Erik Cernak
Tampa Bay Lightning · D · Age 29
D Overpaid by $1.3M a year
Cap hit vs expected
Cap hit $5.2M
Expected $3.9M
Production
| Season | GP | G | A | P | +/- | TOI/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +8 | 19:00 |
| 2025-26 | 61 | 3 | 8 | 11 | +3 | 17:37 |
Contract
- Cap hit
- $5.2M
- Type
- RFA
- Term
- 8 years
- Years remaining
- 5
- Expiry
- 2031
- Clauses
- NTC, M-NTC, M-NTC (16)
- Source
- Link
Summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning pay Erik Cernak $5.2M. Measured against $3.9M of expected value, that makes this contract an overpay of $1.3M a year — a D.
Grade trend
Comparable contracts
- Jake Walman $7M F
- Charle-Edouard D'Astous $875K B
- Adam Wilsby $775K A
- Andrew Peeke $1M B
- Nicolas Hague $5.5M D