Many observers are wondering if Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Julien BriseBois paid too much to take over forward Tanner Jeannot from the Nashville Predators Sunday night.
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The Florida team paid dearly to get their hands on a player who has 62 points in 152 lifetime games in the National League and just 14 in 56 games this season. She gave up defenseman Cal Foote as well as a protected first-round pick in 2025, a second-round pick in 2024, and third-, fourth-, and fifth-round picks in 2023.
Consequently, the flash will be silent until the sixth round of the next draft unless additional trades are made by then. For 2023, 2024 and 2025 he will not be able to speak in the first round unless he requests the right to speak from another organization. On March 18, 2022, he traded with the Chicago Blackhawks for the services of Brandon Hagel, sending his rivals a protected first-round pick for the next two amateur auctions.
BriseBois is used to passing on his first-round picks, he did so in April 2021 to bring Columbus Blue Jackets’ David Savard back into his fold. Of course he hopes that Jeannot will get his money’s worth for him. The 25-year-old hockey player had a successful 2021-22 with 24 goals and 130 penalty minutes. The winger, who is qualified for free agency with compensation next summer, is penning a two-year, $1.6 million deal.