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Brayden Point Signs Eight-Year Extension

July 28, 2021 at 2:43 pm CDT | by Gavin Lee 10 Comments

The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to lock up their key players. On the first day it was possible, the Lightning have signed Brayden Point to an eight-year contract extension worth a total of $76MM. That will take him to an average annual value of $9.5MM for the 2022-23 campaign after his current deal expires. GM Julien BriseBois was clear in his praise of the young forward:

Brayden is a key contributor to the Lightning’s success and one of the most dynamic players in the NHL. To be able to agree to terms with him on a long-term contract is great news for our organization going forward. Not only is Brayden a skilled player, he is also a fierce competitor who fits in well with the pedigree of our team. Our organization looks forward to having him be a big part of this team for many years to come.

Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic reports the full breakdown of salary and signing bonuses for Point:

  • 2022-23: $3.5MM salary + $5.5MM signing bonus
  • 2023-24: $5.0MM salary + $6.25MM signing bonus
  • 2024-25: $5.0MM salary + $7.0MM signing bonus
  • 2025-26: $5.0MM salary + $7.0MM signing bonus
  • 2026-27: $4.0MM salary + $5.75MM signing bonus
  • 2027-28: $3.0MM salary + $4.6MM signing bonus
  • 2028-29: $3.0MM salary + $4.2MM signing bonus
  • 2029-30: $3.0MM salary + $4.2MM signing bonus

Point, 25, was available to every team in the NHL during the 2014 draft, but it was Tampa Bay that used the 79th overall pick on him. Two years later he would debut with the club during the 2016-17 season, scoring 18 goals and 40 points en route to finishing tenth in the Calder Trophy voting. It was an impressive rookie season, but still, no one could guess at the level of play the Lightning were about to receive from their undersized center. The following year, he recorded 32 goals and 66 points, becoming the third star forward in Tampa Bay behind Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos. A 92-point campaign and then two straight Stanley Cups came after that, establishing Point as a legitimate superstar and one of the very best centers in the entire league.

Even with a $76MM deal, Point appears to be taking a discount to stay with Tampa Bay. He will match the deals signed in 2018 by Kucherov and 2019 by Andrei Vasilevskiy, tying them for the 15th highest cap hit in the NHL with players like Mark Stone, Alex Ovechkin, and Jamie Benn. That $9.5MM appears to be something of an internal limit for the Lightning, one that has allowed them to build an incredibly dominant team.

Signed through the end of the decade, Point will be in his mid-thirties by the time he reaches free agency again. That means there is at least a decent chance that he spends his entire career in Tampa Bay. If he does, Point very well could go down as one of the best players in franchise history. This core group—Point, Kucherov, Stamkos, Vasilevskiy and Victor Hedman—has already won two championships but does not appear to be breaking up anytime soon. All five players are under contract for at least three more seasons.

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  1. LarryJ4

    4 years ago

    I love how they can keep spending 10 millions on one player per year and able to keep them all

    Reply
    • DigbyGuy

      4 years ago

      Thank Chicago for giving them more room to work with

      Reply
    • Jason Williams

      4 years ago

      Keep them all? They would have been happy to keep Coleman, Goodrow, Savvard, and Johnson but they’ll all be replaced by people close to the minimum so they can afford to pay the top guys. They also lost Gourde because they wanted to protect the top 2 defensive pairings. Losing the entire 3rd line is hardly “keeping them all”

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    • billysbballz

      4 years ago

      No they were trying to deal Johnson for 2 years. Savaged is easily replaceable. They knew they weren’t resigning Coleman. Goodrow maybe the one guy they wish would have taken a 3 year deal at 1.5 mill but he wanted more of course

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  2. DarkSide830

    4 years ago

    holy signing bonuses Batman!

    Reply
  3. ruckus727

    4 years ago

    Nice!

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  4. wreckage

    4 years ago

    Tampa is roughly 4M over the cap for this season and already at roughly 71M with only 13 guys signed for next season. There are gonna be some tough times ahead.

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    • FirstCoastFan

      4 years ago

      They are actually 3$M under thanks to the 6.8$M on LTIR from Seabrook’s contract.That’s with 19 players players signed.

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    • wreckage

      4 years ago

      Not according to Capfriendly. That says they are at $85,370,122 with Seabrook already on LTIR.

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    • The Mistake of Giving Eugene Melnyk a Liver Transplant

      4 years ago

      Capfriendly has him on IR there, not LTIR. Go into Armchair GM and move him over to LTIR to see.

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