The Tampa Bay Lightning struck a deal with restricted free agent Tanner Jeannot for two-years at $2,665,000 per year. It saves the two sides from officially going to arbitration and all but solidifies the roster for 2023-24, with roughly $1.4 million in cap space left (assuming they send Philippe Myers down to Syracuse) to sign one more forward, if they so choose.
But given his lack of production last season, with both Tampa and Nashville, spending over $2.6 million on a guy that had 18 points last season seems a tad high.
That doesn’t mean Jeannot has impossible expectations in front of him to live up to that contract.