Tampa Bay's salvo came hours after Florida remained active before the 3 p.m. EST deadline Friday, acquiring goaltender Vitek Vanecek from the San Jose Sharks for 25-year-old forward Patrick Giles.
The Arms Race is soooo on! Following the Panthers grabbing Seth Jones and beating the Lightning Monday Night, It was all too clear that we were watching two of the best teams in the NHL down in Florida… Well today, Tampa responded….grabbing Oliver Bjorkstrand and former Lightning Yanni Gourde from Seattle…. Toronto now has to respond….they are looking at Brock Nelson and Scott Laughton….as well as Seattle defenseman Oleksiak….
The Lightning and Panthers GMs never complain about salary cap constraints. They don't worry about how difficult it seems to be to make trades in the NHL. They just make them, says Ken Campbell.
Tampa Bay sends two first-round picks to Seattle in a deal that focuses on making Tampa Bay tougher to play against down the stretch.