Last night, the Tampa Bay Lightning finally made a move to clear salary cap space by moving forward Tyler Johnson and a 2023 second-round draft pick to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Brent Seabrook. It was long speculated that the Lightning would need to give up a pretty big asset to move Johnson and they did so by moving a second-round pick. It gives them valuable cap relief though, shedding his $5 million cap hit over the next three seasons.
As part of getting Johnson’s contract off the books, the Lightning had to take on Chicago defenseman Brent Seabrook.