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Esa Lindell

A. Captain

#23

age31

posLD

shotl

h6'3"

w216lbs

Depth Chart LD1

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$5,250,000$5.25M

Year 1 of 5

25/26

29/30

Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round3

Pick74

Year2012

Agent Markus Lehto

Birthdate May 23, 1994

Birthplace Vantaa

Nationality Finland

Stick Bauer Nexus Tracer

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $47.73M

Regular Season

GP22

PPG0.32

PIM6

5x5 TOI/GP 17:38

PP TOI/GP 0:41

PK TOI/GP 3:45

G60 0.31

P60 0.93

GF% 63.3

xGF% 56.0

RELxGF% 10.0

CF% 49.0

REL CF% 6.5

Pen Diff 2

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP706

G56

A168

P224

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.32

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.08

Career Statline Details

2025-2030 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$26,250,000$26.25M

cap hit$5,250,000$5.25M

Esa Lindell is signed to a 5 year, $26,250,000 contract with a cap hit of $5,250,000 per season, playing for the Dallas Stars. His contract expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, making Lindell an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Sep 17 2024

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 5.50%

Signing Status UFAage 30

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030
Cap Hit	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	UFAage 36
AAV	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$5,250,000$5.25M
Base	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,250,000$4.25M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$1,000,000$1.00M	-	-
Total Salary	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Minors Salary	$6,500,000$6.50M	$6,500,000$6.50M	$5,250,000$5.25M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP22

PPG0.32

PIM6

5x5 TOI/GP 17:38

PP TOI/GP 0:41

PK TOI/GP 3:45

G60 0.31

P60 0.93

GF% 63.3

xGF% 56.0

RELxGF% 10.0

CF% 49.0

REL CF% 6.5

Pen Diff 2

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP706

G56

A168

P224

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.32

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.08

Career Statline Details

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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	31	$5,250,000 $5.25M	NHL	Dallas Stars	22	2	5	7	6	63.3	56.0	10.0	49.0	6.5	0.31	0.93	2	17:38	0:41	3:45
2024-25	30	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL 4 Nations	Finland	3	1	0	1	0
2024-25	30	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	80	5	21	26	14	59.5	50.0	-0.6	46.0	-5.5	0.13	0.76	-3	17:41	0:13	3:24	Playoffs	18	1	1	2	0
2023-24	29	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	5	21	26	12	52.2	55.0	1.8	50.0	-4.5	0.18	0.99	2	16:20	0:06	3:18	Playoffs	19	3	2	5	0
2022-23	28	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	8	16	24	10	54.5	52.0	-1.4	48.0	-5.1	0.23	0.83	1	15:51	0:02	3:27	Playoffs	19	0	3	3	0
2021-22	27	$5,800,000 $5.80M	WC	Finland	6	0	1	1	2
2021-22	27	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	76	4	21	25	12	48.5	51.0	-1.1	46.0	-4.4	0.13	0.65	-4	18:06	0:24	2:31	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
2021-22	27	$5,800,000 $5.80M	International	Finland (all)	6	0	1	1	2
2020-21	26	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	56	5	11	16	19	54.5	52.0	-3.0	52.0	-2.0	0.23	0.69	3	18:42	1:06	2:56
2019-20	25	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	69	3	20	23	12	46.7	51.0	-3.7	47.0	-4.0	0.05	0.50	-2	17:33	1:05	3:35	Playoffs	27	1	7	8	0
2018-19	24	$2,200,000 $2.20M	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	11	21	32	33	51.0	46.0	-8.2	45.0	-5.1	0.15	0.73	3	18:59	1:07	3:04	Playoffs	13	1	3	4	0
2017-18	23	$2,200,000 $2.20M	NHL	Dallas Stars	80	7	20	27	24
2016-17	22	$745,833 $746K	WCup	Finland	1	0	0	0	0
2016-17	22	$745,833 $746K	NHL	Dallas Stars	73	6	12	18	22
2016-17	22	$745,833 $746K	International	Finland (all)	4	0	1	1	0
2016-17	22	$745,833 $746K	AHL	Texas Stars	2	0	1	1	0
2015-16	21	$745,833 $746K	WC	Finland	10	1	3	4	0
2015-16	21	$745,833 $746K	NHL	Dallas Stars	4	0	0	0	0
2015-16	21	$745,833 $746K	International	Finland (all)	10	1	3	4	0
2015-16	21	$745,833 $746K	AHL	Texas Stars	73	14	28	42	56												Playoffs	4	2	2	4	0
2014-15	20	$745,833 $746K	WC	Finland	8	1	5	6	0
2014-15	20	$745,833 $746K	Liiga	Ässät	57	14	21	35	28												Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2014-15	20	$745,833 $746K	International	Finland (all)	19	4	6	10	0
2014-15	20	$745,833 $746K	EHT	Finland	8	2	0	2	0
2014-15	20	$745,833 $746K	AHL	Texas Stars	5	0	1	1	2
2013-14	19		WJC-20	Finland U20	7	2	3	5	6
2013-14	19		Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	11	2	3	5	8
2013-14	19		Liiga	Jokerit	44	2	3	5	10												Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	19		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	7	2	3	5	6
2013-14	19		International	Finland (all)	6	0	1	1	0
2013-14	19		ET	Jokerit	5	0	2	2	2
2012-13	18		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	11	5	4	9	6
2012-13	18		Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	22	4	6	10	16
2012-13	18		Liiga	Jokerit	19	0	0	0	4
2012-13	18		International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	8	0	0	0	6
2012-13	18		International-Jr	Finland U19 (all)	7	3	0	3	2
2012-13	18		ET	Jokerit	7	2	1	3	2
2011-12	17		WJC-18	Finland U18	7	0	6	6	2
2011-12	17		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	48	21	30	51	16												Playoffs	11	2	5	7	0
2011-12	17		Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	2	0	0	0	0
2011-12	17		International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	15	2	7	9	18
2011-12	17		Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	5	1	0	1	14
2010-11	16		U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	0	0	0	0	0												Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
2010-11	16		U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	14	5	7	12	10												Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2010-11	16		International-Jr	Finland U17 (all)	9	0	1	1	4
2010-11	16		EYOF	Finland U17	3	0	0	0	0
2009-10	15		U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	3	0	1	1	2
2009-10	15		U16 SM-sarja Q	Jokerit U16	7	3	5	8	2
2009-10	15		U16 SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	26	9	12	21	16												Playoffs	13	1	2	3	0
2008-09	14		U16 SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	8	0	3	3	2												Playoffs	8	0	1	1	0
NHL Totals					706	56	168	224
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

09/17

2024

Lindell, Esa

5yrs

$5,250,000

Cap Hit

05/16

2019

Lindell, Esa

6yrs

$5,800,000

Cap Hit

06/26

2017

Lindell, Esa

2yrs

$2,200,000

Cap Hit

05/26

2014

Lindell, Esa

3yrs

$925,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

Nov

Lindell, Esa

Lindell scored a goal and blocked two shots in Thursday's 7-0 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Oct

Lindell, Esa

Lindell scored a goal, added an assist, blocked four shots and went plus-3 in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the Minnesota Wild.

Oct

Lindell, Esa

Lindell recorded an assist, three hits and two blocked shots in Saturday's 5-4 shootout win over the Colorado Avalanche.

May

Lindell, Esa

Lindell scored an empty-net goal, added three hits and went plus-2 in Wednesday's 6-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1.

May

Lindell, Esa

Lindell logged an assist in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Colorado Avalanche in Game 7.

All Transactions

Contract History

2019-2025 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$34,800,000$34.80M

cap hit$5,800,000$5.80M

expiry 2025 UFA age 31

Signed On May 16 2019

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 7.12%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025
Cap Hit	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	UFAage 31
AAV	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M	$5,800,000$5.80M
Base	$6,000,000$6.00M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$1,000,000$1.00M	-	$2,000,000$2.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	-	-
Total Salary	$7,000,000$7.00M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Minors Salary	$7,000,000$7.00M	$4,800,000$4.80M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M
Clauses			NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2017-2019 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$4,400,000$4.40M

cap hit$2,200,000$2.20M

expiry 2019 RFA age 25

Signed On Jun 26 2017

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 2.93%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,200,000$2.20M	RFAage 25
AAV	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Base	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Minors Salary	$2,200,000$2.20M	$2,200,000$2.20M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2017 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2017 RFA age 23

Signed On May 26 2014

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Nill

% Cap Contract Start 1.08%

Signing Status age 20

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$745,833$746K	$745,833$746K	$745,833$746K	RFAage 23
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$575,000$575K	$675,000$675K	$710,000$710K
Performance Bonuses	$257,500$258K	$157,500$158K	$122,500$123K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$667,500$668K	$767,500$768K	$802,500$803K
Minors Salary	$60,000$60K	$67,500$68K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year