Salary Cap: 2014-15 Roster Building Thread X | ALL UFA + TRADE IDEAS HERE

[shureshot66]

All figures are cap numbers, not salaries, and are taken directly from www.capgeek.com.

Projected 2014-2015 salary ceiling: ...~71,100,000
Projected cap spending: .....................55,119,167
Projected cap space: ........................~15,980,833



PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Forward.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Evgeni Malkin|

C​

|

27​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

Sidney Crosby|

C​

|

26​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

James Neal|

RW​

|

26​

|

5,000,000​

|

5,000,000​

|

5,000,000​

Chris Kunitz|

LW​

|

34​

|

3,850,000​

|

3,850,000​

|

3,850,000​

Pascal Dupuis|

RW​

|

35​

|

3,750,000​

|

3,750,000​

|

3,750,000​

Beau Bennett|

LW​

|

22​

|

900,000​

|

RFA​

Craig Adams|

RW​

|

37​

|

700,000​

|

UFA​

Defense.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

.2016-17​

Kris Letang|

D​

|

27​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

Paul Martin|

D​

|

33​

|

5,000,000​

|

UFA​

Rob Scuderi|

D​

|

35​

|

3,375,000​

|

3,375,000​

|

3,375,000​

Olli Maatta|

D​

|

19​

|

894,167​

|

894,167​

|

RFA​

Robert Bortuzzo|

D​

|

25​

|

600,000​

|

RFA​

Goalie...................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

.2016-17​

Marc-Andre Fleury|

G​

|

29​

|

5,000,000​

|

UFA​

Jeff Zatkoff|

G​

|

27​

|

600,000​

|

600,000​

|

UFA​

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

Forward...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Oskar Sundqvist|

C​

|

20​

|

708,333​

|

708,333​

|

708,333​

Josh Archibald|

RW​

|

21​

|

659,167​

|

659,167​

|

659,167​

Scott Wilson|

LW​

|

22​

|

655,000​

|

655,000​

|

RFA​

Bryan Rust|

RW​

|

22​

|

652,500​

|

652,500​

|

RFA​

Adam Payerl|

RW​

|

23​

|

626,667​

|

RFA​

Anton Zlobin|

LW​

|

21​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

|

RFA​

Matia Marcantuoni|

C​

|

20​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

21​

|

601,667​

|

RFA​

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

22​

|

598,333​

|

RFA​

Jean-Sebastien Dea|

C​

|

20​

|

598,333​

|

598,333​

|

598,333​

|

RFA​

Andrew Ebbett|

C​

|

31​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond|

RW​

|

29​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Defense.............................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Derrick Pouliot|

D​

|

20​

|

863,333​

|

863,333​

|

863,333​

Brian Dumoulin|

D​

|

22​

|

831,667​

|

RFA​

Harrison Ruopp|

D​

|

21​

|

650,833​

|

650,833​

|

RFA​

Nick D'Agostino|

D​

|

23​

|

625,000​

|

RFA​

Scott Harrington|

D​

|

21​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

|

RFA​

Reid McNeill|

D​

|

22​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Goalie................................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Matt Murray|

G​

|

20​

|

620,000​

|

620,000​

|

620,000​

Eric Hartzell|

G​

|

25​

|

550,000​

|

RFA​

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2013-14​

|

News and notes​

Brooks Orpik|

D​

|

33​

|

3,750,000​

|Longest-tenured Penguin has lost a step or six. Free Candy now a Milk Dud

Jussi Jokinen|

LW​

|

31​

|

3,000,000​

|Only counted for $2.1M against Pens cap, can get a bigger raise elsewhere

Lee Stempniak|

RW​

|

31​

|

2,500,000​

|Surprisingly good stickhandler likely too pricey for a third-liner on this team

Matt Niskanen|

D​

|

27​

|

2,300,000​

|So that's what a contract year looks like. Unaffordable unless Letang is dealt?

Tomas Vokoun|

G​

|

37​

|

2,000,000​

|God bless the man if he's able to continue playing, but it won't be in Pittsburgh

Marcel Goc|

C​

|

30​

|

1,700,000​

|Need to figure out what they want to do with Sutter before deciding on him

Taylor Pyatt|

LW​

|

32​

|

1,550,000​

|At least they didn't have to give up anything to get him in the first place? Ugh

Tanner Glass|

LW​

|

30​

|

1,100,000​

|Inevitable “Glass re-signs” thread will surely be the board's most anticipated

Spencer Machacek|

RW​

|

25​

|

632,500​

|Group VI UFA provided much-needed scoring touch for WBS after trade

Deryk Engelland|

D​

|

32​

|

566,667​

|Dressing him over Bortuzzo makes Baby Jesus cry

Joe Vitale|

C​

|

28​

|

550,000​

|May want to test the market after getting limited minutes in Pittsburgh

Brian Gibbons|

C​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Get legal to start drafting that Must Never Appear On Crosby Line clause

Zach Sill|

C​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Nasty cut from a skate cost him shot at extended look with the big club

Chuck Kobasew|

RW​

|

32​

|

550,000​

|Was on 82-goal pace through two games before contracting polio

Chris Conner|

RW​

|

30​

|

550,000​

|C'mon, Habs – you know you need another 5-foot-9 perimeter winger

Harry Zolnierczyk|

LW​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Group VI UFA was franchise's best convicted sex offender since Tibbetts

Nick Drazenovic|

C​

|

27​

|

550,000​

|Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's top scorer not named Kostopoulos

Brendan Mikkelson|

D​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Top-10 scoring defenseman in the AHL this past season

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player......................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2013-14​

|

News and notes​

Brandon Sutter|

C​

|

24​

|

2,066,667​

|Owners caught Shero sewing KESLER onto 16's jersey at night while sobbing

Jayson Megna|

RW​

|

24​

|

925,000​

|”Promising Pens Winger” label remarkably similar to “Office Hot” concept

Simon Despres|

D​

|

22​

|

840,000​

| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etZpup-GtLw

Philip Samuelsson|

D​

|

22​

|

627,500​

|New extension should be long enough for Jack Neely to be draft-eligible

Bobby Farnham|

LW​

|

25​

|

550,000​

|Remains one of the most aggravating players in the AHL

SIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team​

|

Contract​

Tristan Jarry|

G​

|

19​

|

Edmonton (WHL)​

|

3 years/650,833 per​

UNSIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

​

​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team (League)​

Dane Birks|

D​

|

18​

|Michigan Tech (WCHA)

Teddy Blueger|

F​

|

19​

|Minnesota State (WCHA)

Blaine Byron|

F​

|

19​

|Maine (HEA)

Jake Guentzel|

F​

|

19​

|Nebraska-Omaha (WCHA)

Troy Josephs|

F​

|

20​

|Clarkson (ECAC)

Sean Maguire|

G​

|

21​

|Boston University (HEA)

Alexander Pechurskiy|

G​

|

24​

|Magnitogorsk (KHL)

Ryan Segalla|

D​

|

19​

|Connecticut (HEA)

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[penguins2946*]

Gaborik signed a 7 year deal with LA worth like $5 million. Holy crap, that's a risky move for a player of that age and injury history.

 

[Captain Hook]

Gaborik signed a 7 year deal with LA worth like $5 million. Holy crap, that's a risky move for a player of that age and injury history.

Giving him that term was probably the only way he'd agree to such a low cap number. Still incredibly risky though. Gaborik tends to wear out his welcome everywhere he goes.

 

[Hottubber]

Giving him that term was probably the only way he'd agree to such a low cap number. Still incredibly risky though. Gaborik tends to wear out his welcome everywhere he goes.

I couldn't see the initial reports of 3 years being true. This sounds way more realistic. Definitely a big risk at 7 years but at 5 mil, after 4 or 5 years, he is still tradable.

 

[Shady Machine]

Giving him that term was probably the only way he'd agree to such a low cap number. Still incredibly risky though. Gaborik tends to wear out his welcome everywhere he goes.

Yeah it's a risk, but LA likely looks at their roster today and thinks "we are serious contenders for the next 5 years". Signing Gabby to that cap hit allows them to keep the team together. In 5 years, you make the decision on who to move on from. Risky move for sure, but it seems like a risk worth taking.

 

[grahamie18]

Yeah it's a risk, but LA likely looks at their roster today and thinks "we are serious contenders for the next 5 years". Signing Gabby to that cap hit allows them to keep the team together. In 5 years, you make the decision on who to move on from. Risky move for sure, but it seems like a risk worth taking.

Right, they could win the cup 2 more times in the next 5 or so years and who cares what happens in years 6-7. When there is a window to win, you have to go for it

 

[Riptide]

Additionally, a 4.9m cap hit in years 4-7 will be minor when the cap is between 80-100m.

 

[Fire Shero*]

You gotta go balls to the wall when you are a contender.

The pens never really did that except for deadline trades. I hope jr goes balls to the wall this summer and doesn't wait until the deadline.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

Gaborik signed a 7 year deal with LA worth like $5 million. Holy crap, that's a risky move for a player of that age and injury history.

It's probably structured like this in actual salary though so they can just trade him at the end to a cap floor team:

10m
10m
6m
4m
2m
2m
1m

 

[penguins2946*]

It's probably structured like this in actual salary though so they can just trade him at the end to a cap floor team:

10m
10m
6m
4m
2m
2m
1m

That isn't allowed in the CBA. The low year can only be 50% of the max year. The breakdown could be:

7m
6m
6m
5m
4m
3.5m
3.5m

 

[Le Magnifique 66]

You gotta go balls to the wall when you are a contender.

The pens never really did that except for deadline trades. I hope jr goes balls to the wall this summer and doesn't wait until the deadline.

JR will definitely have the balls, he is here for 2 years and will do everything to win in that span. Only problem is how much will it hurt the franchise in the long run. I guess we will find out soon enough

 

[systemsgo]

I thought it was a good move by the Kings. Risky, yeah, but you have to take risks for huge rewards 4.875m is easy to work with. And there's no NTC/NMC.

 

[billybudd]

Group VI UFA was franchise's best convicted sex offender since Tibbetts

Haha

 

[MtlPenFan]

I thought it was a good move by the Kings. Risky, yeah, but you have to take risks for huge rewards 4.875m is easy to work with. And there's no NTC/NMC.

All their core pieces are really young. Nothing at all wrong with giving out one of those contracts to a guy who can fly and score goals.

 

[Dupree13]

Pens have spent to the cap every single year and always been highly active in free agency.

Not sure what else they should have done to be more "balls to the wall."

 

[pistolpete11]

I don't understand why the NHL uses the average salary for the cap hit. A player's actual salary should just count towards the cap for that year.

 

[iFishyHD]

I don't understand why the NHL uses the average salary for the cap hit. A player's actual salary should just count towards the cap for that year.

Then people like Shea Weber will have a 1M salary right now.

 

[iFishyHD]

I wish we could some how trade Dupuis and sign Stemp cheaper.

 

[Gurglesons]

I wish we could some how trade Dupuis and sign Stemp cheaper.

Dupuis is the better player and has chemistry and leadership value with this roster.

 

[mpp9]

Dupuis is the better player and has chemistry and leadership value with this roster.

He's older, less creative and his leadership did dick all for us in the playoffs.

Plugs like him are expendable.

 

[iFishyHD]

He's older, less creative and his leadership did dick all for us in the playoffs.

Plugs like him are expendable.

This. It could save us 1M or so too.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Leadership... I dunno. Kind of wishy-washy considering we don't really know.

Chemistry... yeah... Dupuis has shown that. In his short time here, so did Stemp.

I don't agree at all that Dupuis is the better player. He is significantly older, has played many more games, is coming off a serious injury and their career numbers are almost the same. I like Dupuis as a role player but I'd take Stemp over him, were it somehow possible.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

That isn't allowed in the CBA. The low year can only be 50% of the max year. The breakdown could be:

7m
6m
6m
5m
4m
3.5m
3.5m

Good, the old rule of 50% of previous year was a huge cap circumvention loophole.

 

[Michael8771*]

This. It could save us 1M or so too.

First off PD has a NTC, secondly what can you get for him after such an injury and considering his age and salary? I don't see that netting us much via a trade.

 

[mr sidney crosby]

Anybody hearing anything? It's been really quiet