The Tampa Bay Lightning announced the signing of Mats Sundin today to a 3-year deal worth 8.6M per year as well as an astonishing 12.9M in signing bonus. The Lightning want to compete again this year and felt they had to add a big name like Mats to be the favourites in the East. As of now the forward lins for the Lightning look something like this:
The Lightning now have unbelievable depth at their forward lines and may be looking to deal one of their Top 9 forwards for help on defense which would allow to move defensive forward Steve Begin to the 3rd line to stop the opposing team's top line.
