Confirmed with Link: [TBL/MIN] Lightning trade Pat Maroon (20% Retained) and Maxim Cajkovic to Minnesota for a 2024 7th Round Pick

[Point21]

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[ccman68]

nice to get faster. idk why we needed to retain but i guess it doesn’t matter much

 

[More 2004]

Now sign Tarasenko and call it an off-season.

And see yah Florida man...

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Trying to create some cap space?

Thanks for everything Patty! You’re a legend, Big Rig

 

[Felonious Python]

Trying to create some cap space?

Thanks for everything Patty! You’re a legend Big Rig

Moving Cajkovic also opens up a contract spot.

 

[Todd1a]

What the heck I hope we are signing someone!

8 players left from the 2021 cup team this is a joke

 

[Lightning1995]

It’s to pay for Jeannot probably, the gift that keeps on giving. Wow did JBB a get rocked!

 

[These Are The Days]

Say it ain't so. I'm gonna miss the shit out of you Big Rig

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Whoa what the hell...I didn't see this coming. I'll miss you big rig

 

[bov]

This one kind of stings a bit. All the best in Minny Big Rig.

 

[ccman68]

this has nothing to do with the cap. it doesn’t really open any cap space since his roster spot is gonna be taken by someone making around the same amount of money.

he is just too old and slow for us to keep around and jbb realized that cooper was never gonna bench him so he needed to be traded

 

[CupsOverCash]

Gonna miss big rig. Sucks to lose some guys.

 

[DaBolts]

The Florida Man era is over. Thanks for the 2 Cups Big Rig, you will be missed.

 

[MattM92]

Really sad to see Big Rig go. JBB has to have something in the works here, you don't just trade a good depth guy and fantastic locker room guy (and retain salary) just for a 7th round pick.

Tatar incoming? Tarasenko?

 

[DaBolts]

Really sad to see Big Rig go. JBB has to have something in the works here, you don't just trade a good depth guy and fantastic locker room guy (and retain salary) just for a 7th round pick.

Tatar incoming? Tarasenko?

Tarasenko, please.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

The loss of Killer, Perry, Maroon and you could even count McDonagh from the year before creates holes in your leadership group. They’ll miss some of those voices.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Really sad to see Big Rig go. JBB has to have something in the works here, you don't just trade a good depth guy and fantastic locker room guy (and retain salary) just for a 7th round pick.

Tatar incoming? Tarasenko?

Yeah there was no reason to trade him. You have to expect something is coming

 

[Stammertime91]

Wow. Kind of feels like the locker room changes a bit with this one. He was a veteran presence that at least provided the policing on the team whenever, even if he wasn't a great fighter. Gonna miss the heck out of him. Too slow and the game gets faster but I hope JBB has something good up his sleeve cause this one stings. Culture guy and definitely left a great mark in our organization in a brief time. All the best big rig.

Also, entire 4th line is going to be new. Big identity change here. Risky.

 

[These Are The Days]

Really sad to see Big Rig go. JBB has to have something in the works here, you don't just trade a good depth guy and fantastic locker room guy (and retain salary) just for a 7th round pick.

Tatar incoming? Tarasenko?

That's my guess. At this point it's less about replacing Killorn as much as it becomes a different look. We went through the exact same thing by 2016. Everyone figured out TKO, Stamkos Callahan, Killer and Filppula and it wasn't until we added Gourde, Cirelli, Point and Sergachev that we morphed into the animal that won us championships.

If Jeannot returns to form this is gonna be a bitch of a team to beat. And if we signed a guy like Tank we should be betting favorites for the title

Wow. Kind of feels like the locker room changes a bit with this one. He was a veteran presence that at least provided the policing on the team whenever, even if he wasn't a great fighter. Gonna miss the heck out of him. Too slow and the game gets faster but I hope JBB has something good up his sleeve cause this one stings. Culture guy and definitely left a great mark in our organization in a brief time. All the best big rig.

Also, entire 4th line is going to be new. Big identity change here. Risky.

We got culture for days

 

[Rschmitz]

Maroon had a M-NTC, I'm guessing he was willing to go to Minnesota because he is from the mid-west

Max Cajkovic was a swing for the fences pick that missed

I think they would have similar cap savings if they sent him to Syracuse, so they did the honorable thing and sent him to a team that will keep him up.

 

[Felonious Python]

Really sad to see Big Rig go. JBB has to have something in the works here, you don't just trade a good depth guy and fantastic locker room guy (and retain salary) just for a 7th round pick.

Tatar incoming? Tarasenko?

Tatar isn't a playoff player.

 

[Sky04]

Faster doesn't mean anything if they're ineffective, our 4th line has been excellent in every single run. JBB definitely taking a a gamble here because there's not much he can do to help the top6.

 

[MattM92]

Faster doesn't mean anything if they're ineffective, our 4th line has been excellent in every single run. JBB definitely taking a a gamble here because there's not much he can do to help the top6.

They have been very good, but how long do we keep running a 35+ year old 4th line? We all knew it was time to re-tool the roster. Probably should have been done after the loss to Colorado, but we were riding the high of 3 deep runs.

 

[The Gongshow]

Don't like the move. We've lost even mkre grit and leadership. I get he's slow, but he hasn't really hurt us on the 4th line, not affraid to step up for the boys too. Jeannot is our only fighter now as well.

Interesting choice

 

[Point21]