In those frantic minutes after the Ryan McDonagh trade last week there was rampant speculation that newly acquired defenseman Philippe Myers would be bought out. Since then, Lightning management has indicated that they plan to keep the big fella and work him into the rotation. If their minds have changed again, we’ll know by this afternoon.
The buyout window closes Tuesday at 5:00 PM EST and any player that is being bought out, has to clear waivers first. Since players are on the waiver wire for 24 hours, well, you can do the math. If the Lightning do keep Myers there really aren’t any other candidates on the roster that free up enough cap to be worth it.