Acquiring Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow at the 2020 NHL trade deadline helped the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup. “We have zero dollars of cap space to acquire a player between now and the trade deadline,” general manager Julien BriseBois said. That’s the obstacle.”That obstacle isn’t unique to the defending champions going into a trade deadline like none other in league history. Eighteen of 31 teams have $1 million or less of salary cap space and the cap ceiling won’t go up a penny next season, so things are tighter than ever. And that’s if teams can agree to a trade with so little cap room.

Source: thestar April 04, 2021 18:11 UTC