Ryan Callahan was traded to the Ottawa Senators with a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft by the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday for goalie Mike Condon and a sixth-round pick in the 2020 draft.
Callahan had 17 points (seven goals, 10 assists) in 52 games with the Lightning last season, missing time because of a degenerative back condition. The 34-year-old forward, who has one season remaining on a six-year contract he signed with Tampa Bay on June 24, 2014, was placed on long-term injured reserve June 20.
"I don't think a year off or two years off is going to help it to be honest with you," Callahan told the Lightning website in June. "From what the doctors have said and the way I feel, it doesn't look like I'm going to be able to come back. ... If it wasn't for my back, I'd be playing next year ... wherever that may be. I wanted to be with the Lightning."