Tampa Bay Lightning salary cap 2023
View the Tampa Bay Lightning salary cap 2023 and team payroll. View player salaries for the Tampa Bay Lightning. The page is updated when a trade or contract signing happens.
Find out when Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman’s contracts are up. The salary cap table below will show the AVV for each Lightning player.
Tampa Bay Lightning Salary Cap Breakdown
Nikita Kucherov and Brayden Point are the Lightning forwards with the highest salary cap hit at $9,500,000. Both own 11.5% each of Tampa’s cap hit.
Victor Hedman is the Lightning defenceman with the highest cap hit. He has an excellent deal of $7,875,000 AVV (average annual value). Hedman is signed until the 2024-25 season.
According to CapFriendly, the Tampa Bay Lightning are entering the 2022-2023 season with 22 players on the roster (12 forwards, 8 defenceman and 2 goalies) and $3,552,467 left in Lightning cap space.
Tampa Bay Lightning Salary Cap 2023 | Lightning Cap Space
| FORWARDS | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kucherov, Nikita "A" | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | UFA | NMC | RW | 29 |
| Point, Brayden | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | C, RW | 26 | |
| Stamkos, Steven "C" | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | UFA | NMC | C, RW | 33 | |||
| Cirelli, Anthony | $4,800,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | $6,250,000 | LW, C | 25 | |
| Killorn, Alex | $4,450,000 | UFA | M-NTC | RW, LW | 33 | ||||
| Paul, Nicholas | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | $3,150,000 | NTC | C, LW | 27 |
| Namestnikov, Vladislav | $2,500,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LW, RW, C | 30 | ||||
| Hagel, Brandon | $1,500,000 | $1,500,000 | RFA | LW | 24 | ||||
| Colton, Ross | $1,125,000 | RFA | LW, C | 26 | |||||
| Bellemare, Pierre-Édouard | $1,000,000 | UFA | 35+ | C, LW | 37 | ||||
| Perry, Corey | $1,000,000 | UFA | 35+NTC | RW | 37 | ||||
| Maroon, Patrick | $1,000,000 | $1,000,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LW, RW | 34 | |||
| Jeannot, Tanner | $800,000 | RFA | RW, LW | 25 | |||||
| TOTAL | $48,825,000 | $39,400,000 | $28,400,000 | $28,400,000 | $28,400,000 | $18,900,000 | 29.7 | ||
| DEFENSE | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Hedman, Victor "A" | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | $7,875,000 | UFA | M-NTC | LD | 32 | ||
| Sergachev, Mikhail | $4,800,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | $8,500,000 | LD/RD | 24 | |
| Cole, Ian | $3,000,000 | UFA | LD/RD | 34 | |||||
| Cernak, Erik | $2,950,000 | $5,200,000 | $5,200,000 | $5,200,000 | $5,200,000 | $5,200,000 | RD | 25 | |
| Bogosian, Zach | $850,000 | $850,000 | UFA | NTC | RD | 32 | |||
| Perbix, Nick | $842,500 | $1,125,000 | $1,125,000 | UFA | ELCÂ | RD | 24 | ||
| Fleury, Haydn | $762,500 | $762,500 | UFA | LD/RD | 26 | ||||
| GOALIES | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Vasilevskiy, Andrei | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | NMC | G | 28 |
| Elliott, Brian | $900,000 | UFA | 35+ | G | 37 | ||||
| TOTAL | $10,400,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | $9,500,000 | 32.5 | ||
| LONG-TERM INJURED RESERVE | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Seabrook, Brent | $6,875,000 | $6,875,000 | UFA | M-NTC | RD | 37 | |||
| Salary Relief:Â $6,875,000 | |||||||||
| P.Bonus Relief:Â $0 | |||||||||
| TOTAL | $6,875,000 | $6,875,000 | 37 | ||||||
| BURIED PENALTY (1 - $1,425,000) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | TERMS | POS | AGE |
| Myers, Philippe | $1,425,000 | $275,000 | UFA | RD | 26 | ||||
| TOTAL | $1,425,000 | $275,000 | 26 | ||||||
| DEAD CAP | |||||||||
| BUYOUT HISTORY (1) | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | |||
| Lecavalier, Vincent | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||
| TOTAL | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | ||||
| ROSTER & BURIED CAP HITÂ | $88,605,000 | $80,337,500 | $60,600,000 | $51,600,000 | $51,600,000 | $42,100,000 | |||
| DEAD CAP HITÂ | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | |||
| CARRYOVER BONUS OVERAGESÂ | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| PROJECTED CAP HITÂ | $89,561,328 | $80,337,500 | $60,600,000 | $51,600,000 | $51,600,000 | $42,100,000 | |||
| SALARY CAPÂ | $82,500,000 | $83,500,000 | $87,500,000 | $92,000,000 | $92,000,000 | $92,000,000 | |||
| PROJECTED CAP SPACEÂ | $0 | $3,162,500 | $26,900,000 | $40,400,000 | $40,400,000 | $49,900,000 | |||
| CURRENT CAP SPACEÂ | $769,967 | - | - | - | - | - |
