The seasons of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Nashville Predators both ended prematurely in the opening round. As we approach the off-season, both teams are focusing on enhancing their respective organizations. The organization completed a trade today that sent Ryan McDonagh back to the Tampa Bay Lightning after just two years in Nashville, giving them a head start on that.
McDonagh returns to Tampa Bay, where he was sent as a cap dump just two seasons prior, as part of the deal that was revealed this morning. Just seconds ago, the Nashville Predators announced the deal's specifics on their official X account.
McDonagh participated in 74 games this season, tallying 29 assists in addition to 3 goals. He got 31 penalty minutes and was +19. In addition, McDonagh participated in six playoff games, logging six penalty minutes and one assist.
