Tampa Bay Lightning | Salary cap and contracts

Cap HitCap	Cap SpaceSpace	Playoff CapPlayoffs	LTIRLTIR	RosterRoster	ContractsCont.
$91,943,33391.9M	$3,556,6673.6M	$89,418,33389.4M	$3,150,0003.1M	23/2323/23	49/5049/50

Year	R1Round 1	R2Round 2	R3Round 3	R4Round 4	R5Round 5	R6Round 6	R7Round 7
2026
2027
2028

forwards (13 - $54,543,333)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Kucherov, Nikita "A"	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Draft	32	9.9		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	UFA
Point, Brayden	5 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	29	9.9		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	UFA
Guentzel, Jake	6 UFA	NMC	, C	NHL		31	9.4		$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000	$9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000 $9,000,000
Hagel, Brandon	7 UFA			NHL		27	6.8		$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000	$6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000 $6,500,000
Cirelli, Anthony	6 UFA	NTC		NHL	Draft	28	6.5		$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000	$6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000 $6,250,000
Bjorkstrand, Oliver	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		30	5.7		$5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000 $5,400,000	UFA
Gourde, Yanni	6 UFA	NTC		NHL		33	2.4		$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333	$2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333
Holmberg, Pontus	2 UFA			NHL	Draft	26	1.6		$1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000	$1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000 $1,550,000	UFA
Goncalves, Gage	2 RFA		, C	NHL	Draft	24	1.3		$1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000	$1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000 $1,200,000	RFA
James, Dominic	2 RFA	ELC	C	NHL	Draft	23	1.0		$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	$910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000 $910,000	RFA
Girgensons, Zemgus	2 UFA	M-NTC		NHL	Signed	31	0.9		$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	$850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000 $850,000	UFA
Finley, Jack	3 RFA		C	NHL	Draft	23	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Douglas, Curtis	1 UFA		C	NHL	Waivers	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
TOTAL						27.8		0.0 %	$54,543,333	$48,368,333	$34,358,333	$33,583,333	$33,583,333	$24,083,333

defense (8 - $26,650,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Hedman, Victor "C"	4 UFA	NMC		NHL	Draft	34	8.4		$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	$8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000	UFA
McDonagh, Ryan "A"	1 UFA	M-NTC		NHL		36	7.1		$6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000	UFA
Cernak, Erik	6 UFA	NTC	, LD	NHL		28	5.4		$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000	$5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000
Moser, J.J.	1 RFA			NHL		25	3.5		$3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000 $3,375,000	RFA
Raddysh, Darren	1 UFA			NHL	Signed	29	1.0		$975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000 $975,000	UFA
Lilleberg, Emil	2 RFA			NHL	Signed	24	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	RFA
Crozier, Maxwell	3 UFA			NHL	Draft	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Charle-Édouard D'Astous	1 UFA		LD	NHL	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						28.5		0.0 %	$26,650,000	$14,775,000	$13,975,000	$13,200,000	$5,200,000	$5,200,000

goalies (2 - $10,750,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Vasilevskiy, Andrei	3 UFA	M-NTC	G	NHL	Draft	31	9.9		$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	$9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000 $9,500,000	UFA
Johansson, Jonas	2 UFA		G	NHL	Signed	30	1.3		$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000	$1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000 $1,250,000	UFA
TOTAL						30.5		0.0 %	$10,750,000	$10,750,000	$9,500,000	-	-	-

long-term injured reserve (1 - $3,150,000)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Paul, Nicholas	4 UFA	NTC		LTIR		30	3.3		$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	$3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000	UFA
TOTAL						30.0		0.0 %	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	$3,150,000	-	-

dead cap

buyout history (1 - $0)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Lecavalier, Vincent	2 UFA		C	Retired		45	-				UFA
TOTAL						45.0		0.0 %	-	-	-	-	-	-

Season

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non-roster

forwards (19 - $16,094,417)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Czata, Ethan	3 RFA	ELC50	C	Minor	Draft	18	1.0		$931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667	$931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667	$931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667 $931,667	RFA
O'Reilly, Sam	3 RFA	ELC50	RW	Minor		19	1.0		$931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500	$931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500	$931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500 $931,500	RFA
Mercuri, Lucas	2 RFA	ELC	C	Minor		23	0.9		$896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250	$896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250 $896,250	RFA
Geekie, Conor	2 RFA	ELC		Minor		21	0.9		$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	$886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667 $886,667	RFA
Roelens, Milo	2 RFA	ELC	C	Junior	Signed	22	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Szturc, Gabriel	2 RFA	ELC	C	Junior	Signed	22	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Kurth, Connor	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Groshev, Maxim	1 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	23	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Duke, Dylan	2 RFA	ELC		Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Flinton, Cooper	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Huuhtanen, Niko	2 RFA	ELC	RW	Minor	Draft	22	0.9		$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	$867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500 $867,500	RFA
Allard, Tristan	2 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Signed	23	0.9		$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	$860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000 $860,000	RFA
Gauthier, Ethan	3 RFA	ELC	RW	Junior	Draft	20	0.9		$833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333	$833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333	$833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333 $833,333	RFA
Chaffee, Mitchell	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000 $800,000	UFA
Wojciech Stachowiak	1 RFA	ELC	LW	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	RFA
Katchouk, Boris	1 UFA		LW	Minor	Signed	27	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Pelletier, Jakob	3 UFA			Minor		24	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Abruzzese, Nick	1 UFA		C	Minor	Draft	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
Sabourin, Scott	1 UFA		RW	Minor	Signed	33	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						23.3		0.0 %	$16,094,417	$11,326,917	$3,471,500	-	-	-

defense (5 - $4,000,833)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Gill, Dyllan	2 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	$870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000 $870,000	RFA
Schmidt, Roman	1 RFA	ELC	RD	Minor	Draft	22	0.8		$805,833 $805,833 $805,833 $805,833 $805,833 $805,833 $805,833 $805,833	RFA
Lundmark, Simon	2 UFA		RD	Minor	Draft	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Carlile, Declan	1 UFA			Minor	Signed	25	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Santini, Steven	2 UFA		RD	Minor	Signed	30	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						24.6		0.0 %	$4,000,833	$2,420,000	-	-	-	-

goalies (3 - $2,422,500)	Years Remaining	Terms	POS	Status	Acquired	Age	Cap%	Cap%	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31
Meneghin, Harrison	3 RFA	ELC	G	Minor	Draft	21	0.9		$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	$872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500 $872,500	RFA
Fanti, Ryan	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	26	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA (Group 6)
Halverson, Brandon	1 UFA		G	Minor	Signed	29	0.8		$775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000 $775,000	UFA
TOTAL						25.3		0.0 %	$2,422,500	$872,500	$872,500	-	-	-

Legend

Waivers-Exempt

Slide Candidate

Injured

Unconfirmed Info

50SPC Exempt

Potential Perf. Bonuses

Contract Start

Contract Continues

🟥Unrestricted Free Agent

🟦Restricted Free Agent

$775Two-way Contract

35+35+ Contract

ELCEntry-Level Contract

RSRetained Salary Transaction

NMCNo Move Clause

NTCNo Trade Clause

Unsigned Players

These are players whose rights are held by the team until the date listed.

Reserve List (19)	AGEAGE	POSPOS	DRAFTED BYDRAFTED BY	DRAFT YEARDRAFT YEAR	ROUNDROUND	OVERALLOVERALL	MUST SIGN BYMUST SIGN BY
Rautiainen, Benjamin	20	C	TBL	2025	4	108	Jun. 1, 2027
Foster, Aiden	18	C	TBL	2025	4	127	Jun. 1, 2027
Baldwin, Everett	18	D	TBL	2025	5	151	Jun. 1, 2027
Heil, Caleb	19	G	TBL	2025	7	193	Aug. 15, 2029
Luttsev, Roman	19	C	TBL	2025	7	206	-
Spada, Grant	18	D	TBL	2025	7	212	Jun. 1, 2027
Mignosa, Marco	20	RW	TBL	2025	7	215	Jun. 1, 2026
Burrows, Hagen	20	RW	TBL	2024	4	128	Aug. 15, 2029
Connor, Joe	20	LW	TBL	2024	7	195	Aug. 15, 2028
Golicic, Jan	19	LD	TBL	2024	4	118	Jun. 1, 2026
Pitre, Kaden	19	C	TBL	2024	6	181	Jun. 1, 2026
Saarelainen, Joona	19	C	TBL	2024	5	149	Jun. 1, 2028
Steen, Noah	21	LW	TBL	2024	7	199	Jun. 1, 2026
Clark, Warren	21	RD	TBL	2023	6	179	Aug. 15, 2027
Harvey, Jack	22	LW	TBL	2023	7	193	Aug. 15, 2027
Shaugabay, Jayson	20	RW	TBL	2023	4	115	Aug. 15, 2028
Veinbergs, Klavs	22	LW	TBL	2022	7	224	Aug. 15, 2027
Pylenkov, Daniil	25	LD	TBL	2021	7	196	-
Shalagin, Mikhail	26	LW	TBL	2019	7	198	-

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