Lightning Round: Tampa trades some depth

Photo by Scott Audette/NHLI via Getty ImagesAfter months of speculation as to who would have to be moved in order for the Tampa Bay Lightning to become cap compliant we finally found out on Sunday. The answer, at least for now, is defenseman Braydon Coburn and center Cedric Paquette. Both were sent to Ottawa for injured players Marian Gaborik and Anders Nilsson. The Lightning also paid the Senators a 2022 second round pick as a sweetener. That’s better than an actual prospect, I guess.

The deal puts the Lightning right at the cap limit (more on that later today) while boosting the total salaries on LTIR to just under $17 million. It’s a nice stop gap solution by Julien BriseBois to get under…