Overview Current Contract Career Stats Contract History

Ondrej Palat

A. Captain

#18

age33

posLW

shotl

h6'0"

w194lbs

Depth ChartLW1

Buyout Cap Relief

Current Contract

Cap Hit

$6,000,000$6.00M

Year 3 of 5

22/23

24/25

26/27

Expiry Status

UFA 2027 age 36

Profile

Draft Team

Round7

Pick207

Year2011

Agent Craig Oster

Birthdate Mar 28, 1991

Birthplace Frydek-Mistek

Nationality Czechia

UFA Year 2018

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $58,325,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP31

P11

PPG0.35

PIM6

EV TOI/GM 12.25

G60 0.49

P60 1.31

GF% 46.70

DFF% 50.80

REL DFF% -4.60

CF% 50.70

REL CF% -1.40

2022-2027 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$30,000,000$30.00M

cap hit$6,000,000$6.00M

Ondrej Palat is signed to a 5 year, $30,000,000 contract with a cap hit of $6,000,000 per season. His contract was signed on July 13, 2022, and expires at the end of the 2026-27 season, when Palat will be 36 years old.

Signed On Jul 13 2022

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 7.27%

Signing Status UFAage 31

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2022-23	2023-24	2024-25	2025-26	2026-27	2027
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 36
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	$750,000$750K	$3,580,000$3.58M	$1,770,000$1.77M	$3,950,000$3.95M	$4,950,000$4.95M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$7,500,000$7.50M	$3,320,000$3.32M	$3,180,000$3.18M	$1,000,000$1.00M	-
Total Salary	$8,250,000$8.25M	$6,900,000$6.90M	$4,950,000$4.95M	$4,950,000$4.95M	$4,950,000$4.95M
Minors Salary	$8,250,000$8.25M	$6,900,000$6.90M	$4,950,000$4.95M	$4,950,000$4.95M	$4,950,000$4.95M
Clauses	NMC	NMC	NMC	NMC M-NTC	NMC M-NTC
Year Type	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year
Buy Out				Buy Out	Buy Out

Notes

No Move Clause; Modified No Trade -- commencing July 1, 2025 -- 10 team trade list

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	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	31	5	6	11	6	368	46.70	50.80	-4.60	50.70	-1.40	0.49	1.31
2023-24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	International	Czechia (all)	12	3	3	6	4
2023-24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	EHT	Czechia	2	0	0	0	0
2023-24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	WC	Czechia	10	3	3	6	4
2023-24	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	71	11	20	31	37	933	51.40	55.70	5.20	54.90	3.80	0.64	1.61
2022-23	$6,000,000 $6.00M	NHL	New Jersey Devils	49	8	15	23	6	658	56.40	59.20	3.50	54.00	0.40	0.64	1.64	Playoffs	12	3	4	7	0
2021-22	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	77	18	31	49	20	1,015	53.60	53.10	1.50	50.70	-0.20	0.83	1.89	Playoffs	23	11	10	21	0
2020-21	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	55	15	31	46	26	720	52.70	53.10	1.70	52.20	-0.20	0.58	1.92	Playoffs	23	5	8	13	0
2019-20	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	69	17	24	41	22	900	66.20	54.20	2.60	54.00	2.50	0.73	1.87	Playoffs	25	11	7	18	0
2018-19	$5,300,000 $5.30M	EHT	Czechia	2	1	0	1	0
2018-19	$5,300,000 $5.30M	International	Czechia (all)	12	2	1	3	6
2018-19	$5,300,000 $5.30M	WC	Czechia	10	1	1	2	6
2018-19	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	64	8	26	34	20	790	53.62	51.79	-2.60	51.15	-0.06	0.38	1.82	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0
2017-18	$5,300,000 $5.30M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	56	11	24	35	6	729	63.08	52.39	-1.25	52.27	-0.90	0.41	1.89	Playoffs	17	6	6	12	0
2016-17	$3,333,333 $3.33M	International	Czechia (all)	6	1	3	4	6
2016-17	$3,333,333 $3.33M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	75	17	35	52	39	1,040	52.94	52.06	1.73	52.08	1.95	0.63	1.85
2016-17	$3,333,333 $3.33M	WCup	Czechia	3	0	1	1	0
2015-16	$3,333,333 $3.33M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	62	16	24	40	20	799	60.00	51.35	-1.79	52.07	-0.80	0.90	1.95	Playoffs	17	4	6	10	0
2014-15	$3,333,333 $3.33M	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	75	16	47	63	24	935	67.02	60.61	9.12	57.01	4.24	0.64	2.95	Playoffs	26	8	8	16	0
2013-14	$575,000 $575K	International	Czechia (all)	4	0	0	0	0
2013-14	$575,000 $575K	OG	Czechia	4	0	0	0	0
2013-14	$575,000 $575K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	81	23	36	59	20	1,100	64.71	53.96	4.35	51.32	0.06	0.82	2.13	Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0
2012-13	$575,000 $575K	NHL	Tampa Bay Lightning	14	2	2	4	0	147	72.73	42.96	-5.05	46.47	-0.87	0.81	1.63
2012-13	$575,000 $575K	AHL	Syracuse Crunch	56	13	39	52	35									Playoffs	18	7	19	26	0
2011-12	$575,000 $575K	AHL	Norfolk Admirals	61	9	21	30	10									Playoffs	18	4	5	9	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Czechia U20 (all)	9	2	3	5	2
2010-11	$0 $0K	WJC-20	Czechia U20	6	2	1	3	0
2010-11	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Drummondville Voltigeurs	61	39	57	96	24									Playoffs	10	4	7	11	0
2009-10	$0 $0K	QMJHL	Drummondville Voltigeurs	59	17	23	40	24									Playoffs	7	1	1	2	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	Czechia U18	0	1	0	0	0
2008-09	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Czechia U20 (all)	4	0	1	1	2
2008-09	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Czechia U18 (all)	18	4	6	10	6
2008-09	$0 $0K	WJC-18	Czechia U18	6	1	0	1	2
2008-09	$0 $0K	Czechia U20	HC Vitkovice U20	42	23	33	56	14									Playoffs	10	8	6	14	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	Czechia U18 2	HC Frydek-Mistek U18	3	13	4	17	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Czechia U18 (all)	18	12	7	19	2
2007-08	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Czechia U17 (all)	5	1	6	7	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	Czechia U18	HC Vitkovice U18	4	2	3	5	0									Playoffs	2	1	1	2	0
2007-08	$0 $0K	WJC-18 D1	Czechia U18	5	6	2	8	2
2007-08	$0 $0K	Czechia U20	HC Vitkovice U20	42	19	18	37	28									Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0
2006-07	$0 $0K	Czechia U18 2	HC Frydek-Mistek U18	7	7	11	18	6
2006-07	$0 $0K	International-Jr	Czechia U16 (all)	9	1	3	4	10
2006-07	$0 $0K	Czechia U20	HC Vitkovice U20	13	5	2	7	12									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
2006-07	$0 $0K	Czechia U18	HC Vitkovice U18	33	32	24	56	18									Playoffs	9	3	6	9	0
2005-06	$0 $0K	Czechia U18 2	HC Frydek-Mistek U18	14	10	7	17	6
2005-06	$0 $0K	Czechia U18	HC Vitkovice U18	22	2	7	9	4									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
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Contract History

2017-2022 Standard Contract

term5yrs

value$26,500,000$26.50M

cap hit$5,300,000$5.30M

expiry 2022 UFA age 31

Signed On Jul 14 2017

Signing Agent Craig Oster

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 7.07%

Signing Status RFAage 26

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21	2021-22	2022
Cap Hit	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	UFAage 31
AAV	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$5,300,000$5.30M
Base	$5,600,000$5.60M	$6,855,000$6.86M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$3,445,000$3.45M	$5,300,000$5.30M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-	-	-
Total Salary	$5,600,000$5.60M	$6,855,000$6.86M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$3,445,000$3.45M	$5,300,000$5.30M
Minors Salary	$5,600,000$5.60M	$6,855,000$6.86M	$5,300,000$5.30M	$3,445,000$3.45M	$5,300,000$5.30M
Clauses		NTC	NTC	NTC	M-NTC
Year Type	RFA	UFA	UFA	UFA	UFA
UFA Year

2014-2017 Standard Contract

term3yrs

value$10,000,000$10.00M

cap hit$3,333,333$3.33M

expiry 2017 RFA age 26

Signed On Jun 9 2014

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 4.83%

Signing Status RFAage 23

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017
Cap Hit	$3,333,333$3.33M	$3,333,333$3.33M	$3,333,333$3.33M	RFAage 26
AAV	$3,333,333$3.33M	$3,333,333$3.33M	$3,333,333$3.33M
Base	$2,800,000$2.80M	$3,200,000$3.20M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	-	-	-
Total Salary	$2,800,000$2.80M	$3,200,000$3.20M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Minors Salary	$2,800,000$2.80M	$3,200,000$3.20M	$4,000,000$4.00M
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

2011-2014 Entry Level Contract

term3yrs

value$1,725,000$1.73M

cap hit$575,000$575K

expiry 2014 RFA age 23

Signed On Oct 10 2011

Signed By

% Cap Contract Start 0.89%

Signing Status age 20

Abbreviated $Amounts

	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014
Cap Hit	$575,000$575K	$575,000$575K	$575,000$575K	RFAage 23
AAV	$575,000$575K	$575,000$575K	$575,000$575K
Base	$525,000$525K	$525,000$525K	$550,000$550K
Performance Bonuses	-	-	-
Signing Bonuses	$50,000$50K	$37,500$38K	$37,500$38K
Total Salary	$575,000$575K	$562,500$563K	$587,500$588K
Minors Salary	$55,000$55K	$60,000$60K	$65,000$65K
Clauses
Year Type	RFA	RFA	RFA
UFA Year

Ondrej Palat Updates

Dec 11 2024

Palat scored a goal on two shots and added two hits in Tuesday's 2-1 overtime loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Dec 1 2024

Palat provided an assist and three hits in Saturday's 6-5 loss to the Washington Capitals.

Nov 22 2024

Palat provided an assist, two shots on goal and three hits in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Carolina Hurricanes.

Nov 13 2024

Palat scored an empty-net goal on four shots and went plus-2 in Tuesday's 4-1 win over the Florida Panthers.

Nov 7 2024

Palat scored a goal on four shots and delivered two hits in Thursday's 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens.

Oct 31 2024

Palat scored a goal on five shots in Wednesday's 6-0 win over the Vancouver Canucks.

Oct 27 2024

Palat notched an assist in Sunday's 6-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

Oct 8 2024

Palat (personal) was a participant at practice Tuesday morning, Mike Morreale of NHL.com reports.

Oct 5 2024

Palat (personal) won't be in the lineup Saturday versus Buffalo.

Apr 17 2024

Palat finished the 2023-24 season with 11 goals and 31 points in 71 appearances.

Mar 7 2024

Palat (lower body) will return to action versus St. Louis on Thursday, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site reports.

Mar 6 2024

Palat (lower body) skated before Wednesday's practice, per Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site. He remains questionable for Thursday's contest against the St. Louis Blues.

Mar 5 2024

Palat will be out of action against the Florida Panthers on Tuesday due to a lower-body injury, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site reports.

Mar 5 2024

Palat (not injury related) will be out Tuesday against the Florida Panthers, per James Nichols.

Feb 27 2024

Palat posted an assist, two hits and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 7-2 win over the San Jose Sharks.

Jul 13 2022 | New Jersey Devils

Ondrej Palat

Standard | 5 yrs

$30,000,000

Cap Hit

$6,000,000

Craig Oster | Newport Sports Management Inc.

Jul 14 2017 | Tampa Bay Lightning

Ondrej Palat

Standard | 5 yrs

$26,500,000

Cap Hit

$5,300,000

Craig Oster | Newport Sports Management Inc.

Jun 9 2014 | Tampa Bay Lightning

Ondrej Palat

Standard | 3 yrs

$10,000,000

Cap Hit

$3,333,333

Oct 10 2011 | Tampa Bay Lightning

Ondrej Palat

Entry Level | 3 yrs

$1,725,000

Cap Hit

$575,000

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