{coyotes} Lightning trade three forwards, get draft picks

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The Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday traded three forwards from their roster and acquired three later-round picks in the 2015 NHL Draft.

First, the Lightning traded right wing Teddy Purcell to the Edmonton Oilers for center Sam Gagner.

Tampa Bay then traded Gagner and right wing B.J. Crombeen to the Arizona Coyotes for a sixth-round pick. Later, the Lightning traded center Nate Thompson to the Anaheim Ducks for a fourth-round and a seventh-round pick.

The moves give Tampa Bay some room under the $69 million NHL salary cap with free agency to begin Tuesday.

Purcell, 28, had 12 goals and 30 assists in 82 games last season. The undrafted free agent has missed three games in the past four seasons and has two years remaining on a contract with an annual $4.5 million salary-cap charge, according to CapGeek.com. Gagner has two years remaining at $4.8 million.

Crombeen, 28, had three goals and seven assists in 55 games last season. He had 79 penalty minutes and has 771 in 387 NHL games. He will make $1.15 million this season before becoming an unrestricted free agent, the website states.

Thompson, 29, had nine goals and seven assists in 81 games. He will make $1.6 million in each of the next three seasons, according to CapGeek.

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