From http://www.spotrac.com/nhl/montreal-canadiens/yearly/cap/
Total Salary slated for 15/16: 59,401,667
NHL Cap for 15/16:??? (was 66,045,852 for 2014/15)
UFA:
Gonchar
Weaver
Malhotra
Petry
Mitchell
MacDonald
RFA:
Beaulieu
Galchenyuk
Flynn
*What a lot of people don't realise however is that Gallagher was only a 685,000 cap hit this past season and goes to 3,750,000 next season. So even though we lose Gonchar, that money goes right to Gally.*
So we have about 6.5 mil IF the Cap stays the same and the rumour is that it's actually going down.
You have to figure that Chucky and Beaulieu will eat up 3-4 mil of that and anyone we call up will eat 500k-900k each...3-4 spots currently.
The only way we have room for Petry is if either the Cap goes up 3-4 mil minimum or we dump someone of significance, maybe both.
As I noted in another thread, yes Gonchar is coming off the books but BGally's new contract takes effect next season and goes from 685k to 3.75 mil, so it's pretty much a wash.
Near as I could figure, Habs would have about 6.5mil free under the current cap and then whatever it goes up by, if it goes up.
As an added note with Detroit (Probably our biggest competition for Petry) they will have about 2 mil more to spend but also have more RFA's to sign than us so best estimate is they will have about 1 mil more to throw around.
Don't understand what happened with Weaver this year, thought he was great in the 2014 playoffs, and never got a shot at it even during the regular season...
Don't understand what happened with Weaver this year, thought he was great in the 2014 playoffs, and never got a shot at it even during the regular season...