Tampa Bay Lightning (TBL)

Est. 1991

Current Cap Hit: $108,424,832
Projected Cap Hit: $94,307,499
Projected Cap Space: $9,692,501
Contracts: 41
Roster: 42
Injuries: 1
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
2025-2026 *
2026-2027 *
2027-2028
2028-2029

NHL Roster

# Offense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
86 Nikita Kucherov M-NTC RW 33 UFA $9,500,000
21 Brayden Point NMC C 30 UFA $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
38 Brandon Hagel NTC 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
20 Nicholas Paul M-NTC LW 31 UFA $3,150,000 $3,150,000 $3,150,000
37 Yanni Gourde C 34 UFA $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333 $2,333,333
29 Pontus Holmberg RW 27 UFA $1,550,000
93 Gage Goncalves C 25 RFA $1,200,000
Benjamin Rautiainen WE C 21 RFA $1,007,500 $1,007,500 $1,007,500
Noah Steen WE LW 21 RFA $972,500 $972,500
45 Ethan Czata WE C 19 UFA $965,000 $965,000 $965,000
13 Tristan Allard WE LW 24 RFA $947,500
36 Milo Roelens WE C 23 RFA $945,000
96 Gabriel Szturc WE C 22 RFA $945,000
68 Connor Kurth WE RW 22 RFA $945,000
53 Dylan Duke WE LW 23 RFA $942,500
8 Niko Huuhtanen WE RW 23 RFA $942,500
50 Robert Flinton WE LW 22 RFA $942,500
75 Lucas Mercuri WE C 24 RFA $942,500
23 Sam O'Reilly WE RW 20 RFA $936,500 $936,500 $936,500
17 Dominic James WE C 23 RFA $910,000
89 Ethan Gauthier WE RW 21 RFA $893,333 $893,333
14 Conor Geekie WE C 22 RFA $886,666
11 Jakob Pelletier LW 25 UFA $875,000 $875,000
52 Maxim Groshev WE RW 24 RFA $875,000 $875,000
28 Zemgus Girgensons M-NTC LW 32 UFA $850,000
6 Nicholas Abruzzese C 27 UFA $850,000
46 Scott Sabourin RW 33 UFA $850,000
# Defense Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
77 Victor Hedman NMC D 35 UFA $8,000,000 $8,000,000 $8,000,000
90 J.J. Moser NTC D 26 UFA $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 $6,750,000 +
81 Erik Černák NTC D 29 UFA $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000 $5,200,000
27 Ryan McDonagh NMC D 37 UFA $4,100,000 $4,100,000 $4,100,000
57 Dyllan Gill WE D 22 RFA $945,000
24 Maxwell Crozier WE D 26 UFA $875,000 $875,000
51 Charle-Édouard D'Astous WE D 28 UFA $875,000
78 Emil Martinsen Lilleberg D 25 RFA $850,000
16 Steven Santini D 31 UFA $850,000
7 Simon Lundmark D 25 RFA $850,000
# Goaltending Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
88 Andrei Vasilevskiy M-NTC G 31 UFA $9,500,000 $9,500,000
31 Jonas Johansson G 30 UFA $1,250,000
1 Harrison Meneghin WE G 21 RFA $972,500 $972,500
# Free Agents Clause Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
10 Corey Perry RW 41 UFA
22 Oliver Bjorkstrand RW 31 UFA
67 Declan Carlile Injured D 26 UFA
43 Darren Raddysh D 30 UFA

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

Non-Roster

Money in parentheses is the base NHL cap hit

Buyouts Position Age 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Vincent Lecavalier C 46 $0
Non-roster Position Age Expires As 2026-2027 2027-2028 2028-2029 2029-2030 2030-2031 2031-2032
Ethan Samson D 22 RFA
Mitchell Chaffee RW 28 UFA
Ian Mitchell D 27 UFA
Ryan Fanti G 26 UFA
Brandon Halverson G 30 UFA

Reserve Rights

Player Age Position Expiration Draft Pick
Jaydon Dureau 25 LW Qualifying Offer 2020 147 OA (round 5)
Ryder Korczak 23 C Qualifying Offer 2021 75 OA (round 3)
Ethan Samson 22 D Qualifying Offer 2021 174 OA (round 6)
2027 Expiration
Aiden Foster 19 C 2027-06-01 2025 127 OA (round 4)
Grant Spada 18 D 2027-06-01 2025 212 OA (round 7)
Marco Mignosa 21 RW 2027-06-01 2025 215 OA (round 7)
Jack Harvey 23 LW 2027-08-15 2023 193 OA (round 7)
Klavs Veinbergs 23 LW 2027-08-15 2022 224 OA (round 7)
Warren Clark 21 D 2027-08-15 2023 179 OA (round 6)
2028 Expiration
Ethan Hay 21 C 2028-06-01 2023 211 OA (round 7)
Jan Golicic 19 D 2028-06-01 2024 118 OA (round 4)
Joona Saarelainen 20 C 2028-06-01 2024 149 OA (round 5)
Jack Pridham 20 RW 2028-08-15 2024 92 OA (round 3)
Joe Connor 21 LW 2028-08-15 2024 195 OA (round 7)
2029 Expiration
Caleb Heil 20 G 2029-06-01 2025 193 OA (round 7)
Everett Baldwin 19 D 2029-06-01 2025 151 OA (round 5)
Roman Luttsev 20 C 2029-06-01 2025 206 OA (round 7)
Hagen Burrows 20 RW 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