We’ve been waiting all Fall for the salary cap shoe to drop on the Tampa Bay Lightning so they can become compliant for the 2021 NHL season. That answer has come in two parts and now we finally have a reasonable projection of what the roster and taxi squad are going to look like, and who the Syracuse Crunch are going to have.
I’ve done the math and put together a roster that should be very close to what the Lightning are going to run this season. Lineup changes and depth roles notwithstanding. Let’s go through the steps I took to get there, starting with how much money there is to spend.