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The Tampa Bay Lightning helped their cap situation with a trade late Sunday night. The deal sent Braydon Coburn, Cedric Paquette, and a 2022 second round pick to the Ottawa Senators for Marian Gaborik and Anders Nilsson. Gaborik and Nilsson are both injured and will not play during the 2020-21 season. The Lightning have already announced that both will be placed on Long Term Injured Reserve.

When I first read the news and started analyzing the situation, I thought this was going to work and be the end of the Lightning’s moves before the season starts.