When the league announced that there was an agreement to start the season we expected a flurry of news over the next few days, even with the normal holiday lull looming. The holiday roster freeze that prevents teams from making anything other than emergency transactions is reportedly not in effect this year so trades, waivers, and the like can take place. With the Tampa Bay Lightning needing to shed some salary, that was welcome news. All of that was quickly upended when Elliotte Friedman dropped some rather unwelcome news:
TB's cap issues may be solved by LTIR.