The Tampa Bay Lightning today announced a one-year contract for defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk. The deal will pay him $1.75 million. Shattenkirk was scheduled to make $6.6 million with a $6.65 million cap hit this season for the New York Rangers, but was bought out due to a salary crunch after they made some trades and had a couple of players go to salary arbitration. Shattenkirk will be making $1.433 million per season for the next four seasons due to the buy out, plus a $2 million signing bonus next summer that will all be paid for by the Rangers.
Tampa Bay Lightning sign defender Kevin Shattenkirk to one-year contract
