Salary Cap: Salary Cap: 2016-17 roster-building part VII | Contract chart, cap info in post #1

[Riptide]

All figures are cap numbers, not salaries.

Estimated 2016-17 salary ceiling: ..~74,000,000
Projected 2016-17 cap spending: .....73,807,499
Approximate LTIR cushion:.................3,750,000
Available cap space:.........................~3,942,501


PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Forward.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

2018-19​

Evgeni Malkin|

C​

|

29​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

Sidney Crosby|

C​

|

28​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

Phil Kessel|

RW​

|

28​

|

6,800,000​

|

6,800,000​

|

6,800,000​

Patric Hornqvist|

RW​

|

29​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

|

UFA​

Carl Hagelin|

LW​

|

27​

|

4,000,000​

|

4,000,000​

|

4,000,000​

Chris Kunitz|

LW​

|

36​

|

3,850,000​

|

UFA​

Eric Fehr|

RW​

|

30​

|

2,000,000​

|

2,000,000​

|

UFA​

Nick Bonino|

C​

|

27​

|

1,900,000​

|

UFA​

Oskar Sundqvist|

C​

|

21​

|

700,833​

|

RFA​

Bryan Rust|

RW​

|

23​

|

640,000​

|

640,000​

|

RFA​

Scott Wilson|

LW​

|

23​

|

625,000​

|

625,000​

|

RFA​

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

24​

|

625,000​

|

625,000​

|

RFA​

Conor Sheary|

LW​

|

23​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Defense.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

.2018-19​

Kris Letang|

D​

|

28​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

Olli Maatta|

D​

|

21​

|

4,083,333​

|

4,083,333​

|

4,083,333​

Trevor Daley|

D​

|

32​

|

3,300,000​

|

UFA​

Ian Cole|

D​

|

27​

|

2,100,000​

|

2,100,000​

|

UFA​

Derrick Pouliot|

D​

|

22​

|

863,333​

|

RFA​

Brian Dumoulin|

D​

|

24​

|

800,000​

|

RFA​

Goalie............,.......​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

.2018-19​

Marc-Andre Fleury|

G​

|

31​

|

5,750,000​

|

5,750,000​

|

5,750,000​

Matt Murray|

G​

|

22​

|

620,000​

|

RFA​

Injured reserve.....​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

.2018-19​

Pascal Dupuis|

RW​

|

36​

|

3,750,000​

|

UFA​

Retained salary.....​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

.2018-19​

Rob Scuderi|

D​

|

37​

|

1,125,000​

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

Forward...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

2018-19​

Jake Guentzel|

C​

|

21​

|

734,167​

|

734,167​

|

734,167​

Teddy Blueger|

C​

|

21​

|

705,000​

|

705,000​

|

RFA​

Dominik Simon|

C​

|

21​

|

692,500​

|

692,500​

|

RFA​

Josh Archibald|

RW​

|

23​

|

659,167​

|

RFA​

Carter Rowney|

RW​

|

26​

|

612,500​

|

612,500​

|

UFA​

Jean-Sebastien Dea|

C​

|

22​

|

585,000​

|

RFA​

Defense...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

2018-19​

Ethan Prow|

D​

|

23​

|

730,000​

|

730,000​

|

RFA​

Lukas Bengtsson|

D​

|

22​

|

705,000​

|

705,000​

|

RFA​

Reid McNeill|

D​

|

23​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Goalie..................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

|

2018-19​

Sean Maguire|

G​

|

23​

|

705,000​

|

705,000​

|

RFA​

Tristan Jarry|

G​

|

20​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

|

RFA​

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

News and notes​

Ben Lovejoy|

D​

|

32​

|

1,100,000​

|Yes, The Rev is the Pens' highest-paid UFA this summer

Matt Cullen|

C​

|

39​

|

800,000​

|"i wish matt cullen was my dad....... sorry dad" —Asuna

Niclas Andersen|

D​

|

27​

|

625,000​

| Signed with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg (KHL)

Jeff Zatkoff|

G​

|

28​

|

600,000​

|On his way out after already losing his job this year

Kevin Porter|

C​

|

30​

|

575,000​

|Provided little than a warm body for the penalty kill

Dustin Jeffrey|

C​

|

28​

|

575,000​

| Signed with Lausanne HC (NLA)

Will O'Neill|

D​

|

27​

|

575,000​

|One of AHL's top scoring defensemen and power play QBs

Steve Oleksy|

D​

|

30​

|

575,000​

|Veteran depth on the blue line with some snarl

Kael Mouillierat|

LW​

|

28​

|

575,000​

|Agitator with a bit of scoring touch at lower level

Tom Sestito|

LW​

|

28​

|

575,000​

|Token minor-league goon

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

News and notes​

Justin Schultz|

D​

|

25​

|

3,900,000​

|Essentially UFA because a qualifying offer is too pricey

Tyler Biggs|

RW​

|

22​

|

894,167​

|Hard to imagine why Brian Burke isn't a GM any more

Beau Bennett|

RW​

|

24​

|

800,000​

|An injury away from becoming M. Night Shyamalan villain

Matthias Plachta|

RW​

|

24​

|

743,000​

|Briefly lived in a barn owned by Shane Doan

Harrison Ruopp|

D​

|

22​

|

650,833​

|Scratched for majority of the season in WBS

James Melindy|

D​

|

22​

|

641,667​

|Empty jersey obtained for Marcantuoni

Dan O'Donoghue|

LW​

|

25​

|

635,000​

|The other empty jersey obtained for Marcantuoni

Anton Zlobin|

LW​

|

23​

|

608,333​

|Has bounced around between WBS and Wheeling

Tim Erixon|

D​

|

25​

|

600,000​

|Jan's kid still doesn't look like an NHL player

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

23​

|

575,000​

| Signed with HC Sparta Praha (ELH)

SIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team​

|

Contract​

Daniel Sprong|

F​

|

18​

|

Charlottetown (QMJHL)​

|

2 years, $692,500 per​

UNSIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

​

​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team (League)​

Anthony Angello|

F​

|

20​

|Cornell (ECAC)

Dane Birks|

D​

|

20​

|Michigan Tech (WCHA)

Blaine Byron|

F​

|

21​

|Maine (HEA)

Troy Josephs|

F​

|

21​

|Clarkson (ECAC)

Sam Lafferty|

F​

|

21​

|Brown (ECAC)

Nikita Pavlychev|

F​

|

18​

|Des Moines (USHL)

Alexander Pechurskiy|

G​

|

25​

|Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)

Ryan Segalla|

D​

|

21​

|Connecticut (HEA)

Jeff Taylor|

D​

|

21​

|Union (ECAC)

Frederik Tiffels|

F​

|

20​

|Western Michigan (NCHC)

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

23​

|HC Sparta Praha (ELH)

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[Randy Butternubs]

Someone mentioned trying to get something of value for Lovejoy. We can't. The grace period for talking with FAs ruined that.

 

[Dr Frasier Crane]

It's going to feel a lot better debating offseason acquisitions/moves with a Stanley Cup in the rear view mirror as opposed to 100 miles behind us.

 

[Smoke]

Any chance Kunitz calls it quits on a high note?

I'm a little concerned that Lovejoy is going to be given a contract that he isn't worth because of this playoff run. I hope he's gone.

 

[Riptide]

That would be beyond stupid.

Doesn't change the fact that someone is going to give that (3x3m+) too him (if not more). He has a lot of things going for him. Good defensively, mobile, some jam to his game, RHS, top 4D, can log minutes, PK, etc. He can now add key contributor to a cup win to his list of accomplishments. That, with the fact that everyone loves him, and it all points to him getting paid.

I remember when I brought this up 4 months ago that he had a lot more value around the league then people on here thought, and everyone laughed. But over his last 12 games, he averaged 20 minutes a night for us. 4 at 22+ minutes a night (3 of which were wins when we were protecting a key lead - game 6 and 7 vs TBL and game 6 vs SJS), and averaged 19+ minutes 9 of those 12 games. For these same reasons I said he'd get paid a lot more then what people thought. Then I was saying 2.5m+ over 3-4 years. Now unless he's getting that 4th year, I think that number is at least 3m, and could go as high as 4m (although with a flat cap that's probably unlikely).

And honestly, as long as he's paired with a good partner who can move the puck, I don't think him at 3m is a bad thing. It doesn't work for us, but for a team looking for a #4 RHD, and has someone strong on the left side, both parties will likely be happy with him at 3x3m. He gets a lot of **** here - most of which is undeserved due to how we acquired him (which was beyond stupid). But overall? He's been very good for us. Hopefully we're smart enough to wish him well, give him his day with the cup and his ring, and let him leave (the cap should make this a reality).

 

[Riptide]

Someone mentioned trying to get something of value for Lovejoy. We can't. The grace period for talking with FAs ruined that.

We already got all the value we could get out of him. He played key minutes over key games to help this team win a cup. All while costing 1.1m against the cap. Now it's time to move on, because you can't get any more value then that out of him.

As for trying to get future value? As you said, we can't. At best we might get a late pick if someone got antsy and really wanted to get him signed before he could talk to other teams. But I wouldn't hold my breath for that.

 

[SEALBound]

Yak might be too far gone to become a really good NHL'er BUT if he ever cost what Schultz did, i'm down for that experiment.

We don't have a third...but if we could obtain a 3rd, I'd be okay giving Yakupov a shot for it. I want JR to further solidify his legacy by trade Kunitz for a 3rd and trading that 3rd to the Oilers for Yakupov...then watch Yaks explode with Geno.

Why are people assuming Dumoulin gets
Maatta money? I think he's closer to a $3M contract than $4M.

Correct. A huge part of dman money comes from offense. Dumo doesn't really put up points. His ceiling right now is ~3-3.5.

The best possible scenario for us is if he signs a bridge in the $1-2mil range. If not, $3mil for 6yrs would be amazing. I think he'll know that he's worth that though. Best overall option for him would be to a take a 1-2yr bridge, continue to play well, then for the big contract later. 2-3yrs at $2mil, then a $5mil x 6yr or something like that. He's a $3mil-3.5mil guy right now.

We already have.

Lukas Bengtsson is Lovejoys replacement.

Way too early to say that. Way too early. Remember when we signed Andersen last off season? Wait until he plays a game.

I'd be asking Bonino what it'd take to get him to sign an extension this summer. That guy is a hell of a playoff player. Not sure we can replace him by next summer.

This is where shipping guys like MAF and Kunitz out will pay off. When Daley's contract is up, hopefully you have Pouliot ready and he take a 2-3yr $2mil or so deal. Scuds will be off, MAF's cap is open, as is Kunitz. Then you hope the deals of the young WBS boys pay off and you can afford to keep Bonino. Ideally, I'd like to see a $3.5mil x 4yr deal for him. Anymore and we may have to ship him out and hope Sundqvist is ready.

He's going to get 3m+ over 3 or 4 years.

Absolutely. I'm eyeing Engellands contract as the comparable.

I think our play money has to come with whatever we get out of MAF and perhaps Beau Bennett.

I'd like to see:

MAF to Calgary for 2 2nds
Cullen resigned at 950k 1yr unless he retires.
Schultz resigned to $2mil or less for 2yrs.
Bennett to another team for their RFA #7 young dman (For example, Morrow from Boston).

I don't think we can afford to go crazy with trades or signings. We have some major pieces needing contracts next year: Bonino, Dumoulin, then Sheary and Sundqvist. Daley is also a UFA and could be brought back. Pouliot and Murray also RFAs.

XXXX-Crosby-Hornqvist
Kunitz-Malkin-Rust
Hagelin-Bonino-Kessel
Kuhnhacl-Cullen/Sundqvist-Fehr

Dumoulin-Letang
Maatta-Daley
Cole-Schultz
Pouliot

Murray
Backup

I don't believe Kunitz will be moved. My head says yes, my gut says he won't. However, I do not believe he will be resigned.

We have Sheary, Wilson, Sprong to vie for the XXXX spot. OR we have a healthy amount of time to mix and match lines to see if something else works. For example:

Hagelin-Sid-Horny
Kunitz-Malkin-Rust
Wilson-Bonino-Kessel
Kuhn-Cully-Sheary/Fehr

Point, is we have a good group of guys to play around with. Worst case, revert back to what works. Use this youth. We don't have a lot of assets to move and the young guys ultimately hold little value. Use them while we can.

At the draft, under my plan, we have 4 2nds. Use 1 on a LW with size, use one on BPA forward, use other 2 on BPA dmen. Or you can use those 2nds to trade up and take someone like Carl Grundström in the early 2nd, late 1st. You can also try flipping one to LA with someone else and try to get Pearson who could slot next to Sid quite nicely. But let's say we take all the picks and choose:

Tim Gettinger (LW with size), Luke Green (BPA dman), Jordy Stallard (BPA Center), and then it's a toss up on dmen. Those 4 restock the cupboards quite nice. We use the cap space on MAF for raises and resigns.

Next offseason we resign Bones, Dumo, Pouliot, Murray, Sundqvist, potentially Sheary...and we go from there. I think that's our best option right now.

 

[Riptide]

Any chance Kunitz calls it quits on a high note?

I'm a little concerned that Lovejoy is going to be given a contract that he isn't worth because of this playoff run. I hope he's gone.

Fortunately, we don't have the cap space to give him the 3m+ he's going to get. So the odds of this happening is extremely unlikely. In fact I'm not even worried about it.

As for Kunitz "quitting" on a high note, no chance that happens. He's 36 yrs old and is owed 3.55m next season. No way he walks away from that. And considering how well he played the last 3 weeks, why would he even consider it - even if he didn't need the money? And lastly... why would he walk away from guaranteed money? It's not like he's been raking in the cash (comparatively speaking)... Next years contract represents over 10% of what he's made over his career. No way he walks from that.

 

[Brandinho]

Any chance Kunitz calls it quits on a high note?

I'm a little concerned that Lovejoy is going to be given a contract that he isn't worth because of this playoff run. I hope he's gone.

Kunitz has no reason to retire. He has his warts for sure, but there are far worse values around the NHL than Kunitz at sub $4 million for one more year. For as rough as he looks to the naked eye, advanced stats flatter him enough that I believe there's a much better market for him than most of us would expect. I just hope JR takes advantage of it because it's pretty clear that the cap space is more valuable for us than another year of Kunitz.

 

[billybudd]

Mpp9 said,

Exactly. If anything, that team needs bottom six forwards that can score. Said it after the Caps series, if you replace Richards with Cullen, they beat us.

Razor thin win that series. There's a lot of minor changes that would have flipped it. If they have a real hockey player in reserve instead of Weber, who knows what happens in that overtime?

Edit: I love how I got flamed at the time for calling Weber what he was. I'd have been harsher if I thought the Capitals would be stupid enough to actually use him.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

JR still has work to do this summer, imo. He can't fall into the trap Shero did in thinking everything's perfect because the Pens just won a Cup. Always, always room for improvement.

Find a taker for Kunitz. Capitalize on his recent play and hope you can move him when his value is at it's highest.

Move MAF and Pouliot for a significant return. I don't care if it's for help on the blueline, or a scoring line LW. MAF is done here. Use those assets to better this team.

Let Lovejoy walk, FFS. I've roasted guys like Kunitz, Cole and Lovejoy all season, but they stepped up admirably and while I still don't think any of them are very good, they didn't play disastrous hockey when it mattered the most. That doesn't mean they should be a part of this team moving forward though.

With the free space from moving MAF and Kunitz, coupled with the WBS kids' cap hits, we can afford to go after some big names in free agency this summer. I'd like to get Boedker or Okposo. I think Boedker's speed and offensive potential are exactly what's missing from Sid's LW, and Okposo's just a Hell of a player that could be dynamite on Geno's RW.

 

[IcedCapp]

regarding my comments on Schultz since so many people took umbrage:

i wouldn't sign both Lovejoy AND Schultz. I'm very against that. i don't think you can bring both back, because neither are the most mobile (Schultz is obviously more mobile than Lovejoy).

Beyond that, I'm open to re-signing Schultz, but the numbers would have to make sense. He really regressed in my eyes, and I while I understand that there will be rough patches in any player's development, you can't tie >$2MM in cap up in development with as tight as the Pens cap will be.

I wouldn't hate a Cole - Schultz 3rd pair next year, but I am going to keep harping on the Penguins need for more mobility. Daley helps that. Maatta getting healthy and improving his skating can help that. But the Sharks were not a very good team. If Tampa is healthy, or if Washington gets a little more depth, teams with that kind of speed are the ones that really punished the Penguins' D.

 

[Smoke]

Fortunately, we don't have the cap space to give him the 3m+ he's going to get. So the odds of this happening is extremely unlikely. In fact I'm not even worried about it.

As for Kunitz "quitting" on a high note, no chance that happens. He's 36 yrs old and is owed 3.55m next season. No way he walks away from that. And considering how well he played the last 3 weeks, why would he even consider it - even if he didn't need the money? And lastly... why would he walk away from guaranteed money? It's not like he's been raking in the cash (comparatively speaking)... Next years contract represents over 10% of what he's made over his career. No way he walks from that.

It was a joke.

 

[Brandinho]

I don't think we can afford to go crazy with trades or signings. We have some major pieces needing contracts next year: Bonino, Dumoulin, then Sheary and Sundqvist. Daley is also a UFA and could be brought back. Pouliot and Murray also RFAs.

I love Daley and he was a massive player for us this year, but there's almost no way I'd re-sign him. He'll be 34 when his new deal would start and so much of his game is predicated upon his mobility. It just seems like a bad risk to take to do anything other than go year to year with him and surely someone else would offer more.

I'm also not sure that I'd re-sign Bonino. It really depends on his role next year. If HBK stays together for an entire season, he'll likely be cost prohibitive. You need to keep in mind that Bonino was a late round pick and a bit of a late bloomer in his NHL career. He's only started making decent money very recently and this will probably be his only chance at a large contract. Age isn't a concern like with Daley, but I'm just not sure he'll be the best allocation of resources. If he wants to chase the money, I wouldn't blame him.

Dumo and Murray will get standard bridge deals most likely. I'd try to lock Dumo up long term because I think there's some untapped offensive potential there, but I'm not sure how amenable he'd be to that. Sheary could break out and command a bit of coin but that's far from a guarantee. Also don't see any way Sundqvist is worth worrying about financially. I see very little offensive upside with him.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Let Lovejoy get paid and walk. Sign Schultz, IMO. Nothing against Lovejoy as a person, but he's got that Scuderi mediocre-blueliner-on-a-cup-getting-overpaid-until-the-wheels-disintegrate thing going on.

 

[Shady Machine]

regarding my comments on Schultz since so many people took umbrage:

i wouldn't sign both Lovejoy AND Schultz. I'm very against that. i don't think you can bring both back, because neither are the most mobile (Schultz is obviously more mobile than Lovejoy).

Beyond that, I'm open to re-signing Schultz, but the numbers would have to make sense. He really regressed in my eyes, and I while I understand that there will be rough patches in any player's development, you can't tie >$2MM in cap up in development with as tight as the Pens cap will be.

I wouldn't hate a Cole - Schultz 3rd pair next year, but I am going to keep harping on the Penguins need for more mobility. Daley helps that. Maatta getting healthy and improving his skating can help that. But the Sharks were not a very good team. If Tampa is healthy, or if Washington gets a little more depth, teams with that kind of speed are the ones that really punished the Penguins' D.

Ah okay I guess I misinterpreted the post and replaced the "and" with an "or".

As I said in my post before, Schultz helps with the mobility.

Dumo-Letang
Maatta-Daley
Cole-Schultz

That's plenty mobile IMO. Then you have Pouliot as a number 7 to plug in if they plan to keep him.

 

[Winger for Hire]

As I said last night, you thank Lovejoy for his playoff performance, give him his ring, and then wish him well in UFA.

You do not want to be giving out contracts out of some weird sense of nostalgia or sentimentality.

 

[xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Let Lovejoy get paid and walk. Sign Schultz, IMO. Nothing against Lovejoy as a person, but he's got that Scuderi mediocre-blueliner-on-a-cup-getting-overpaid-until-the-wheels-disintegrate thing going on.

Yeah. Schultz isn't perfect, but he could end up turning out like Niskanen. We could really use that on our blueline.

Lovejoy's very, very limited offensively and not anything to write home about defensively. Shake his hand, thank him for his contribution this post season, and let him go get a ridiculous contract a la Scuderi or Engelland.

 

[IcedCapp]

Ah okay I guess I misinterpreted the post and replaced the "and" with an "or".

As I said in my post before, Schultz helps with the mobility.

Dumo-Letang
Maatta-Daley
Cole-Schultz

That's plenty mobile IMO. Then you have Pouliot as a number 7 to plug in if they plan to keep him.

it all depends on Schultz's number. If it starts with a 1 or a low 2, I'm fine with it

 

[Shady Machine]

it all depends on Schultz's number. If it starts with a 1 or a low 2, I'm fine with it

Oh yeah it has to. Nothing over 2.5 and I think that's still too high.

 

[Brandinho]

You know that Lovejoy's having the playoffs of his life when him missing the net turns out to be one of the most decisive events in a series. Whatever magical reserves he had saved up, they're surely gone now.

 

[Big McLargehuge]

As I said last night, you thank Lovejoy for his playoff performance, give him his ring, and then wish him well in UFA.

You do not want to be giving out contracts out of some weird sense of nostalgia or sentimentality.

Exactly. I've long been a Lovejoy supporter (I think it's utterly asinine to hate a guy because of who he was traded for), but I can't see a way he comes back...nor do I want him back. He was an awesome #6 at a minimal cap hit...his cap hit likely triples next year, and his play isn't going to get better at the age of 32. I fully expect him to get a Engellend-esque deal from a team with plenty of cap room looking for a steady veteran presence on their third pairing.

Thank you for everything, Ben, now go get your payday.

 

[HandshakeLine]

OT but guess who's head coaching the Blues in 2017? Good thing we're not worried about a coaching change in this market too.

 

[IcedCapp]

Exactly. I've long been a Lovejoy supporter (I think it's utterly asinine to hate a guy because of who he was traded for), but I can't see a way he comes back...nor do I want him back. He was an awesome #6 at a minimal cap hit...his cap hit likely triples next year, and his play isn't going to get better at the age of 32. I fully expect him to get a Engellend-esque deal from a team with plenty of cap room looking for a steady veteran presence on their third pairing.

Thank you for everything, Ben, now go get your payday.

I personally never hated Ben because of who he was traded for. I hated the team for the trade, but not Lovejoy.

I hated Lovejoy after he struggled last year and then complained about playing too many minutes.

I don't think he was very good this regular season and in the Rangers/Caps series, but was good in the Tampa series and great in the Sharks series. That's my honest, unemotional opinion of him.

I really wouldn't want him back at any price, because I didn't think his play in the regular season was anything beyond a #6, and the Penguins have that slot covered.

 

[SEALBound]

I love Daley and he was a massive player for us this year, but there's almost no way I'd re-sign him. He'll be 34 when his new deal would start and so much of his game is predicated upon his mobility. It just seems like a bad risk to take to do anything other than go year to year with him and surely someone else would offer more.

I'm also not sure that I'd re-sign Bonino. It really depends on his role next year. If HBK stays together for an entire season, he'll likely be cost prohibitive. You need to keep in mind that Bonino was a late round pick and a bit of a late bloomer in his NHL career. He's only started making decent money very recently and this will probably be his only chance at a large contract. Age isn't a concern like with Daley, but I'm just not sure he'll be the best allocation of resources. If he wants to chase the money, I wouldn't blame him.

Dumo and Murray will get standard bridge deals most likely. I'd try to lock Dumo up long term because I think there's some untapped offensive potential there, but I'm not sure how amenable he'd be to that. Sheary could break out and command a bit of coin but that's far from a guarantee. Also don't see any way Sundqvist is worth worrying about financially. I see very little offensive upside with him.

They will resign Bonino. We need a 3C. We are fairly weak in depth for the center slot.