The Lightning originally acquired McDonagh from the New York Rangers at the 2018 trade deadline. He scored four goals and 26 points in 71 games with the Lightning during the 2021–22 regular season, adding one goal and five points in 23 playoff games as the Bolts fell to the Colorado Avalanche in the 2022 Stanley Cup Final.
McDonagh averaged 22:27 per game in the regular season, a figure that remained almost exactly the same (22:26)…