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Esa Lindell

A. Captain

#23

age30

posD

shotl

h6'3"

w220lbs

Depth Chart LD2

Cap Relief

Current Contract

Extension signed

Cap Hit

$5,800,000$5.80M

Year 6 of 6

19/20

24/25

Expiry Status

UFA 2025 age 31

Next Contract

Signed Sep 17, 2024

Next Cap Hit

$5,250,000$5.25M

Term

5 Years

Next Expiry Status

UFA 2030 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round3

Pick74

Year2012

Agent Markus Lehto

Birthdate May 23, 1994

Birthplace Vantaa

Nationality Finland

Stick Nexus Tracer

UFA Year 2021

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $41,437,500

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP42

A11

P14

PPG0.33

PIM8

EV TOI/GM 17.36

G60 0.16

P60 0.82

GF% 56.70

DFF% 50.10

REL DFF% -3.00

CF% 49.50

REL CF% -4.50

Extension

2025-2030 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$26,250,000$26.25M

cap hit$5,250,000$5.25M

expiry 2030 UFA age 36

Esa Lindell is signed to a 5 year, $26,250,000 contract extension with a cap hit of $5,250,000 per season. He currently plays for the Dallas Stars. His contract was signed on September 17, 2024 for the 2025-26 season and expires at the end of the 2029-30 season, when Lindell will be 36 years old.

Signed On Sep 17 2024

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 5.97%

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

2019-2025 Standard Contract

term6yrs

value$34,800,000$34.80M

cap hit$5,800,000$5.80M

Signed On May 16 2019

Signing Agent Markus Lehto

Signed By

% 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
Buy Out

Career Stats By Contract

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Season	Cap Hit	League	Team	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	DFF%	Rel DFF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
2024-25	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	42	3	11	14	8	729	56.70	50.10	-3.00	49.50	-4.50	0.16	0.82
2023-24	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	5	21	26	12	1,326	51.30	55.00	0.10	50.20	-4.40	0.18	1.00	Playoffs	19	3	2	5	0
2022-23	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	8	16	24	10	1,168	52.50	49.80	-2.10	47.90	-5.60	0.26	0.72	Playoffs	19	0	3	3	0
2021-22	$5,800,000 $5.80M	International	Finland (all)	6	0	1	1	2
2021-22	$5,800,000 $5.80M	WC	Finland	6	0	1	1	2
2021-22	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	76	4	21	25	12	1,363	49.00	49.50	-1.80	45.80	-4.50	0.13	0.66	Playoffs	7	0	2	2	0
2020-21	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	56	5	11	16	19	1,004	55.40	51.60	-3.10	52.10	-1.70	0.24	0.72
2019-20	$5,800,000 $5.80M	NHL	Dallas Stars	69	3	20	23	12	1,184	45.60	49.00	-4.90	46.90	-3.90	0.05	0.51	Playoffs	27	1	7	8	0
2018-19	$2,200,000 $2.20M	NHL	Dallas Stars	82	11	21	32	33	1,552	50.50	45.25	-8.96	45.16	-5.14	0.15	0.73	Playoffs	13	1	3	4	0
2017-18	$2,200,000 $2.20M	NHL	Dallas Stars	80	7	20	27	24	1,418	55.86	55.86	4.04	52.39	2.02	0.13	0.63
2016-17	$745,833 $746K	NHL	Dallas Stars	73	6	12	18	22	1,305	54.08	47.14	-5.69	48.16	-3.18	0.23	0.69
2016-17	$745,833 $746K	International	Finland (all)	4	0	1	1	0
2016-17	$745,833 $746K	AHL	Texas Stars	2	0	1	1	0
2016-17	$745,833 $746K	WCup	Finland	1	0	0	0	0
2015-16	$745,833 $746K	International	Finland (all)	10	1	3	4	0
2015-16	$745,833 $746K	WC	Finland	10	1	3	4	0
2015-16	$745,833 $746K	NHL	Dallas Stars	4	0	0	0	0	53	20.00	48.13	-19.75	52.27	-11.31	0.00	0.00
2015-16	$745,833 $746K	AHL	Texas Stars	73	14	28	42	56									Playoffs	4	2	2	4	0
2014-15	$745,833 $746K	WC	Finland	8	1	5	6	0
2014-15	$745,833 $746K	AHL	Texas Stars	5	0	1	1	2
2014-15	$745,833 $746K	International	Finland (all)	19	4	6	10	0
2014-15	$745,833 $746K	EHT	Finland	8	2	0	2	0
2014-15	$745,833 $746K	Liiga	Ässät	57	14	21	35	28									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	International	Finland (all)	6	0	1	1	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	7	2	3	5	6
2013-14	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	2	3	5	6
2013-14	$0 $0K	Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	11	2	3	5	8
2013-14	$0 $0K	ET	Jokerit	5	0	2	2	2									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	Liiga	Jokerit	44	2	3	5	10									Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U19 (all)	7	3	0	3	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U20 (all)	8	0	0	0	6
2012-13	$0 $0K	Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	22	4	6	10	16
2012-13	$0 $0K	ET	Jokerit	7	2	1	3	2
2012-13	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	11	5	4	9	6
2012-13	$0 $0K	Liiga	Jokerit	19	0	0	0	4
2011-12	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Finland U18	5	1	0	1	14
2011-12	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Finland U18	7	0	6	6	2
2011-12	$0 $0K	Mestis	Kiekko-Vantaa	2	0	0	0	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U18 (all)	15	2	7	9	18
2011-12	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	48	21	30	51	16									Playoffs	11	2	5	7	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	EYOF	Finland U17	3	0	0	0	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	U20 SM-sarja	Jokerit U20	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	14	5	7	12	10									Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Finland U17 (all)	9	0	1	1	4
2009-10	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	26	9	12	21	16									Playoffs	13	1	2	3	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja Q	Jokerit U16	7	3	5	8	2									Playoffs	13	1	2	3	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	U18 SM-sarja	Jokerit U18	3	0	1	1	2
2008-09	$0 $0K	U16 SM-sarja	Jokerit U16	8	0	3	3	2									Playoffs	8	0	1	1	0
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Contract History

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

% 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

% 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

Esa Lindell Updates

Jan 8 2025

Lindell logged an assist and two blocked shots in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime win over the New York Rangers.

Dec 31 2024

Lindell scored an empty-net goal on three shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Dec 8 2024

Lindell notched an assist, two blocked shots and a plus-3 rating in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Calgary Flames.

Dec 1 2024

Lindell produced an assist, four shots on goal and three blocked shots in Sunday's 3-1 win over the Winnipeg Jets.

Nov 19 2024

Lindell scored a goal in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Anaheim Ducks.

Nov 12 2024

Lindell provided a pair of assists and went plus-4 in Monday's 7-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Nov 7 2024

Lindell posted an assist and went plus-3 in Thursday's 3-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Nov 1 2024

Lindell chipped in a goal and an assist in Friday's 6-4 loss to the Florida Panthers.

Oct 27 2024

Lindell recorded an assist, two blocked shots and two PIM in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Sep 17 2024 | Dallas Stars

Esa Lindell

Standard | 5 yrs

$26,250,000

Cap Hit

$5,250,000

Markus Lehto | Wasserman Hockey

Sep 17 2024

Lindell signed a five-year, $26.25 million contract extension with Dallas on Tuesday, per Chris Johnston of The Athletic.

May 29 2024

Lindell scored a goal in Wednesday's 5-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers in Game 4.

May 27 2024

Lindell provided an assist, four hits and three blocked shots in Monday's 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 3.

May 25 2024

Lindell scored an empty-net goal, added two PIM and logged two hits in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers in Game 2.

May 15 2024

Lindell posted an assist, four blocked shots, two hits and a minus-2 rating in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche in Game 5.

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