What the Predators, Lightning get in the Ryan McDonagh trade - Sportsnet.ca

The Tampa Bay Lightning traded Ryan McDonagh to the Nashville Predators to drop cap, but had to give up a quality defender to do it. Here's a look at what both teams got out of Sunday's swap.

It wasn't the trade the Lightning wanted to make, but one they had to. That's how Elliotte Freidman framed the rumours around Ryan McDonagh last week, when he wrote about how the team and player we… [+6629 chars]

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