Alberta_OReilly_Fan
Bruin fan since 1975
So with an 80 mill cap...
FORWARDS (13)
Right wing: A. Bjork ($925,000) - D. Pastrnak ($6,666,666) - D. Backes ($6,000,000) - N. Acciari ($725,000) - T. Wingels ($700,000)
Centre: P. Bergeron ($6,875,000) - D. Krejci ($7,250,000) - R. Donato ($900,000) - R. Fitzgerald ($792,500)
Left wing: B. Marchand ($6,125,000) - J. DeBrusk ($863,333) - D. Heinen ($872,500) - S. Kuraly ($1,000,000)
DEFENSE (7)
Right: C. McAvoy ($916,667) - B. Carlo ($789,167) - K. Miller ($2,500,000) - A. McQuaid ($2,750,000)
Left: Z. Chara ($5,000,000) - T. Krug ($5,250,000) - M. Grzelcyk ($1,000,000)
GOALTENDER (2)
T. Rask ($7,000,000) - A. Khudobin ($1,200,000)
BUYOUTS
D. Seidenberg ($1,166,667) - J. Hayes ($866,667)
Leaves them 9 million bucks to spend!
But...
McAvoy, Carlo, Donato, Heinen, JFK, Cehlarik come off ELC next season with only Chara and McQuaid expiring.
Year after its Bjork, DeBrusk, Senyshyn, Zboril, Lauzon with Krug and Miller ending their deals.
The next season is when it gets crazy. (Baring bridge deals) Only Frederic and Studnicka are RFA but Krejci, Backes and Rask all have contracts that expire.
Bruins do nothing exciting - Armchair-GM - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps
saying we got 9 mill will mislead some fans a bit... im not sure if youve included cap overage penalty. and i know you havent included potential bonuses from next year
but overall... its a good summary. a few guys are free agents and i think you estimated their contracts low but even after my calculations we are still looking at 6-7 mill to add someone
this is where my idea we give riley nash a 1 year overpayment might make sense.
as you point out... this year our cap looks good. next year is a lot more dangerous. and then the year after that could force us into cost cutting
this is why older dmen on 1 year contracts have more value to us. why 33 and 34 year olds that can help now have value
this is why going after young guys like tavares or hanifin might repersent very difficult cap management problems
i think its possible to add young expensive pieces but we must be able to move expensive pieces as part of the plan
for 1 year... we got enough cap room we are ok to add something nice