#STANLEY CUP TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING ROSTER FREE#
While Rutta has been a useful player for this Lightning squad, this just seems like an instance where the club’s funds could be better used elsewhere. 9:00 PM After the NHL Draft, free agency and other offseason moves, NHL.com is examining where each team stands in preparation for the 2023-24 regular season, which starts Oct. The Tampa Bay Lightning traded three-time Cup winner Pat Maroon to the Wild on Sunday night in a move that cleared salary cap space, while also shipping forward Max Cajkovic to Minnesota in.
While Rutta has two Stanley Cup victories under his belt, he has been used as more of a depth option throughout his tenure with the Lightning and was used fairly infrequently last year, appearing in just 39 games and averaging just over 14 minutes on-ice per game. Ten were selected by Tampa Bay in the NHL Draft, seven were acquired via trade and four were signed in free agency.
With the news of Paul’s huge seven-year extension breaking yesterday, this move signals the end of Rutta’s days with the Lightning. One of just a handful of players on this current squad that will become a UFA (unrestricted free agent), Rutta was in a position where it’d be either him or winger Nick Paul who received a contract extension this offseason. Jan Rutta, the 31-year-old native of Czechoslovakia has spent the last four seasons as a member of the Lightning but will likely have the 2022 loss in the Cup Final as his last hoorah in Tampa. Tampa Bay Lightning: 3 players who won’t be returning next season The Lightning do not have an extensive list of players set to become unrestricted free agents in the coming days, so the club is going to look pretty similar in the 2022-2023 season, although there will be a few faces likely not returning in the upcoming campaign. The Tampa Bay Lightning, arguably the best team in the NHL not named the Colorado Avalanche, entered this past season as back-to-back champions looking to become the first team since the Islanders in 80-83 (and fifth team ever) to win three straight Stanley Cups.Īt the hands of the Avalanche, Tampa finally found their match and ultimately were knocked off of their throne and lost in the Stanley Cup Final in six games. These three players for the Eastern Conference Champion Tampa Bay Lightning won’t be back next season. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
The Avalanche defeated the Lightning 2-1. TAMPA, FLORIDA – JUNE 26: Jan Rutta #44 of the Tampa Bay Lightning skates with the puck in Game Six of the 2022 NHL Stanley Cup Final at Amalie Arena on Jin Tampa, Florida.
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