A look at how the Tampa Bay Lightning organizational roster is shaping up for this summer and next season.
NHL/AHL/ECHL Signed (50-contract limit):
1. Vincent Lecavalier C
2. Steven Stamkos C
3. Nate Thompson C
4. Tyler Johnson C
5. Vlad Namestnikov C
6. Tanner Richard C
7. Cedric Paquette C
8. Martin St. Louis W
9. Teddy Purcell W
10. Alex Killorn W
11. Ryan Malone W
12. Brett Connolly W
13. Tom Pyatt W
14. BJ Crombeen W
15. Dana Tyrell W
16. Richard Panik W
17. Ondrej Palat W
18. J.T. Brown W (RFA)
19. Philippe Paradis W
20. Danick Gauthier W
21. Nikita Kucherov W
22. Victor Hedman D
23. Matt Carle D
24. Eric Brewer D
25. Sami Salo D
26. Radko Gudas D
27. Keith Aulie D (RFA)
28. Mark Barberio D (RFA)
29. Brian Lee D
30. Dmitri Korobov D
31. Andrej Sustr D
32. Luke Witkowski D
33. Artem Sergeev D
34. Nikita Nesterov D
35. Charles Landry D
36. Dan Milan D
37. Ben Bishop G
38. Anders Lindback G
39. Riku Helenius G
Probables:
1. Andrey Vasilevskiy G (has expressed strong interest in coming to North America)
2. GOALIE-5 (via drafting an overage prospect?)
3. Nate MacKinnon/Jonathan Drouin if chosen at No. 3 overall in 2013 draft
Possibles:
1. Benoit Pouliot W (RFA)
2. Matt Taormina D (RFA)
3. Nikita Gusev W (currently in Russia; possible signing for SYR)
4. P-M Devos C (on Syracuse contract)
5. Dan Sexton W (RFA)
UFA (I did not take a guess on any of these):
1. Mike Angelidis C (possible re-signing for SYR)
2. PC Labrie W (probable re-signing for TB)
3. JF Jacques W
4. JT Wyman C (possible re-signing for SYR)
5. Mathieu Garon G
6. Cedrick Desjardins G
RFA (possibly gone):
1. Alex Hutchings W
2. Brendan Mikkelson D
3. Evan Oberg D
4. Pat Nagle G
Signed, but likely not part of 50:
1. Slater Koekkoek D (back to juniors)
2. Mattias Ohlund D (retire/longterm injury)
2013 Draft Picks:
1 - Tampa Bay
2 - Tampa Bay
(3 - To Nashville for Lindback)
(4 - Philadelphia [Kubina], traded to Ottawa in Bishop deal)
(4 - To St. Louis for Crombeen)
5 - Tampa Bay
6 - Tampa Bay
7 - Tampa Bay
7 - Carolina (MA Bergeron)
Player Rights Held (unsigned):
Centers
Wingers
Jimmy Mullin (Miami, NCAA) (expected to return to Miami for junior season)
Matt Peca (Quinnipiac, NCAA) (expected to return to QU for junior season)
Brian Hart (Harvard, NCAA) (expected to return to Harvard for sophomore season)
Nikita Gusev (Khabarovsk, KHL) (possible addition to SYR)
Brendan O'Donnell (North Dakota, NCAA) (expected to return to ND for junior season)
Denis Kazionov (Cherepovets, KHL) (expected to stay in KHL)
Johan Harju (Brynas, SEL) (expected to stay in SEL)
Martins Karsums (Riga, KHL) (expected to stay in KHL)
Defense
Dylan Blujus (North Bay, OHL) (will return to OHL)
Jake Dotchin (Barrie, OHL) (will return to OHL)
Goaltenders
Jaroslav Janus (Bratislava, KHL) (RFA - in negotiations to return to TB/SYR next year)
Andrey Vasilevskiy (Ufa, Russia-Jr) (probable addition to SYR; wants to come over. CHL rights owned by OHL Mississauga)
Adam Wilcox (Minnesota, NCAA) (expected to return to UM for sophomore season)
Vasily Koshechkin (Cherepovets, KHL) (expected to stay in KHL)