Tampa Bay Lightning (TBL)

Est. 1991

Current Cap Hit: $102,021,665
Projected Cap Hit: $100,969,885.44
Projected Cap Space: $3,030,114.5600000024
Contracts: 48
Roster: 25
Injuries: 2
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
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Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2026-2027 *
2027-2028
2028-2029
2029-2030

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
86 Nikita Kucherov M-NTC RW 33 UFA $9,500,000
21 Brayden Point NMC C 30 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
59 Jake Guentzel NMC LW 32 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
38 Brandon Hagel NTC LW 28 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000
71 Anthony Cirelli NTC C 29 UFA $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000
95 Ilya Mikheyev NTC RW 32 UFA $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000 $3,850,000
28 Jeffrey Viel NTC LW 29 UFA $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
37 Yanni Gourde Injured C 34 UFA $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333
29 Pontus Holmberg RW 27 UFA $1,550,000
93 Gage Goncalves C 25 RFA $1,200,000
17 Dominic James Injured C 24 RFA $910,000
94 Conor Geekie WE C 22 RFA $886,666
28 Zemgus Girgensons M-NTC LW 32 UFA $850,000
49 Scott Sabourin RW 34 UFA $850,000
10 Jansen Harkins C 29 UFA $850,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
74 John Carlson NMC D 36 UFA $8,500,000 $8,500,000
77 Victor Hedman NMC D 35 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
90 J.J. Moser NTC D 26 UFA $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 +
81 Erik Černák NTC D 29 UFA $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000
27 Ryan McDonagh NMC D 37 UFA $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000
24 Maxwell Crozier D 26 UFA $875,000 $875,000
51 Charle-Édouard D'Astous D 28 UFA $875,000
78 Emil Martinsen Lilleberg D 25 RFA $850,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy M-NTC G 32 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000
35 Dennis Hildeby G 25 RFA $841,666 $841,666

Icons: WE=Waivers Exempt Injured=Injured Suspended=Suspended 🧑‍⚖️=Suspended

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Buyouts Position Age 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Vincent Lecavalier C 46 $0
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Noah Steen WE LW 22 RFA $0
($972,500) 		$0
($972,500)
Tristan Allard WE LW 24 RFA $0
($947,500)
Milo Roelens WE C 23 RFA $0
($945,000)
Gabriel Szturc WE C 23 RFA $0
($945,000)
Connor Kurth WE RW 23 RFA $0
($945,000)
Dylan Duke WE LW 23 RFA $0
($942,500)
Robert Flinton WE LW 23 RFA $0
($942,500)
Lucas Mercuri WE C 24 RFA $0
($942,500)
Sam O'Reilly WE RW 20 RFA $0
($936,500) 		$0
($936,500) 		$0
($936,500)
Ethan Gauthier WE RW 21 RFA $0
($893,333) 		$0
($893,333)
Jakob Pelletier LW 25 UFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
Maxim Groshev RW 24 RFA $0
($875,000) 		$0
($875,000)
Nicholas Abruzzese C 27 UFA $0
($850,000)
Benjamin Rautiainen WE C 21 RFA On Loan $0
($1,007,500) 		$0
($1,007,500) 		$0
($1,007,500)
Ethan Czata WE C 19 UFA In Juniors $0
($965,000) 		$0
($965,000) 		$0
($965,000)
Tomáš Královič WE D 21 RFA $0
($1,007,500) 		$0
($1,007,500) 		$0
($1,007,500)
Dyllan Gill WE D 22 RFA $0
($945,000)
Steven Santini D 31 UFA $0
($850,000)
Simon Lundmark D 26 RFA $0
($850,000)
Michael Callahan D 27 UFA $0
($850,000)
Harrison Meneghin WE G 22 RFA $0
($972,500) 		$0
($972,500)
Mads Søgaard G 25 UFA $0
($850,000)
Olivier Rodrigue G 26 RFA $0
($850,000)

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Jaydon Dureau 25 LW Qualifying Offer 2020 147 OA (round 5)
Ryder Korczak 24 C Qualifying Offer 2021 75 OA (round 3)
2027 Expiration
Aiden Foster 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 127 OA (round 4)
Grant Spada 19 D 2027-06-01 2025 212 OA (round 7)
Marco Mignosa 21 RW 2027-06-01 2025 215 OA (round 7)
Jack Harvey 23 LW 2027-08-15 2023 193 OA (round 7)
Klavs Veinbergs 23 LW 2027-08-15 2022 224 OA (round 7)
Warren Clark 22 D 2027-08-15 2023 179 OA (round 6)
2028 Expiration
Ethan Hay 21 C 2028-06-01 2023 211 OA (round 7)
Jan Golicic 20 D 2028-06-01 2024 118 OA (round 4)
Joona Saarelainen 20 C 2028-06-01 2024 149 OA (round 5)
Jack Pridham 21 RW 2028-08-15 2024 92 OA (round 3)
Joe Connor 21 LW 2028-08-15 2024 195 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Caleb Heil 20 G 2029-06-01 2025 193 OA (round 7)
Everett Baldwin 19 D 2029-06-01 2025 151 OA (round 5)
Max Vilén 20 D 2029-06-01 2026 218 OA (round 7)
Roman Luttsev 20 C 2029-06-01 2025 206 OA (round 7)
Hagen Burrows 20 RW 2029-08-15 2024 128 OA (round 4)
2030 Expiration
Cooper Soller 18 C 2030-06-01 2026 154 OA (round 5)
Morgan Anderberg 18 C 2030-06-01 2026 134 OA (round 5)
Oleg Kulebiakin 18 RW 2030-06-01 2026 52 OA (round 2)
Stepan Shurygin 19 G 2030-06-01 2026 186 OA (round 6)
Other Expiration
Daniil Pylenkov 26 D Indefinite 2021 196 OA (round 7)
Mikhail Shalagin 27 LW Indefinite 2019 198 OA (round 7)
Notes