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Jake Guentzel

#59

age30

posLW

shotl

h5'11"

w179lbs

Depth Chart LW1

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$9,000,000$9.00M

Year 2 of 7

24/25

25/26

30/31

Expiry Status

UFA 2031 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round3

Pick77

Year2013

Agent Ben Hankinson

Birthdate Oct 6, 1994

Birthplace Omaha, Nebraska

Nationality USA

Stick Warrior Covert QR6 Pro

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 21

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $45.41M

Regular Season

GP80

G41

A39

P80

PPG1

PIM24

EV TOI/GM 15.13

G60 0.94

P60 2.03

GF% 63.20

DFF% 52.60

REL DFF% 1.00

CF% 50.80

REL CF% 0.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP600

G268

A303

P571

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.95

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.45

Career Statline Details

2024-2031 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$63,000,000$63.00M

cap hit$9,000,000$9.00M

Jake Guentzel is signed to a 7 year, $63,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $9,000,000 per season, playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. His contract expires at the end of the 2030-31 season, making Guentzel an Unrestricted Free Agent.

Signed On Jul 1 2024

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Julien BriseBois

% Cap Contract Start 10.23%

Signing Status UFAage 29

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029-30	2030-31	2031
Cap Hit	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	UFAage 36
AAV	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M	$9,000,000$9.00M
Base	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$3,957,895$3.96M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$12,263,157$12.26M	$8,947,368$8.95M	$4,000,000$4.00M	$6,957,895$6.96M	$6,957,895$6.96M	$6,957,895$6.96M	$6,957,895$6.96M
Total Salary	$13,263,157$13.26M	$9,947,368$9.95M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M
Minors Salary	$13,263,157$13.26M	$9,947,368$9.95M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M	$7,957,895$7.96M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC	M-NTC	M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out		Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

NMC Yrs 1-4; then 10 team trade list Yrs 5-7

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Career Stats By Contract

Regular Season

GP80

G41

A39

P80

PPG1

PIM24

EV TOI/GM 15.13

G60 0.94

P60 2.03

GF% 63.20

DFF% 52.60

REL DFF% 1.00

CF% 50.80

REL CF% 0.70

NHL Career Stats (Regular Season)

GP600

G268

A303

P571

NHL POINTS PER GAME 0.95

NHL GOALS PER GAME 0.45

Career Statline Details

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Season	Age	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	30	$9,000,000 $9.00M	NHL 4 Nations	USA	4	3	1	4	2
2024-25	30	$9,000,000 $9.00M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	41	39	80	24	1,210	63.20	52.60	1.00	50.80	0.70	0.94	2.03	Playoffs	5	3	3	6	0
2023-24	29	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	17	8	17	25	8	245	77.80	63.90	7.40	59.80	1.30	4.16	7.84	Playoffs	11	4	5	9	0
2023-24	29	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	50	22	30	52	14	778	53.70	56.10	6.30	55.90	5.80	1.31	2.47
2022-23	28	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	36	37	73	46	1,182	54.30	53.60	0.10	53.50	1.90	0.81	1.88
2021-22	27	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	40	44	84	44	1,156	57.00	54.50	0.80	53.40	2.20	1.30	2.54	Playoffs	7	8	2	10	0
2020-21	26	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	56	23	34	57	28	901	54.10	50.60	2.00	51.70	2.10	0.73	1.86	Playoffs	6	1	1	2	0
2019-20	25	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	39	20	23	43	14	619	58.10	57.80	5.40	55.80	4.90	1.26	2.81	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	0
2018-19	24	$734,167 $734K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	40	36	76	26	1,282	61.42	56.31	6.10	53.04	4.98	1.45	2.67	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2017-18	23	$734,167 $734K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	82	22	26	48	42	1,137	45.74	49.80	-3.35	53.36	1.57	0.74	1.79	Playoffs	12	10	11	21	0
2016-17	22	$734,167 $734K	NHL	Pittsburgh Penguins	40	16	17	33	10	562	56.92	50.95	-3.13	52.27	1.65	1.60	2.88	Playoffs	25	13	8	21	0
2016-17	22	$734,167 $734K	AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	33	21	21	42	12
2015-16	21		AHL	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	11	2	4	6	0									Playoffs	10	5	9	14	0
2015-16	21		NCAA	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	35	19	27	46	20
2014-15	20		NCAA	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	36	14	25	39	34
2013-14	19		NCAA	Univ. of Nebraska-Omaha	37	7	27	34	16
2012-13	18		USHL	Sioux City Musketeers	60	29	44	73	24
2011-12	17		MNHP-17	B17 - Red (Final 54)	3	3	3	6	0
2011-12	17		MN State	Hill-Murray School	3	1	2	3	0									Playoffs	3	1	4	5	0
2011-12	17		UMHSEHL	Team MAP South Hockey	21	14	27	41	8									Playoffs	3	0	3	3	0
2011-12	17		USHS-MN	Hill-Murray School	31	23	52	75	16									Playoffs	3	1	4	5	0
2010-11	16		MNHP-16	B16 - Red (Final 54)	3	3	4	7	0
2010-11	16		UMHSEHL	Team Twin Cities Orthopedics	15	6	5	11	4									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
2010-11	16		USHS-MN	Hill-Murray School	28	19	30	49	10									Playoffs	3	4	2	6	0
NHL Totals					600	268	303	571
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Signings & Trades

07/1

2024

Guentzel, Jake

7yrs

$9,000,000

Cap Hit

06/30

2024

Guentzel, Jake

2025 Round 3

03/7

2024

Lucius, Cruz

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Smith, Ty Guentzel, Jake

12/27

2018

Guentzel, Jake

5yrs

$6,000,000

Cap Hit

05/23

2016

Guentzel, Jake

3yrs

$925,000

Cap Hit

Transactions & Updates

May

Guentzel, Jake

Guentzel scored a power-play goal on four shots, added two PIM and went minus-2 in Wednesday's 6-3 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 5.

Apr

Guentzel, Jake

Guentzel had a goal and two assists in a 5-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in Game 3 on Saturday.

Apr

Guentzel, Jake

Guentzel scored a power-play goal on six shots and went minus-2 in Tuesday's 6-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 1.

Apr

Guentzel, Jake

Guentzel scored a shorthanded goal in Tuesday's 5-1 in over the Florida Panthers.

Apr

Guentzel, Jake

Guentzel scored two goals, including one on the power play, on four shots in Sunday's 7-4 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

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Contract History

2019-2024 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$30,000,000$30.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

expiry 2024 UFA age 29

Signed On Dec 27 2018

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Rutherford

% Cap Contract Start 7.36%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022-23	2023-24	2024
Cap Hit	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	UFAage 29
AAV	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Base	$7,000,000$7.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$7,000,000$7.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Minors Salary	$7,000,000$7.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$7,000,000$7.00M	$5,000,000$5.00M	$6,000,000$6.00M
Clauses				M-NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

Notes

12 Team NT List

* Retained Salary Mar 7, 2024

25.00% of contract was retained by the Pittsburgh Penguins in a trade to the Carolina Hurricanes

Trade Details

2016-2019 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$2,775,000$2.78M

cap hit$925,000$925K

expiry 2019 RFA age 24

Signed On May 23 2016

Signing Agent Ben Hankinson

Signed By

Signing GM Jim Rutherford

% Cap Contract Start 1.01%

Signing Status age 21

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$734,167$734K	$734,167$734K	$734,167$734K	RFAage 24
AAV	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K	$925,000$925K
Base	$575,000$575K	$650,000$650K	$700,000$700K
Performance Bonuses	$257,500$258K	$182,500$183K	$132,500$133K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K
Total Salary	$667,500$668K	$742,500$743K	$792,500$793K
Minors Salary	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year