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Ondrej Palat

A. Captain

#18

age34

posLW

shotl

h6'0"

w194lbs

Depth Chart LW4

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

Stick Bauer Vapor HyperLite 2

UFA Year 2018

ELC Year 20

Waivers Eligibility Eligible

Est Career Earnings $58,325,000

2024-25 Stats

Regular Season

GP77

G15

A13

P28

PPG0.36

PIM12

EV TOI/GM 12.28

G60 0.71

P60 1.35

GF% 49.40

DFF% 48.20

REL DFF% -4.80

CF% 48.50

REL CF% -3.70

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, currently playing for the New Jersey Devils. 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	77	15	13	28	12	933	49.40	48.20	-4.80	48.50	-3.70	0.71	1.35
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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Player Updates

Signings & Trades

07/13

2022

Palat, Ondrej

5yrs

$6,000,000AAV

07/14

2017

Palat, Ondrej

5yrs

$5,300,000AAV

06/9

2014

Palat, Ondrej

3yrs

$3,333,333AAV

10/10

2011

Palat, Ondrej

3yrs

$575,000AAV

Transactions & Updates

Apr

Palat, Ondrej

Palat (undisclosed) will return to the lineup for Game 1 in Carolina on Sunday, according to Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site.

Apr

Palat, Ondrej

Palat was injured blocking a shot Tuesday versus the Boston Bruins, but his X-rays returned negative. He won't play Wednesday versus the Detroit Red Wings, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site reports.

Apr

Palat, Ondrej

Palat scored a goal on two shots and added two hits in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Mar

Palat, Ondrej

Palat scored a shorthanded goal in Wednesday's 5-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.

Mar

Palat, Ondrej

Palat (lower body) will return to the lineup for Monday's game against the Vancouver Canucks, Amanda Stein of the New Jersey Devils' official site reports.

All Transactions

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