Tampa Bay Lightning (TBL)
Est. 1991
Current Cap Hit: $96,236,749
Projected Cap Hit:
$94,921,872.02
Projected Cap Space:
$578,127.9800000042
Contracts: 50
Roster: 26
Injuries: 4
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
| Season | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 |
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| 2027-2028 |
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| 2028-2029 |
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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 | ||||||
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Dominic James
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C | 23 | RFA | $910,000 | $910,000 | |||||||
| 8 |
Niko Huuhtanen
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RW | 22 | RFA | $867,500 | $867,500 | ||||||
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | M-NTC | LW | 31 | UFA | $850,000 | $850,000 | |||||
| 42 | Curtis Douglas | C | 25 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 25 | Scott Sabourin | RW | 33 | UFA | $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 | D | 25 | RFA | $3,375,000 | |||||||
| 43 | Darren Raddysh | D | 29 | UFA | $975,000 | |||||||
| 78 |
Emil Martinsen Lilleberg
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D | 24 | RFA | $800,000 | $800,000 | ||||||
| 24 |
Maxwell Crozier
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D | 25 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | $775,000 | |||||
| 51 |
Charle-Édouard D'Astous
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D | 27 | UFA | $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 | ||||||
| # | 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 |
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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 | ||
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Lucas Mercuri
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C | 23 | RFA |
$0
($896,250) |
$0
($896,250) |
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Conor Geekie
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C | 21 | RFA |
$0
($886,666) |
$0
($886,666) |
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Tristan Allard
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LW | 23 | RFA |
$0
($872,500) |
$0
($872,500) |
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Milo Roelens
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C | 22 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
$0
($870,000) |
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Gabriel Szturc
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C | 22 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
$0
($870,000) |
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Connor Kurth
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RW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
$0
($870,000) |
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Maxim Groshev
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RW | 23 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
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Dylan Duke
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LW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
$0
($867,500) |
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Robert Flinton
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LW | 22 | RFA |
$0
($867,500) |
$0
($867,500) |
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Ethan Gauthier
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RW | 20 | RFA |
$0
($833,333) |
$0
($833,333) |
$0
($833,333) |
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| Mitchell Chaffee | RW | 27 | UFA |
$0
($800,000) |
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Wojciech Stachowiak
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LW | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Nicholas Abruzzese | C | 26 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Boris Katchouk | LW | 27 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Jakob Pelletier | LW | 24 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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Sam O'Reilly
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R | 19 | RFA | In Juniors |
$0
($932,333) |
$0
($932,333) |
$0
($932,333) |
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Ethan Czata
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C | 18 | UFA | In Juniors |
$0
($931,666) |
$0
($931,666) |
$0
($931,666) |
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Dyllan Gill
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D | 21 | RFA |
$0
($870,000) |
$0
($870,000) |
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Roman Schmidt
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D | 22 | RFA |
$0
($805,833) |
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| Declan Carlile | D | 25 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Steven Santini | D | 30 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Simon Lundmark | D | 25 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
$0
($775,000) |
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Harrison Meneghin
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G | 21 | RFA |
$0
($872,500) |
$0
($872,500) |
$0
($872,500) |
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| Brandon Halverson | G | 29 | UFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| Ryan Fanti | G | 26 | RFA |
$0
($775,000) |
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| 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) |
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| Ryder Korczak | 23 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2021 | 75 OA (round 3) |
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| 2025 Expiration | ||||||
| Ethan Hay | 20 | C | 2025-06-01 | 2023 | 211 OA (round 7) |
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| 2026 Expiration | ||||||
| Jan Golicic | 19 | D | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 118 OA (round 4) |
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| Kaden Pitre | 19 | C | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 181 OA (round 6) |
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| Noah Steen | 21 | L | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 199 OA (round 7) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| Aiden Foster | 18 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 127 OA (round 4) |
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| Benjamin Rautiainen | 20 | C | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 108 OA (round 4) |
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| Grant Spada | 18 | D | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 212 OA (round 7) |
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| Marco Mignosa | 20 | RW | 2027-06-01 | 2025 | 215 OA (round 7) |
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| Jack Harvey | 22 | LW | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 193 OA (round 7) |
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| Klavs Veinbergs | 22 | LW | 2027-08-15 | 2022 | 224 OA (round 7) |
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| Warren Clark | 21 | D | 2027-08-15 | 2023 | 179 OA (round 6) |
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| 2028 Expiration | ||||||
| Joona Saarelainen | 19 | C | 2028-06-01 | 2024 | 149 OA (round 5) |
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| Joe Connor | 20 | L | 2028-08-15 | 2024 | 195 OA (round 7) |
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| 2029 Expiration | ||||||
| Caleb Heil | 19 | G | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 193 OA (round 7) |
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| Everett Baldwin | 18 | D | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 151 OA (round 5) |
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| Roman Luttsev | 19 | C | 2029-06-01 | 2025 | 206 OA (round 7) |
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| Hagen Burrows | 20 | R | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 128 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Daniil Pylenkov | 25 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 196 OA (round 7) |
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| Mikhail Shalagin | 26 | LW | Indefinite | 2019 | 198 OA (round 7) |
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