1:57PM: Shattenkirk said that he was “pretty pissed off” about being bought out by the Rangers and that he has a big chip on his shoulder to prove he is back to the player he used to be. (AP)
9:52AM: The Lightning have announced that Kevin Shattenkirk has signed a one-year deal worth $1.75 million.
Shattenkirk re-joins former Rangers captain Ryan McDonagh with Tampa.
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Shattenkirk was nearly traded to Tampa Bay from St. Louis in 2017 but the deal fell apart when Shattenkirk was unwilling to commit to a seven-year, $42 million dollar extension with the Lightning. (STLToday)
It’s believed that Tampa Bay would have sent Jonathan Drouin to St. Louis for Shattenkirk.
He was ultimately traded to Washington as a rental before signing with the Rangers that summer.
Drouin was eventually traded to Montreal for right shot defenseman Mikhail Sergachev.
Adam Rotter: It is not surprising to see Shattenkirk end up in Tampa. He was going to go to a contending team and Tampa, along with possibly Nashville, fit that. He can play the third-pair and second PP role with Tampa Bay that he could have had with the Rangers but at a cap hit that befits that role.