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Nick Paul

#20

age30

posLW

shotl

h6'4"

w229lbs

Depth Chart C3

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$3,150,000$3.15M

Year 3 of 7

22/23

24/25

28/29

Expiry Status

UFA 2029 age 34

Profile

Draft Team

Round4

Pick101

Year2013

Agent Paul Capizzano

Birthdate Mar 20, 1995

Birthplace Mississauga, Ontario

Nationality Canada

Stick CCM JetSpeed FT7 Pro

UFA Year 2022

ELC Year 19

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $17,660,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP61

G20

A17

P37

PPG0.61

PIM30

EV TOI/GM 13.82

G60 1.00

P60 1.85

GF% 57.40

DFF% 47.60

REL DFF% -5.80

CF% 47.90

REL CF% -3.20

2022-2029 Standard Contract

term7yrs

value$22,050,000$22.05M

cap hit$3,150,000$3.15M

Nick Paul is signed to a 7 year, $22,050,000 contract with a cap hit of $3,150,000 per season, currently playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning. His contract was signed on July 1, 2022, and expires at the end of the 2028-29 season, when Paul will be 34 years old.

Signed On Jul 1 2022

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 3.82%

Signing Status UFAage 27

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027-28	2028-29	2029
Cap Hit	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	UFAage 34
AAV	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M	$3,150,000$3.15M
Base	$750,000$750K	$2,150,000$2.15M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$3,400,000$3.40M	$2,000,000$2.00M	-	-	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M	$1,000,000$1.00M
Total Salary	$4,150,000$4.15M	$4,150,000$4.15M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Minors Salary	$4,150,000$4.15M	$4,150,000$4.15M	$3,250,000$3.25M	$3,000,000$3.00M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M	$2,500,000$2.50M
Clauses	NTC	NTC	NTC	NTC	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

Notes

Full NTC year 1-4 and 16 team no trade list in last 3 years

Career Stats By Contract

NHL Only

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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	$3,150,000 $3.15M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	61	20	17	37	30	843	57.40	47.60	-5.80	47.90	-3.20	1.00	1.85
2023-24	$3,150,000 $3.15M	WC	Canada	10	3	3	6	4
2023-24	$3,150,000 $3.15M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	82	24	22	46	27	1,059	43.30	49.40	-0.90	50.70	0.30	0.79	1.53	Playoffs	5	2	0	2	0
2022-23	$3,150,000 $3.15M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	80	17	15	32	33	1,042	56.80	51.10	-1.40	50.80	-1.00	0.52	1.32	Playoffs	6	1	0	1	0
2021-22	$1,350,000 $1.35M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	21	5	9	14	17	249	54.50	50.40	-0.20	50.00	-0.40	0.96	2.65	Playoffs	23	5	4	9	0
2021-22	$1,350,000 $1.35M	NHL	Ottawa Senators	59	11	7	18	22	819	41.00	46.90	0.10	48.70	1.50	0.29	0.81
2020-21	$1,350,000 $1.35M	WC	Canada	10	2	2	4	4
2020-21	$1,350,000 $1.35M	NHL	Ottawa Senators	56	5	15	20	19	736	47.20	47.30	-1.10	50.30	2.20	0.33	0.98
2019-20	$750,000 $750K	NHL	Ottawa Senators	56	9	11	20	24	729	52.20	47.50	-3.60	46.90	-2.50	0.74	1.48
2019-20	$750,000 $750K	AHL	Belleville Senators	3	1	3	4	0
2018-19	$650,000 $650K	NHL	Ottawa Senators	20	1	1	2	4	168	22.22	46.47	4.43	52.12	8.77	0.36	0.71
2018-19	$650,000 $650K	AHL	Belleville Senators	43	16	23	39	29
2017-18	$670,000 $670K	NHL	Ottawa Senators	11	1	0	1	0	86	16.67	45.36	2.19	54.12	6.64	0.70	0.70
2017-18	$670,000 $670K	AHL	Belleville Senators	54	14	13	27	40
2016-17	$670,000 $670K	NHL	Ottawa Senators	1	0	0	0	0	15	0.00	57.08	-1.04	55.57	0.61	0.00	0.00
2016-17	$670,000 $670K	AHL	Binghamton Senators	72	15	22	37	30
2015-16	$670,000 $670K	NHL	Ottawa Senators	24	2	3	5	6	278	44.44	50.95	3.37	46.69	-1.14	0.43	1.08
2015-16	$670,000 $670K	AHL	Binghamton Senators	45	6	11	17	10
2014-15	$670,000 $670K	WJC-20	Canada U20	7	3	0	3	2
2014-15	$670,000 $670K	Jr Super Series	OHL All-Stars	1	0	0	0	0
2014-15	$670,000 $670K	OHL	North Bay Battalion	58	37	29	66	49									Playoffs	15	7	8	15	0
2013-14	$0 $0K	OHL	North Bay Battalion	67	26	20	46	39									Playoffs	22	12	6	18	0
2012-13	$0 $0K	OHL	Brampton Battalion	66	12	16	28	21									Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	U18 AAA	Reps Hockey Club U18 AAA	63	48	60	108	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	GTHL U18	Reps Hockey Club U18 AAA	33	25	32	57	0
2011-12	$0 $0K	OJHL	Mississauga Chargers	9	3	2	5	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	OHL Cup	Mississauga Senators U16 AAA	5	2	2	4	4
2010-11	$0 $0K	GTHL U16	Mississauga Senators U16 AAA	37	14	11	25	12
2009-10	$0 $0K	Big Nickel U14	Mississauga Senators U15 AAA	6	3	1	4	0
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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/1

2022

Paul, Nick

7yrs

$3,150,000AAV

03/20

2022

Paul, Nick

Joseph, Mathieu 2024 Round 4

10/14

2020

Paul, Nick

2yrs

$1,350,000AAV

07/2

2019

Paul, Nick

1yr

$750,000AAV

07/16

2018

Paul, Nick

1yr

$650,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

Mar

Paul, Nick

Paul had a goal and an assist in a 6-2 win over the Boston Bruins on Saturday.

Mar

Paul, Nick

Paul scored a goal and added an assist in Thursday's 6-5 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

Mar

Paul, Nick

Paul picked an apple in Saturday's 3-1 win over the Washington Capitals.

Feb

Paul, Nick

Paul scored a goal in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers.

Feb

Paul, Nick

Paul scored an empty-net goal and added two hits in Sunday's 4-1 win against the Seattle Kraken.

All Transactions

Contract History

2020-2022 Standard Contract

term2yrs

value$2,700,000$2.70M

cap hit$1,350,000$1.35M

expiry 2022 UFA age 27

Signed On Oct 14 2020

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 1.66%

Signing Status RFAage 25

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$1,350,000$1.35M	$1,350,000$1.35M	UFAage 27
AAV	$1,350,000$1.35M	$1,350,000$1.35M
Base	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Performance Bonuses	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-
Total Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Minors Salary	$1,200,000$1.20M	$1,500,000$1.50M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Notes

* Retained Salary Mar 20, 2022

44.50% of contract was retained by the Ottawa Senators in a trade to the Tampa Bay Lightning

Trade Details

2019-2020 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$750,000$750K

cap hit$750,000$750K

expiry 2020 RFA age 25

Signed On Jul 2 2019

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.92%

Signing Status RFAage 24

Arbitration Eligible

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2019-20	2020
Cap Hit	$750,000$750K	RFAage 25
AAV	$750,000$750K
Base	$750,000$750K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$750,000$750K
Minors Salary	$165,000$165K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2018-2019 Standard Contract

term1yr

value$650,000$650K

cap hit$650,000$650K

expiry 2019 RFA age 24

Signed On Jul 16 2018

Signing Agent Paul Capizzano

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.82%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2018-19	2019
Cap Hit	$650,000$650K	RFAage 24
AAV	$650,000$650K
Base	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-
Signing Bonuses	-
Total Salary	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	$80,000$80K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA
UFA Year

2014-2018 Entry Level Contract

term4yrs

value$2,680,000$2.68M

cap hit$670,000$670K

expiry 2018 RFA age 23

Signed On Dec 21 2014

Signing Agent Anton Thun

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.97%

Signing Status age 19

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018
Cap Hit	$670,000$670K	$670,000$670K	$670,000$670K	$670,000$670K	RFAage 23
AAV	$670,000$670K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K	$894,167$894K
Base	-	$575,000$575K	$600,000$600K	$650,000$650K
Performance Bonuses	-	$257,500$258K	$232,500$233K	$182,500$183K
Signing Bonuses	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	$92,500$93K	-
Total Salary	-	$667,500$668K	$692,500$693K	$650,000$650K
Minors Salary	-	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K	$70,000$70K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year