Sharks Acquire Namestnikov from Lightning
The the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for forward Michael Eyssimont. Tampa Bay will retain 50 percent of Namestnikov’s contract, bringing his cap hit down to $ million. This move gives Tampa the cap space to make another before the March 3 NHL Trade Deadline. Yet, the Lightning still wanted to bring him in as a depth forward to help with their salary cap situation. Overall, this is an extremely smart move for the Lightning, they dumped cap space, which will allow them to be active on deadline day for an additional depth forward....
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