Joe Smith of The Athletic: (mailbag) Teams like the Minnesota Wild and Buffalo Sabres would be interested in restricted free agent center Anthony Cirelli IF the Tampa Bay Lightning had to trade one of their RFAs. Mikhail Sergachev would also get a lot of interest. They would at least get a really good prospect, one or more high draft picks and an NHL-ready player.
Lightning GM Julien BriseBois will do all he can to extend Cirelli.
The Lightning had previous interest in defenseman Matt Dumba but it’s hard to see how they could fit his salary in.