The price for Goodrow, however, was probably a little more eye-opening because you don’t usually see teams trade a first-round pick for a 27-year-old forward with a career high of 27 points. So it’s not a shock he carried a steep price in trade. Add in his defensive ability and cap-friendly contract ($1.8 million salary cap hit this season and next season) and he carries a ton of value. When the dust settled they sent what amounted to three first-round picks for the two forwards, neither of which would be what anyone considers to be a top-line player.Ĭoleman was the most notable of the two given his status as a 20-goal scorer in each of the past two seasons. It all started on February 16 when they sent a first-round draft pick (previously acquired from Vancouver for J.T Miller) and 2019 first-round pick Nolan Foote to the New Jersey Devils for Coleman.Ī week later they sent their own 2020 first-round pick, as well as Anthony Greco (who had just been acquired a couple of days earlier) to the San Jose Sharks for Barclay Goodrow and a 2020 third-round pick. It is one of the biggest reasons they are three wins away from a championship. Some of those tweaks started in the offseason when they signed Kevin Shattenkirk and Patrick Maroon to cheap, one-year contracts to add some depth.īut those were nothing compared to the two trade deadline moves (Blake Coleman and Barclay Goodrow) that helped Tampa Bay build not only one of its most effective lines this postseason, but one of the most effective lines in the entire NHL. General manager Julian Brisebois and his staff were all smart enough to realize that. It is a team that is - and has been - loaded with All-Star talent at every level of the roster.

It also would have been completely reckless, because that is not at all what the Lightning needed.Įven with their late-round collapses (and one early round collapse) this has still been one of the league’s most successful franchises for six seasons.

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