Alex Killorn may find himself on the way out of Tampa Bay

With the Tampa Bay Lightning facing a serious cap crunch ahead of the 2020-21 season, they may be forced to move one of their main roster players.

The salary cap is set at $81.5 million for the 2020-21 season, and with Tampa Bay sitting at $83.4 million, they'll have to off-load $1.9 million. The Lightning also have the least amount of players under contract in the entire NHL, with 39 of a maximum 50 players sign. They also have restricted free agents Anthony Cirelli, and Erik Cernak to sign.

With all these cap issues, it makes people within the industry think that one of the possible players the Lightning could move is Alex Killorn. Killorn is under contract until the end of the 2022-23 season, and is set to make $4.45 million per season over the next three years. His contract also includes a modified no-trade clause.

In one of his recent mailbag articles, Devils reporter Corey Masisak was asked what New Jersey could do with the $17.1 million in cap space they have available, and one of the options he mentioned, was Alex Killorn.

"Alex Killorn is the obvious candidate for a trade, and we've talked about him a few times this offseason. After a strong 2019-20 season, he has three years left at $4.4 million. He would add veteran leadership and scoring punch on the wing, but he's 31 years old and the goal-scoring pace from last year might not be sustainable. Killorn would serve as a replacement for Kyle Palmieri or Nikita Gusev if one (or both) doesn't return for the 2021-22 season, but the Devils might not be interested in adding him now; they might prefer to wait and see who else could be available next summer/fall."

Killorn, 31, was drafted in the third round, 77th overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2007 NHL entry draft. In 585 regular season games, Killorn has put up 310 points (131 G, 179 A), 333 penalty minutes, and is a +78. In 92 career playoff games, he's tallied 51 points (26 G, 25 A), 103 penalty minutes, and is a +7.

Prior to turning pro, Killorn spent four years at Harvard University. In 130 regular season games, he had 109 points (53 G, 56 A), 155 penalty minutes, and was a +7.

Internationally, Killorn has represented Canada on a couple occasions, most recently at the 2017 IIHF Men's World Hockey Championships. In 10 games, he had 0 points, 8 penalty minutes, and was a +1 as Canada took home the silver medal following a loss to Sweden in the gold medal game.

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