Tampa Bay Lightning (TBL)

Est. 1991

Current Cap Hit: $97,148,415
Projected Cap Hit: $96,353,165.2
Projected Cap Space: $-853,165.200000003
Contracts: 51
Roster: 27
Injuries: 4
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
2025-2026 *
2026-2027 *
2027-2028
2028-2029

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
86 Nikita Kucherov M-NTC RW 32 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000
21 Brayden Point NMC C 29 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
59 Jake Guentzel NMC LW 31 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
38 Brandon Hagel LW 27 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 +
71 Anthony Cirelli NTC C 28 UFA $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand M-NTC RW 30 UFA $5,400,000
37 Yanni Gourde NTC C 33 UFA $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333
29 Pontus Holmberg RW 26 UFA $1,550,000 $1,550,000
93 Gage Goncalves C 24 RFA $1,200,000 $1,200,000
Dominic James C 23 RFA $910,000 $910,000
14 Conor Geekie WE C 21 RFA $886,666 $886,666
8 Niko Huuhtanen WE Injured RW 22 RFA $867,500 $867,500
28 Zemgus Girgensons Injured M-NTC LW 31 UFA $850,000 $850,000
41 Mitchell Chaffee RW 27 UFA $800,000
42 Curtis Douglas C 25 RFA $775,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
77 Victor Hedman NMC D 34 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
27 Ryan McDonagh M-NTC D 36 UFA $6,750,000
81 Erik Černák NTC D 28 UFA $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000
90 J.J. Moser Suspended D 25 RFA $3,375,000
43 Darren Raddysh D 29 UFA $975,000
78 Emil Martinsen Lilleberg WE D 24 RFA $800,000 $800,000
24 Maxwell Crozier WE D 25 UFA $775,000 $775,000 $775,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy M-NTC G 31 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
31 Jonas Johansson G 30 UFA $1,250,000 $1,250,000
29 Pheonix Copley G 33 UFA $775,000
# LTIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
20 Nicholas Paul NTC LW 30 UFA $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000
# SOIR Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
62 Jack Finley C 23 RFA $275,916 $775,000 $775,000

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

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Buyouts Position Age 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
Vincent Lecavalier C 45 $0 $0
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
Lucas Mercuri WE C 23 RFA $0
($896,250) 		$0
($896,250)
Tristan Allard WE LW 23 RFA $0
($872,500) 		$0
($872,500)
Milo Roelens WE C 22 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Gabriel Szturc WE C 22 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Connor Kurth WE RW 22 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Maxim Groshev WE RW 23 RFA $0
($867,500)
Dylan Duke WE LW 22 RFA $0
($867,500) 		$0
($867,500)
Robert Flinton WE LW 22 RFA $0
($867,500) 		$0
($867,500)
Ethan Gauthier WE RW 20 RFA $0
($833,333) 		$0
($833,333) 		$0
($833,333)
Wojciech Stachowiak WE LW 26 RFA $0
($775,000)
Nicholas Abruzzese C 26 UFA $0
($775,000)
Boris Katchouk LW 27 UFA $0
($775,000)
Jakob Pelletier LW 24 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Scott Sabourin RW 33 UFA $0
($775,000)
Sam O'Reilly WE R 19 RFA In Juniors $0
($932,333) 		$0
($932,333) 		$0
($932,333)
Ethan Czata WE C 18 UFA In Juniors $0
($931,666) 		$0
($931,666) 		$0
($931,666)
Dyllan Gill WE D 21 RFA $0
($870,000) 		$0
($870,000)
Roman Schmidt WE D 22 RFA $0
($805,833)
Declan Carlile D 25 RFA $0
($775,000)
Charle-Édouard D'Astous WE D 27 UFA $0
($775,000)
Steven Santini D 30 UFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Simon Lundmark D 25 RFA $0
($775,000) 		$0
($775,000)
Harrison Meneghin WE G 21 RFA $0
($872,500) 		$0
($872,500) 		$0
($872,500)
Brandon Halverson G 29 UFA $0
($775,000)
Ryan Fanti G 26 RFA $0
($775,000)
Jaydon Dureau LW 24 RFA
Ryder Korczak C 23 RFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Jaydon Dureau 24 LW Qualifying Offer 2020 147 OA (round 5)
Ryder Korczak 23 C Qualifying Offer 2021 75 OA (round 3)
2025 Expiration
Ethan Hay 20 C 2025-06-01 2023 211 OA (round 7)
2026 Expiration
Jan Golicic 19 D 2026-06-01 2024 118 OA (round 4)
Kaden Pitre 19 C 2026-06-01 2024 181 OA (round 6)
Noah Steen 21 L 2026-06-01 2024 199 OA (round 7)
2027 Expiration
Aiden Foster 18 C 2027-06-01 2025 127 OA (round 4)
Benjamin Rautiainen 20 C 2027-06-01 2025 108 OA (round 4)
Grant Spada 18 D 2027-06-01 2025 212 OA (round 7)
Marco Mignosa 20 RW 2027-06-01 2025 215 OA (round 7)
Jack Harvey 22 LW 2027-08-15 2023 193 OA (round 7)
Klavs Veinbergs 22 LW 2027-08-15 2022 224 OA (round 7)
Warren Clark 21 D 2027-08-15 2023 179 OA (round 6)
2028 Expiration
Joona Saarelainen 19 C 2028-06-01 2024 149 OA (round 5)
Joe Connor 20 L 2028-08-15 2024 195 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Caleb Heil 19 G 2029-06-01 2025 193 OA (round 7)
Everett Baldwin 18 D 2029-06-01 2025 151 OA (round 5)
Roman Luttsev 19 C 2029-06-01 2025 206 OA (round 7)
Hagen Burrows 19 R 2029-08-15 2024 128 OA (round 4)
Other Expiration
Daniil Pylenkov 25 D Indefinite 2021 196 OA (round 7)
Mikhail Shalagin 26 LW Indefinite 2019 198 OA (round 7)
Notes