Tampa Bay Lightning Summer Transaction Guide

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It has been a busy summer for GM Steve Yzerman and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Here’s a quick guide to all the Bolts transactions of late.

TRADED

JUNE 15: Montreal Canadiens acquire Jonathan Drouin and a conditional sixth-round pick in 2018 draft in a trade with the Tampa Bay Lightning for defenseman prospect Mikhail Sergachev and a conditional second-round pick in the 2018 draft | Drouin traded to Canadiens by Lightning for Sergachev

Tampa Bay Lightning Summer Transaction Guide
Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Mikhail Sergachev is ready to make the jump to the NHL. (Photo by Christine Gunn/LightninghShout Images) 

JUNE 21: Vegas Golden Knights acquire forward Nikita Gusev, a 2017 second-round pick and a 2018 fourth-round pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning for future considerations.

JULY 1: Tampa Bay Lightning acquire forward Carter Verhaeghe from the New York Islanders for the rights to goaltender Kristers GudlevskisLightning acquire forward Carter Verhaeghe from Islanders

SIGNED

Tampa Bay Lightning Summer Transaction Guide
OTTAWA, ON – MAY 19: Chris Kunitz #14 of the Pittsburgh Penguins prepares for a faceoff against the Ottawa Senators in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Final during the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canadian Tire Centre on May 19, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (Photo by Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography/Getty Images) 

Forward Taylor Raddysh signed a three-year contract.

Goalie Peter Budaj signed a two-year contract.

Defenseman Andrej Sustr signed a one-year contract.

Forward Yanni Gourde signed a two-year contract.

Forward Cory Conacher signed a two-year contract.

Forward Gabriel Dumont signed a two-year contract.

Forward Matthew Peca signed a one-year contract.

Defenseman Dan Girardi signed a two-year contract.

Goaltender Michael Leighton signed a one-year contract.

Forward Chris Kunitz signed a one-year contract.

Forward Alex Gallant signed a one-year contract.

Defenseman Mat Bodie signed a one-year contract.

Forward Alex Volkov signed a three-year contract.

Defenseman Oleg Sosunov signed a three-year contract.

Defenseman Jamie McBain signed a one-year contract.

Defenseman Slater Koekkoek signed a one-year contract.

Defenseman Jake Dotchin signed a two-year contract.

Forward Tyler Johnson signed a seven-year contract.

Forward Ondrej Palat signed a five-year contract.

Forward Michael Bournival signed a one-year contract.

FREE AGENTS

Tampa Bay Lightning Summer Transaction Guide
Free agent forward Tye McGinn is still talking with the Bolts.. (Photo by Christine Gunn/LightninghShout Images) 

Tye McGinn, Tanner RichardJaroslav Janus, Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeblondStefan FournierMike Halmo, Joel Vermin, Dylan Blujus, Henri Ikonen and Jonathan Racine.

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