{"id":138499,"date":"2023-07-15T18:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T22:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=138499"},"modified":"2023-07-15T18:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T22:59:14","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-sign-rfa-forward-to-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/07\/15\/tampa-bay-lightning-sign-rfa-forward-to-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning Sign RFA Forward To Contract Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jeannta01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanner Jeannot<\/a> has a new contract in place. After acquiring the player, he will remain in Tampa Bay for the next two years and will have an AAV of $2.665 million. This is a great day for him and the franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HEEEEERE&#8217;S JEANNOT<\/p>\n<p>We have signed restricted free agent forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jeannta01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-07-15_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tanner Jeannot<\/a> to a two-year contract worth an average annual value of $2.665 million.<\/p>\n<p>?: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d71YjRM8S5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/d71YjRM8S5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gjMAHJ7mcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gjMAHJ7mcn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/1680344168969781249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">July 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tanner Jeannot Signs Big Deal to Stay in Tampa Bay<\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Tampa Bay Lightning went <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/26\/nashville-predators-trade-physical-forward\/\" target=\"_self\">all in when acquiring<\/a> Tanner Jeannot at the trade deadline. Recently hired Barry Trotz landed a major return for the young winger. An offer he could not pass up, Jeannot departed the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Nashville Predators<\/a> for the Sunshine State. He is the prototypical player Tampa likes in the lineup and why Tanner Jeannot has a new contract. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How This Benefits The Team<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Tanner Jeannot contract works for the team. When you give up the amount you did to acquire such a player, you reward him with a contract. The core of this team remains in place and the time to win is now. When you have guys like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stamkst01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steven Stamkos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kucheni01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nikita Kucherov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vasilan02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hedmavi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Victor Hedman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pointbr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-06-20_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brayden Point<\/a> in the fold, it is time to keep the train chugging. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One key aspect of the lineup that thrived in winning the Cup was their physical third line. The entire line they had is gone, but the club has tried their best to replicate it. That is where Jeannot comes in and helps bring that element that was missing. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Player That Got The Contract<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After setting a career-high the year before, it was a tough go for Jeannot this season. The year prior Jeannot went on to score 24 goals and 41 points. However this year he only managed just six goals and 18 points. After finishing with a whopping 19.4% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statmuse.com\/nhl\/player\/tanner-jeannot-8094\/career-stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">shooting percentage<\/a>, it dropped drastically to 5.6%. However, Tampa Bay sees potential in his game. Jeannot is young and is physical and is not afraid of finishing his checks. He forechecks hard and is never afraid to go to high-danger areas. The price may have been steep, but it is a gamble worth taking. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Main Photo: Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanner Jeannot has a new contract in place. After acquiring the player, he will remain in Tampa Bay for the next two years and will have an AAV of $2.665 million. This is a great day for him and the franchise. HEEEEERE&#8217;S JEANNOT We have signed restricted free agent forward Tanner Jeannot to a two-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4194,"featured_media":138500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34,4547,4548,9],"tags":[6421,6613],"class_list":["post-138499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-lightning","tag-tampa-bay-lightning-news","tag-tanner-jeannot"],"modified_by":"Alec Roberson","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4194"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}