placed Dennis Seidenberg on buyout waivers. The person also said Predators forward Eric Nystrom cleared buyout waivers. The Carolina Hurricanes also announced they bought out the final season of defenseman James Wisniewski's contract, saving $3 million. The Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins are cutting ties with expensive defensemen to save some salary-cap space for next season. The buyout saves the Lightning $3.67 million in cap space for the next two seasons.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 30, 2016 20:15 UTC