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Erik Cernak

#81

age28

posRD

shotr

h6'4"

w229lbs

Depth Chart RD2

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$5,200,000$5.20M

Year 3 of 8

23/24

25/26

30/31

Expiry Status

UFA 2031 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round2

Pick43

Year2015

Agent Craig Oster

Birthdate May 28, 1997

Birthplace Kosice

Nationality Slovakia

Stick CCM JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2024

ELC Year 18

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $27.86M

Regular Season

GP11

PPG0.18

PIM10

5x5 TOI/GP 15:20

PP TOI/GP 0:05

PK TOI/GP 2:46

G60 0.00

P60 0.71

GF% 41.2

xGF% 57.0

RELxGF% 2.4

CF% 47.0

REL CF% -6.2

Pen Diff 5

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP452

G23

A88

P111

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.25

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.05

Career Statline Details

2023-2031 Standard Contract

term8yrs

value$41,600,000$41.60M

cap hit$5,200,000$5.20M

Erik Cernak is signed to a 8 year, $41,600,000 contract with a cap hit of $5,200,000 per season, playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. His contract expires at the end of the 2030-31 season, making Cernak an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

Signing GM Julien BriseBois

% Cap Contract Start 6.23%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031
Cap Hit	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	UFAage 34
AAV	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M	$5,200,000$5.20M
Base	$1,260,000$1.26M	$2,260,000$2.26M	$6,760,000$6.76M	$5,096,000$5.10M	$3,056,000$3.06M	$3,056,000$3.06M	$3,056,000$3.06M	$3,056,000$3.06M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$5,500,000$5.50M	$4,500,000$4.50M	-	-	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Total Salary	$6,760,000$6.76M	$6,760,000$6.76M	$6,760,000$6.76M	$5,096,000$5.10M	$4,056,000$4.06M	$4,056,000$4.06M	$4,056,000$4.06M	$4,056,000$4.06M
Minors Salary	$6,760,000$6.76M	$6,760,000$6.76M	$6,760,000$6.76M	$5,096,000$5.10M	$4,056,000$4.06M	$4,056,000$4.06M	$4,056,000$4.06M	$4,056,000$4.06M
Clauses		NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out				Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

NTC from 2024/25 to June 15 2027, then 16-team trade list

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP11

PPG0.18

PIM10

5x5 TOI/GP 15:20

PP TOI/GP 0:05

PK TOI/GP 2:46

G60 0.00

P60 0.71

GF% 41.2

xGF% 57.0

RELxGF% 2.4

CF% 47.0

REL CF% -6.2

Pen Diff 5

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP452

G23

A88

P111

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.25

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.05

Career Statline Details

NHL Only

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Season	Age	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	GF%	xGF%	RelxGF%	CF%	RelCF%	G60	P60	Pen Dif	TOI 5v5/GP	TOI PP/GP	TOI PK/GP	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2025-26	28	$5,200,000 $5.20M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	11	0	2	2	10	41.2	57.0	2.4	47.0	-6.2	0.00	0.71	5	15:20	0:05	2:46
2024-25	27	$5,200,000 $5.20M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	76	3	18	21	50	57.5	50.0	-0.8	48.0	-3.2	0.10	0.61	7	15:25	0:02	2:10	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	0
2023-24	26	$5,200,000 $5.20M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	69	2	11	13	63	47.8	46.0	-4.7	47.0	-3.8	0.11	0.61	12	15:43	0:03	2:42	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2022-23	25	$2,950,000 $2.95M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	70	2	14	16	53	50.5	52.0	-0.3	52.0	-1.1	0.05	0.66	5	15:39	0:05	2:50	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2021-22	24	$2,950,000 $2.95M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	55	1	12	13	46	51.4	54.0	4.0	53.0	3.0	0.07	0.91	3	15:38	0:05	2:41	Playoffs	23	1	1	2	0
2020-21	23	$2,950,000 $2.95M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	46	5	13	18	38	52.4	55.0	3.2	54.0	2.8	0.41	1.22	9	16:02	0:12	2:36	Playoffs	21	1	9	10	0
2019-20	22	$697,500 $698K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	67	5	7	12	59	53.1	52.0	-3.5	51.0	-1.7	0.24	0.59	8	15:12	0:07	2:43	Playoffs	25	0	4	4	0
2018-19	21	$697,500 $698K	WC	Slovakia	7	3	2	5	8
2018-19	21	$697,500 $698K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	58	5	11	16	58												Playoffs	4	0	3	3	0
2018-19	21	$697,500 $698K	International	Slovakia (all)	9	4	2	6	12
2018-19	21	$697,500 $698K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	9	2	5	7	14
2017-18	20	$697,500 $698K	International	Slovakia (all)	2	0	0	0	2
2017-18	20	$697,500 $698K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	71	5	13	18	70												Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0
2016-17	19	$708,333 $708K	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	5	0	1	1	2
2016-17	19	$708,333 $708K	OHL	Erie Otters	50	3	18	21	53												Playoffs	22	1	8	9	0
2016-17	19	$708,333 $708K	Memorial Cup	Erie Otters	5	0	2	2	2
2015-16	18	$732,500 $733K	WJC-20	Slovakia U20	4	0	0	0	2
2015-16	18	$732,500 $733K	OHL	Erie Otters	41	4	11	15	35												Playoffs	13	0	6	6	0
2014-15	17		WJC-20	Slovakia U20	6	0	2	2	4
2014-15	17		Slovakia	HC Kosice	43	5	8	13	16												Playoffs	7	0	1	1	0
2014-15	17		International-Jr	Slovakia U20 (all)	5	3	2	5	8
2014-15	17		International	Slovakia (all)	3	1	0	1	6
2014-15	17		Champions HL	HC Kosice	6	0	1	1	4
2013-14	16		WJC-20	Slovakia U20	5	0	0	0	4
2013-14	16		WJC-18	Slovakia U18	5	0	0	0	6
2013-14	16		Slovakia U20	HC Kosice U20	8	1	3	4	16
2013-14	16		Slovakia	Team Slovakia U20	20	2	1	3	2
2013-14	16		Slovakia	HC Kosice	13	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	7	0	0	0	0
2013-14	16		International-Jr	Slovakia U20 (all)	7	0	1	1	4
2012-13	15		WJC-18	Slovakia U18	6	0	2	2	8
2012-13	15		WHC-17	Slovakia U17	5	0	0	0	8
2012-13	15		Slovakia2	Team Slovakia U20	8	2	0	2	18
2012-13	15		Slovakia U20	HC Slovan Bratislava U20	30	4	6	10	18												Playoffs	12	0	1	1	0
2012-13	15		Slovakia U18	HC Slovan Bratislava U18	1	0	2	2	0												Playoffs	1	0	2	2	0
2012-13	15		International-Jr	Slovakia U18 (all)	8	0	3	3	8
2012-13	15		International-Jr	Slovakia U17 (all)	9	1	1	2	10
2011-12	14		Slovakia U18	HC Kosice U18	37	5	4	9	61
2011-12	14		Slovakia U16	HC Kosice U16	9	4	10	14	26
2010-11	13		Slovakia U16	HC Kosice U16	26	9	13	22	34
2009-10	12		QC Int PW	Slovakia Elite Hockey	4	0	1	1	4
NHL Totals					452	23	88	111
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/13

2022

Cernak, Erik

8yrs

'31

$5,200,000

Cap Hit

12/22

2020

Cernak, Erik

3yrs

$2,950,000

Cap Hit

07/14

2015

Cernak, Erik

3yrs

$697,500

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Oct

Cernak, Erik

Cernak logged an assist, six hits and two PIM in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators.

Oct

Cernak, Erik

Cernak (undisclosed) will play Thursday versus the Ottawa Senators, Benjamin Pierce of the Tampa Bay Lightning's official site reports.

Oct

Cernak, Erik

Cernak (undisclosed) is set to miss Saturday's preseason game against the Florida Panthers, per Lightning radio announcer Dave Mishkin.

Oct

Cernak, Erik

Cernak (undisclosed) did not play in the third period of Thursday's preseason game versus the Florida Panthers, Lightning reporter Gabby Shirley reports.

Apr

Cernak, Erik

Cernak scored a goal on three shots, added five hits and blocked three shots in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 4.

All Transactions

Contract History

2020-2023 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$8,850,000$8.85M

cap hit$2,950,000$2.95M

expiry 2023 RFA age 26

Signed On Dec 22 2020

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

Signing GM Julien BriseBois

% Cap Contract Start 3.62%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Qualifying Offer $3,540,000$3.54M

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023
Cap Hit	$2,950,000$2.95M	$2,950,000$2.95M	$2,950,000$2.95M	RFAage 26
AAV	$2,950,000$2.95M	$2,950,000$2.95M	$2,950,000$2.95M
Base	$775,000$775K	$1,950,000$1.95M	$4,425,000$4.43M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$700,000$700K	$1,000,000$1.00M	-
Total Salary	$1,475,000$1.48M	$2,950,000$2.95M	$4,425,000$4.43M
Minors Salary	$1,475,000$1.48M	$2,950,000$2.95M	$4,425,000$4.43M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2015-2020 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,092,500$2.09M

cap hit$697,500$698K

expiry 2020 RFA age 23

Signed On Jul 14 2015

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

Signing GM Dean Lombardi

% Cap Contract Start 1.03%

Signing Status age 18

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$732,500$733K	$708,333$708K	$697,500$698K	$697,500$698K	$697,500$698K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$900,833$901K	$890,000$890K	$890,000$890K	$890,000$890K
Base	-	-	$650,000$650K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	$227,500$228K	$202,500$203K	$147,500$148K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-	-
Total Salary	-	-	$742,500$743K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Minors Salary	-	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year
Slide Year