Tampa Bay Lightning (TBL)

Est. 1991

Current Cap Hit: $107,027,915
Projected Cap Hit: $107,027,915
Projected Cap Space: $-11,527,915
Contracts: 37
Roster: 38
Injuries: 0
Retained Contracts: 0
Daily Cap Breakdown
Team logo history

Draft Picks

Season Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7
2024-2025 * * *
2025-2026 *
2026-2027 *
2027-2028

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 31 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 30 UFA $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
38 Brandon Hagel LW 26 UFA $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 +
71 Anthony Cirelli NTC C 27 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
20 Nicholas Paul NTC LW 30 UFA $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000
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
73 Conor Sheary M-NTC LW 33 UFA $2,000,000
Lucas Mercuri C 23 RFA $896,250 $896,250
14 Conor Geekie WE C 21 RFA $886,666 $886,666
36 Milo Roelens WE C 22 RFA $870,000 $870,000
96 Gabriel Szturc WE C 21 RFA $870,000 $870,000
Connor Kurth RW 21 RFA $870,000 $870,000
52 Maxim Groshev WE RW 23 RFA $867,500
53 Dylan Duke WE LW 22 RFA $867,500 $867,500
47 Niko Huuhtanen WE RW 21 RFA $867,500 $867,500
Robert Flinton LW 21 RFA $867,500 $867,500
28 Zemgus Girgensons LW 31 UFA $850,000 $850,000
89 Ethan Gauthier WE RW 20 RFA $833,333 $833,333 $833,333
41 Mitchell Chaffee RW 27 UFA $800,000
Wojciech Stachowiak WE LW 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 D 25 RFA $3,375,000
43 Darren Raddysh D 29 UFA $975,000
57 Dyllan Gill WE D 21 RFA $870,000 $870,000
76 Roman Schmidt WE D 22 RFA $805,833
78 Emil Martinsen Lilleberg WE D 24 RFA $800,000 $800,000
65 Maxwell Crozier WE D 25 UFA $775,000 $775,000 $775,000
67 Declan Carlile WE D 25 RFA $775,000
64 Steven Santini D 30 UFA $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 30 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000
31 Jonas Johansson G 29 UFA $1,250,000 $1,250,000
1 Harrison Meneghin WE G 20 RFA $872,500 $872,500 $872,500
33 Brandon Halverson G 29 UFA $775,000
39 Ryan Fanti WE G 25 RFA $775,000
# Free Agents Clause Position Age Expires As 2025-2026 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031
93 Gage Goncalves C 24 RFA
13 Cam Atkinson RW 36 UFA
11 Luke Glendening C 36 UFA
Charle-Édouard D'Astous D 27 UFA
48 Nick Perbix D 26 UFA

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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
Jack Finley C 22 RFA
Jaydon Dureau LW 24 RFA
Ryder Korczak C 22 RFA
Gabriel Fortier LW 25 UFA
Logan Brown C 27 UFA
Anthony Angello RW 29 UFA
Derrick Pouliot D 31 UFA
Tobie Paquette-Bisson D 28 UFA
Matt Tomkins G 30 UFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Gage Goncalves 24 C Qualifying Offer 2020 62 OA (round 2)
Jack Finley 22 C Qualifying Offer 2020 57 OA (round 2)
Jaydon Dureau 24 LW Qualifying Offer 2020 147 OA (round 5)
Ryder Korczak 22 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 18 D 2026-06-01 2024 118 OA (round 4)
Kaden Pitre 19 C 2026-06-01 2024 181 OA (round 6)
Noah Steen 20 L 2026-06-01 2024 199 OA (round 7)
Isaac Howard 21 LW 2026-08-15 2022 31 OA (round 1)
2027 Expiration
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 20 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
Hagen Burrows 19 R 2029-08-15 2024 128 OA (round 4)
Other Expiration
Daniil Pylenkov 24 D Indefinite 2021 196 OA (round 7)
Mikhail Shalagin 25 LW Indefinite 2019 198 OA (round 7)
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