Tampa Bay Lightning (TBL)
Est. 1991
Current Cap Hit: $108,078,831
Projected Cap Hit:
$108,577,915
Projected Cap Space:
$-13,077,915
Contracts: 39
Roster: 40
Injuries: 1
Retained Contracts: 0
Team logo history
Draft Picks
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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 | 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
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C | 21 | RFA | $886,666 | $886,666 | ||||||
| 36 |
Milo Roelens
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C | 22 | RFA | $870,000 | $870,000 | ||||||
| 96 |
Gabriel Szturc
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C | 21 | RFA | $870,000 | $870,000 | ||||||
| Connor Kurth | RW | 21 | RFA | $870,000 | $870,000 | |||||||
| 52 |
Maxim Groshev
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RW | 23 | RFA | $867,500 | |||||||
| 53 |
Dylan Duke
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LW | 22 | RFA | $867,500 | $867,500 | ||||||
| 47 |
Niko Huuhtanen
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RW | 22 | RFA | $867,500 | $867,500 | ||||||
| Robert Flinton | LW | 21 | RFA | $867,500 | $867,500 | |||||||
| 28 | Zemgus Girgensons | M-NTC | LW | 31 | UFA | $850,000 | $850,000 | |||||
| 89 |
Ethan Gauthier
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RW | 20 | RFA | $833,333 | $833,333 | $833,333 | |||||
| 41 | Mitchell Chaffee | RW | 27 | UFA | $800,000 | |||||||
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Wojciech Stachowiak
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LW | 26 | 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
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D | 21 | RFA | $870,000 | $870,000 | ||||||
| 76 |
Roman Schmidt
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D | 22 | RFA | $805,833 | |||||||
| 78 |
Emil Martinsen Lilleberg
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D | 24 | RFA | $800,000 | $800,000 | ||||||
| 65 |
Maxwell Crozier
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D | 25 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | $775,000 | |||||
| 67 |
Declan Carlile
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D | 25 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 64 | Steven Santini | D | 30 | UFA | $775,000 | $775,000 | ||||||
| Charle-Édouard D'Astous | 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 | 30 | UFA | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | ||||
| 31 | Jonas Johansson | G | 29 | UFA | $1,250,000 | $1,250,000 | ||||||
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Harrison Meneghin
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G | 20 | RFA | $872,500 | $872,500 | $872,500 | |||||
| 33 | Brandon Halverson | G | 29 | UFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| 39 |
Ryan Fanti
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G | 25 | RFA | $775,000 | |||||||
| # | SOIR | Clause | Position | Age | Expires As | 2025-2026 | 2026-2027 | 2027-2028 | 2028-2029 | 2029-2030 | 2030-2031 | |
| 62 |
Jack Finley
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C | 22 | RFA | $275,916 | $775,000 | $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 | ||||||||
| 48 | Nick Perbix | D | 27 | 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 | ||
| 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 | 31 | UFA | ||||||||
Reserve Rights
| Player | Age | Position | Expiration | Draft | Pick | |
| Gage Goncalves | 24 | C | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 62 OA (round 2) |
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| Jaydon Dureau | 24 | LW | Qualifying Offer | 2020 | 147 OA (round 5) |
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| Ryder Korczak | 22 | 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 | 18 | 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 | 20 | L | 2026-06-01 | 2024 | 199 OA (round 7) |
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| Isaac Howard | 21 | LW | 2026-08-15 | 2022 | 31 OA (round 1) |
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| 2027 Expiration | ||||||
| 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 | 20 | 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 | ||||||
| Hagen Burrows | 19 | R | 2029-08-15 | 2024 | 128 OA (round 4) |
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| Other Expiration | ||||||
| Daniil Pylenkov | 24 | D | Indefinite | 2021 | 196 OA (round 7) |
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| Mikhail Shalagin | 25 | LW | Indefinite | 2019 | 198 OA (round 7) |
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