Tampa Bay Lightning sign Josh Archibald, Luke Glendening, Logan Brown, Jonas Johansson, Mitchell Chaffee to deals
The Tampa Bay Lightning have added forwards Josh Archibald, Luke Glendening, Logan Brown and Mitchell Chaffee, as well as goaltender Jonas Johansson to contracts on Saturday.
Archibald is coming off a six-goal, 12-point season with the Pittsburgh Penguins. An energetic depth forward, he’s not afraid to throw his body around and create energy. The 30-year-old forward has 83 points in 305 games over nine seasons with Pittsburgh, Arizona and Edmonton. He had a career-high 43 penalty minutes last season, the third time he has past the 60-game barrier.
Glendening is a strong defensive forward that can win faceoffs and land big hits. He had three points in 17 playoff games and six points in 70 regular season games with the Dallas Stars this past season. The 34-year-old forward has 148 points in 706 games over 11 years with Dallas and Detroit, and previously served as captain of the University of Michigan Wolverines.
Brown, 25, is a 6-foot-6 forward that never seemed to materialize after going 11th overall to Ottawa in 2016. Brown has seven goals and 26 points in 99 games over seven years and has also won bronze at the U-18 World Championship and U-20 world juniors.
Chaffee, 25, has been a solid AHL contributor during his career. He had seven points in 10 games in an injury-shortened season with the Iowa Wild, and had 63 points in 87 games over four AHL seasons. He skated in two games with the Minnesota Wild in 2021-22, his only NHL action to date.
Johansson, 27, has bounced around the NHL and AHL throughout the past few years, playing with Buffalo, Colorado and Florida. He has an 11-13-4 record with one shutout and a .887 save percentage in 35 games over four years.
According to Cap Friendly, the Lightning have minus-$3.15 million in cap space for 2023-24. Tanner Jeannot is the only RFA of note, and the team still has to sign a backup for Andrei Vasilevskiy. Defenseman Brent Seabrook and his $6.875 million deal will also be headed back to long-term injured reserve.