McDonagh was a driving force for the Lightning en-route to winning back-to-back Stanley Cups and losing in 6 games to the Colorado Avalanche, almost winning 3 straight.
Unfortuantely for the Lightning and McDonagh, the salary cap forced him out of Tampa Bay. When the Bolts traded him to Nashville on Sunday, many wondered why McDonagh would accept the deal when he had a full no-trade-clause.
The Nashville Predators have some pretty good players, they made the playoffs this past season but didn't win a single game in their first round series. The Predators have some work to do this offseason, especially signing 40 goal scorer Filip Forsberg to a deal, which as we get closer to free agency, fans are getting more and more worried that he may walk. But again, this begs the question, why did McDonagh waive his NTC to go to this team?
Yesterday, Nick Kypreos provided some insight into how the situation went down, he took the time to reveal how ruthless the flat cap has made teams now.
Kypreos explains why & how McD accepted a trade to Nashville. #NHL Its shocking. Give this a listen. pic.twitter.com/AECwER8JtV� David 🔹 (@DaveyUpper) July 4, 2022
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5 JUILLET | 348 ANSWERS NHL Insider says the Tampa Bay Lightning were forcing McDonagh to waive his no-trade-clause Was this the right move by the Bolts? | ||
yes | 193 | 55.5 % |
no | 155 | 44.5 % |
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