Only reason I could see it is because the Lightning might need to clear cap for this season now that Stamkos decided to re-sign there.
They have $12M in cap space but still need to re-sign Killorn ($3M), Kucherov ($7M), Namestikinov, and Nesterov.
Flipping Bishop for Elliot saves them $3.5M but I don't see why the Flames would be that interested any more. Could see the Lightning offering it though now that they may be a little desperate.
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