If Tampa waived him, he would almost certainly get claimed. I don't think they'll need to sweeten a deal for him, but he'll probably be close to free.
The ask is probably just an AHL goaltender as capfriendly shows they only had 3 and they are all UFAs (not sure if they have others in the system not on NHL deals?).
McElhinney is 37 at 1.3M for 1 more year. They'd probably love to save a few hundred k there if they could, too.
A benefit to having Johnson on your roster is that he might appeal to Seattle [if you don't have anything else really shiny exposed]
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