A Closer Look at the Bruins Salary Cap Situation
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jun 20, 2009 9:27 PM EDT
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The Bruins are right up against the cap and GM Peter Chiarelli has some difficult decisions to make in the next few weeks. Let's take a look at the Bruins current salary cap situation.
| Cap Hit (millions) | |
| Marc Savard | $5.000 |
| Patrice Bergeron | $4.750 |
| Michael Ryder | $4.000 |
| David Krejci | $3.750 |
| Marco Sturm | $3.500 |
| Blake Wheeler | $2.825 |
| Chuck Kobasew | $2.333 |
| Milan Lucic | $0.850 |
| Shawn Thornton | $0.517 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | $0.750 |
| Zdeno Chara | $7.500 |
| Dennis Wideman | $3.875 |
| Aaron Ward | $2.500 |
| Andrew Ference | $1.400 |
| Mark Stuart | $1.300 |
| Tim Thomas | $5.000 |
| Tuukka Rask* | $0.850 |
| 17 Players | $50.700 |
| Glen Murray's Buyout | $1.383 |
| Total on the Books | $52.083 |
| Estimated Salary Cap |
$55.000 |
| Less Total on the Books | -$52.083 |
| Bonus Cushion | $2.115 |
| Estimated Cap Space | $5.032 |
Assuming that the salary cap next season will be in the neighborhood of $55 million, the Bruins have roughly $5 million to spend on three players to round out their NHL roster. The cap space needs to come from somewhere. But, where? The way it stands right now, I don't think the Bruins can afford to re-sign Phil Kessel. If Phil Kessel is asking for a contract in the neighborhood of $5 million as speculated, that would leave the Bruins with no cap room to sign Matt Hunwick, Byron Bitz, and other free agents. The Bruins either need to trade away roster player(s) to free up cap space to sign Kessel, trade Kessel, or let Kessel sign an offer sheet with another team and take the compensatory picks.
*Tuukka Rask is on the books for $3.2 with bonuses, but is not expected to reach any of his bonus goals for '09-'10.
Information from NHL Numbers and NHLsCap were used to compile this report
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Trade away Bergeron and Sturm they haven’t done crap anyway and are costing the Bruins a little over 8 Million. That leaves the Bruins with around 13 Million . From that sign Bitz, Hunwick, make an attempt to sign kessel if you cant then trade him away. In the process try to get Heatley. And i really have no idea on who to get from these trades or who to trade these players to just a thought . Maybe then the Bruins will have a scoring LW in Heatley drop dead weight in Bergy and Sturm retain their core of young players and if kessel still does not want to sign you can trade him. Who knows what bergy sturm and kessel could bring either all in one deal or a few deals
by Christopher P on Jun 21, 2009 2:41 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Bergeron is far from “dead weight”. Plus, it will be difficult to find a taker for him considering his contract and the concussion history. The B’s have already invested a lot in Bergeron and he seems to returning to form. I don’t think moving Bergy is a good move.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jun 21, 2009 3:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
if its 5 large he’s asking for let him sign elsewhere and take the 1-3 rd. picks
by bradboyes26 on Jun 21, 2009 4:21 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
How is Bergeron not dead weight. In the past 2 seasons he has 11 goals and 35 assists. Sure he missed almost all of 07-08 but still. Plus he is injury prone and concussion prone. I doubt he will ever be what he was before or even make his way to his old self. The only thing he is contributing is in the faceoff dept. I love Bergy as much as the next guy and am a die hard Bruins fan but its time to let go he could’ve panned out before the concussions but i feel he is nothign more than a 3rd line center now and if thats true he can make his 5Mill somewhere else. Get what you can for this guy i feel
by Christopher P on Jun 21, 2009 6:14 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Aside from pointing out that there’s a “reply” button…
This would be the definition of “selling low.” I’m not sure which bergeron you were watching, but his game definitely picked up near the end of this season. He only seems concussion prone because he got a giant one two years ago and then was stupid enough to slam his head into seidenberg’s shoulder.
What do you think the Bruins would be able to get for Bergeron?
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by Cornelius Hardenbergh on Jun 22, 2009 11:10 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trade Wides… We have a lot of depth at D, with Boychuk and Hunwick, and can get a lot in return for him, Hunwick will get Stewart-ish money and Boychuk will get entry level money it clears up about 3 million extra
by famine812 on Jun 22, 2009 7:37 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I disagree with you on this one. In my opinion, the Bruins could use another puck-moving D-man. One area that the B’s really struggled with at times last year (especially in the playoff series vs. Carolina) was moving the puck out of their own end of the rink.
by Stanley Cup of Chowder on Jun 22, 2009 11:42 AM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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