Salary Cap: Boring Thread Titles Are Awesome! Get Your Phil HERE! Saad Day Indeed!

[ImporterExporter]

All figures are cap numbers, not salaries.

Official 2015-16 salary ceiling: ........71,400,000
Projected 2015-16 cap spending: ....60,695,000
Projected offseason cap space: .......10,705,000



PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Forward.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Evgeni Malkin|

C​

|

28​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

Sidney Crosby|

C​

|

27​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

Patric Hornqvist|

RW​

|

28​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

Chris Kunitz|

LW​

|

35​

|

3,850,000​

|

3,850,000​

|

UFA​

David Perron|

LW​

|

26​

|

3,812,500​

|

UFA​

Pascal Dupuis|

RW​

|

36​

|

3,750,000​

|

3,750,000​

|

UFA​

Brandon Sutter|

C​

|

26​

|

3,300,000​

|

UFA​

Nick Spaling|

LW​

|

26​

|

2,200,000​

|

UFA​

Defense.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

.2017-18​

Kris Letang|

D​

|

28​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

Rob Scuderi|

D​

|

36​

|

3,375,000​

|

3,375,000​

|

UFA​

Ian Cole|

D​

|

26​

|

2,100,000​

|

2,100,000​

|

2,100,000​

Ben Lovejoy|

D​

|

31​

|

1,100,000​

|

UFA​

Olli Maatta|

D​

|

20​

|

894,167​

|

RFA​

Derrick Pouliot|

D​

|

21​

|

863,333​

|

863,333​

|

RFA​

Goalie............,.......​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

.2017-18​

Marc-Andre Fleury|

G​

|

30​

|

5,750,000​

|

5,750,000​

|

5,750,000​

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

Forward...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Kasperi Kapanen|

RW​

|

18​

|

894,167​

|

894,167​

|

894,167​

Josh Archibald|

RW​

|

22​

|

659,167​

|

659,167​

|

RFA​

Scott Wilson|

LW​

|

23​

|

655,000​

|

RFA​

Bryan Rust|

RW​

|

23​

|

652,500​

|

RFA​

Anton Zlobin|

LW​

|

22​

|

608,333​

|

RFA​

Matia Marcantuoni|

C​

|

21​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

|

RFA​

Jean-Sebastien Dea|

C​

|

21​

|

585,000​

|

585,000​

|

RFA​

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

23​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Defense...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Harrison Ruopp|

D​

|

22​

|

650,833​

|

RFA​

Niclas Andersen|

D​

|

27​

|

625,000​

|

UFA​

Scott Harrington|

D​

|

22​

|

589,167​

|

RFA​

Goalie..................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Matt Murray|

G​

|

21​

|

620,000​

|

620,000​

|

RFA​

Jeff Zatkoff|

G​

|

28​

|

600,000​

|

UFA​

Tristan Jarry|

G​

|

20​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

News and notes​

Paul Martin|

D​

|

34​

|

5,000,000​

|Pens keeping in contact in case they trade a defenseman

Christian Ehrhoff|

D​

|

32​

|

4,000,000​

|Hitting the market, looking to sign with a contender

Daniel Winnik|

LW​

|

30​

|

1,300,000​

|Penguins haven't contacted him, will hit the market

Maxim Lapierre|

C​

|

30​

|

1,100,000​

|Won't be offered a new deal, per Renaud Lavoie

Steve Downie|

RW​

|

28​

|

1,000,000​

|Agent expects he will sign elsewhere this week

Thomas Greiss|

G​

|

29​

|

1,000,000​

|Goaltending jobs around the league starting to dry up

Jayson Megna|

RW​

|

25​

|

874,125​

|Group 6 UFA who doesn't have much incentive to return

Blake Comeau|

LW​

|

29​

|

700,000​

|Pens like him but not much news about his future lately

Craig Adams|

RW​

|

38​

|

700,000​

|I believe the term is "seppuku" -- Look it up, Harvard Boy

Adam Payerl|

RW​

|

24​

|

626,667​

|Did not receive qualifying offer

Nick D'Agostino|

D​

|

25​

|

625,000​

|Did not receive qualifying offer

Taylor Chorney|

D​

|

28​

|

550,000​

|Coaching staff likes him, candidate to return as No. 7 d-man

Andrew Ebbett|

C​

|

32​

|

550,000​

| Signed with SC Bern (NLA)

Bobby Farnham|

LW​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Group 6 UFA who wants to return to the Penguins

Nick Drazenovic|

C​

|

28​

|

550,000​

|Injuries may cost him some money on his next 2-way deal

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond|

RW​

|

30​

|

550,000​

|One of many casually discarded AHL goons

Eric Hartzell|

G​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Did not receive qualifying offer

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

News and notes​

Beau Bennett|

RW​

|

23​

|

900,000​

|Received qualifying offer, name hasn't been in trade talks

Brian Dumoulin|

D​

|

23​

|

831,667​

|Received qualifying offer, no long exempt from waivers

Ian Cole|

D​

|

26​

|

825,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (3 years, $2.1M per)

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

22​

|

601,667​

|Has the makings of a serviceable fourth-liner

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

23​

|

598,333​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $575k)

Reid McNeill|

D​

|

23​

|

575,000​

|Provides grit on an AHL blueline and not much more

SIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team​

|

Contract​

Oskar Sundqvist|

C​

|

21​

|

SkellefteÃ¥ (SHL)​

|

3 years/708,333 per​

UNSIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

​

​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team (League)​

Anthony Angello|

F​

|

19​

|Cornell (ECAC)

Dane Birks|

D​

|

19​

|Michigan Tech (WCHA)

Teddy Blueger|

F​

|

20​

|Minnesota State (WCHA)

Blaine Byron|

F​

|

20​

|Maine (HEA)

Jake Guentzel|

F​

|

20​

|Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC)

Troy Josephs|

F​

|

21​

|Clarkson (ECAC)

Sam Lafferty|

F​

|

20​

|Brown (ECAC)

Jaden Lindo|

F​

|

19​

|Owen Sound (OHL)

Sean Maguire|

G​

|

22​

|Boston University (HEA)

Nikita Pavlychev|

F​

|

18​

|Des Moines (USHL)

Alexander Pechurskiy|

G​

|

25​

|Khabarovsk (KHL)

Ryan Segalla|

D​

|

20​

|Connecticut (HEA)

Dominik Simon|

F​

|

20​

|HC Plzen (ELH)

Daniel Sprong|

F​

|

18​

|Charlottetown (QMJHL)

Jeff Taylor|

D​

|

21​

|Union (ECAC)

Frederik Tiffels|

F​

|

20​

|Western Michigan (NCHC)

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[Winger for Hire]

Phil's in the best shape of his life.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I eagerly await the expert commentary of the HF trade board in today's thread.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Phil's in the best shape of his life.

It's like his hairloss is actually making him LESS aerodynamic. He defies the laws of physics!

 

[Winger for Hire]

I don't understand why, now, people are thinking the deal won't get done. What has changed in the past 48 hours that would lead you to believe a deal won't get done? I'm not confident it will, but I'm not confident it won't.

It's been a game of chicken since Thursday. It's still a game of chicken with ~24 hours to go. Why is it now not going to happen?

 

[HandshakeLine]

From the last thread:

We can also dump Scuderi somewhere else. Can't get someone else to retain kessels salary. If it's a question of dumping Scuderi to the leafs or having the leafs retain $2 million of Kessel's salary, you take Leafs retaining $2 million every time.

Yeah, I agree with this. Secondly, adding Kessel forces the front office to do something about the top 6, whether or not they want to, which HAS to happen for us to improve.

I really don't see the downside about taking Kessel with salary retained over making the Leafs take salary dumps, unless there's some actual interest in Kunitz or whoever for some weird reason.

 

[penguins2946*]

Either way, I'd be surprised for one of Oshie or Kessel to not be a Penguin by July 5th (just arbitrarily throwing a date out there). One of the 2 is almost a guarantee to happen.

 

[DegenX]

I eagerly await the expert commentary of the HF trade board in today's thread.

And I'm looking forward to your responses It's nice to see you around these parts again.

 

[HandshakeLine]

I don't understand why, now, people are thinking the deal won't get done. What has changed in the past 48 hours that would lead you to believe a deal won't get done? I'm not confident it will, but I'm not confident it won't.

It's been a game of chicken since Thursday. It's still a game of chicken with ~24 hours to go. Why is it now not going to happen?

Yup, nothing really has changed. People are just impatient/paying more attention to weird internet rumors than any sort of critical thinking on the subject.

 

[penguins2946*]

The only reason I'd rather dump players (namely Scuderi and Kunitz) to the Leafs for Kessel is that they'd still be roadblocks here to the players who should be playing and Kessel at $6 million would likely cost us Maatta to bring in.

 

[HandshakeLine]

And I'm looking forward to your responses It's nice to see you around these parts again.

Thanks, holmes! Academic life is a tough mistress. I'm just lucky I'm teaching in the evening for summer semester, so while my students are watching weird Slovak films about historical bandits, I'm being a snarky ******* on the internet in English.

 

[ImporterExporter]

As long as we don't spend anything of value on Sharp and get one of Kessel or Oshie for a reasonable price, we should do well. We have enough pieces to make 2 moves possibly. Should be an interesting day to say the least.

 

[Jaded-Fan]

Phil's in the best shape of his life.

To be fair they did put out a platter of cheese burgers just out of the pic for him to bike toward.

 

[PensFanSince1989]

Yup, nothing really has changed. People are just impatient/paying more attention to weird internet rumors than any sort of critical thinking on the subject.

I'm just used to disappointment around this time of the year so I expect it

 

[orby]

Where'd the Drouin talk come from?

 

[HandshakeLine]

I'm just used to disappointment around this time of the year so I expect it

I just like to think of it as part of life's rich tapestry of disappointment and regret.

 

[shureshot66]

Huzzah.

 

[penguins2946*]

Huzzah.

Thank goodness. I'm happier that the clown Brooks was wrong more than I am that we're not going after St. Louis

Where'd the Drouin talk come from?

 

[SprootsMasterFlex]

 

[Cherpak]

Phil's in the best shape of his life.

That there should get the Penguins at least a 2 mill discount.

 

[shureshot66]

Where'd the Drouin talk come from?

Nowhere important. Someone from another board randomly dropped in last night and asked if the Pens would trade Pouliot for Drouin.

 

[Shaftception]

Huzzah.

Damn, was happy for a moment that read martin, as in paul.

 

[Jag68Sid87]

I don't understand why, now, people are thinking the deal won't get done. What has changed in the past 48 hours that would lead you to believe a deal won't get done? I'm not confident it will, but I'm not confident it won't.

It's been a game of chicken since Thursday. It's still a game of chicken with ~24 hours to go. Why is it now not going to happen?

For me, it's recent history. With each passing minute that we don't land Phil Kessel, pessimism kicks in based on what has transpired the last six years.

Huzzah.

Thank the sweet baby jesus if this is true.

 

[penguins2946*]

Realistically speaking, Kessel probably won't happen. At the same time, it has been that way the entire time and nothing in the last day has changed that.

I kinda want the title to be "Kessel Sprong me a huge Beauner", but I don't think that would fly

 

[mikethelegacy]

Who changed the title? It was perfect before.