The gap
What he reportedly wants versus what Tampa reportedly put on the table. Same city, different decade.
The two sides are $5M a year apart. Spread that over a calendar year and it's $0.16 a second. This meter has been running since the request went public on Oct. 30.
Ask: Chris Johnston (The Athletic), via Bleacher Report. Offer: Pro Hockey Rumors. Neither number is confirmed by the player or the team. Kucherov himself says "it was never about the money."
2 calls. 4 months.
His words: "Over the last four months, we only have had two conversations" with GM Julien BriseBois. Here's what that looks like on a phone.
Julien B.
- JBJulien B.Conversation #2 · date not reportedℹ
- JBJulien B.Conversation #1 · date not reportedℹ
~123 days. 2 lit. Positions are illustrative.
Still producing
Points per game against every NHL forward with 10+ games this season.
How it's calculated
No secret sauce. All numbers are reported or pulled from the NHL's public stats.
The gap
Ask: 6 years at about $20M ($120M). Offer: 4 years at $15M ($60M). Per-year gap = $20M − $15M. Full-term gap = $120M − $60M. Pro Hockey Rumors wrote the offer as "four years and $15MM"; we read that as $15M per year, matching other reporting. If that's wrong, the gap is bigger.
The live meter
A thought experiment, not money anyone is owed: $5M / 365 days, accrued every second since Oct. 30, 2026 (the day Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman reported the request; we start the clock at noon ET because the exact time isn't public).
The call log
Kucherov told reporters on Nov. 2 that he'd had two conversations with BriseBois over four months. The dates weren't given, so the two lit days are placed for illustration. The 123-day window is roughly four months back from Nov. 2.
Points pace
Points per game from the NHL stats API. "League" means every forward (C, LW, RW) with 10+ games played. The 84-game pace is points per game times 84, the new season length. Updated whenever update.py runs; see the timestamp below.