Salary Cap: Salary Cap & Roster Building | The Faster We Go the Rounder We Get

[DegenX]

All figures are cap numbers, not salaries.

2017-18 salary ceiling	$75,000,000
Projected dollars committed	74,595,375​
Projected LTIR Used	84,259​
Approximate cap space	$488,884​

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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Forward..................................	Pos.​	Age​	..........2017-18​	..........2018-19​	..........2019-20​
Evgeni Malkin	C​	31​	9,500,000​	9,500,000​	9,500,000​
Sidney Crosby	C​	30​	8,700,000​	8,700,000​	8,700,000​
Phil Kessel	RW​	29​	6,800,000​	6,800,000​	6,800,000​
Patric Hornqvist	RW​	30​	4,250,000​	UFA​
Carl Hagelin	LW​	29​	4,000,000​	4,000,000​	UFA​
Conor Sheary	LW​	25​	3,000,000​	3,000,000​	3,000,000​
Riley Sheahan	C​	25​	2,075,000​	RFA​
Ryan Reaves	RW​	30​	1,125,000​	UFA​
Jake Guentzel	LW​	22​	734,167​	734,167​	RFA​
Dominik Simon	C/RW​	23​	692,500​	RFA​
Bryan Rust	RW​	25​	640,000​	RFA​
Jean-Sebastien Dea	C​	23​	650,000​	RFA​
Tom Kuhnhackl	LW​	25​	625,000​	RFA​
Carter Rowney	C​	28​	612,500​	UFA​
Defense	Pos.​	Age​	2017-18​	2018-19​	2019-20​
Kris Letang	D​	30​	7,250,000​	7,250,000​	7,250,000​
Justin Schultz	D​	27​	5,500,000​	5,500,000​	5,500,000​
Brian Dumoulin	D​	26​	4,100,000​	4,100,000​	4,100,000​
Olli Maatta	D​	23​	4,083,333​	4,083,333​	4,083,333​
Matt Hunwick	D​	32​	2,250,000​	2,250,000​	2,250,000​
Ian Cole	D​	28​	2,100,000​	UFA​
Jamie Oleksiak	D​	25​	964,688​	RFA​
Chad Ruhwedel	D​	27​	650,000​	650,000​	UFA​
Goalie	Pos.​	Age​	2017-18​	2018-19​	2019-20​
Matt Murray	G​	23​	3,750,000​	3,750,000​	3,750,000​
Casey DeSmith	G​	25​	675,000​	675,000​	UFA​

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WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

Forward..................................	Pos.​	Age​	..........2017-18​	..........2018-19​	..........2019-20​
Zach Aston-Reese	LW​	23​	925,000​	925,000​	RFA​
Adam Johnson	C​	23​	925,000​	925,000​	RFA​
Thomas Di Pauli	C​	23​	742,500​	RFA​
Freddie Tiffels	LW​	22​	742,500​	742,500​	RFA​
Sam Miletic	LW​	20​	710,000​	710,000​	710,000​
Teddy Blueger	C​	23​	705,000​	RFA​
Daniel Sprong	RW​	20​	692,500​	RFA​
Garrett Wilson	LW​	24​	650,000​	650,000​	UFA​
Greg McKegg	C​	25​	650,000​	RFA​
Tom Sestito	LW​	29​	650,000​	UFA​
Defense	Pos.​	Age​	2017-18​	2018-19​	2019-20​
Andrey Pedan	D​	24​	750,000​	RFA​
Jeff Taylor	D​	23​	742,500​	742,500​	RFA​
Ethan Prow	D​	24​	730,000​	RFA​
Lukas Bengtsson	D​	24​	705,000​	RFA​
Frank Corrado	D​	24​	650,000​	RFA​
Jarred Tinordi	D​	25​	650,000​	RFA​
Zach Trotman	D​	27​	650,000​	UFA​
Kevin Czuczman	D​	26​	650,000​	UFA​
Chris Summers	D​	29​	650,000​	650,000​	UFA​
Goalie	Pos.​	Age​	2017-18​	2018-19​	2019-20​
Michael Leighton	G​	36​	650,000​	UFA​
Tristan Jarry	G​	22​	630,833​	RFA​

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SIGNED PROSPECTS

Player	Pos.​	Age​	Current team​	Contract​
Filip Gustavsson	G​	19​	Lulea HF (SHL)​	3 years/775,833 per​
Alex D'Orio	G​	18​	Saint John (QMJHL)​	3 years/716,667 per​
Jordy Bellerive	C​	18​	Lethbridge (WHL)​	3 years/716,667 per​

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UNSIGNED PROSPECTS

Player	Pos.​	Age​	Current team​
Niclas Almari	D​	19​	HPK (Liiga)
Anthony Angello	F​	21​	Cornell (ECAC)
Dane Birks	D​	21​	Michigan Tech (WCHA)
Kasper Bjorkqvist	F​	19​	Providence (HEA)
Jan Drozg	F​	18​	Shawinigan (QMJHL)
Connor Hall	D​	19​	Kitchener (OHL)
Ryan Jones	D​	21​	Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC)
Sam Lafferty	F​	22​	Brown (ECAC)
Zachary Lauzon	D​	18​	Rouyn-Noranda (QMJHL)
Joe Masonius	D​	20​	Connecticut (HEA)
Linus Olund	F​	20​	Brynas IF (SHL)
Antti Palojarvi	D​	18​	Lukko U20 (SML Jr.A)
Nikita Pavlychev	F​	20​	Penn State (Big Ten)
Clayton Phillips	D​	17​	Fargo (USHL)
Will Reilly	D​	19​	RPI (ECAC)
Dominik Uher	C​	24​	HC Sparta Praha (ELH)

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[Empoleon8771]

Kane is interesting because it leaves open the possibility of Sheahan staying as the 3C if you bring in Kane. I said this a while back, you either need to bring in the right wingers to have Sheahan to be the right 3C or the right 3C. If you brought in Kane and put him on the 3rd line, Sheahan as the 3C is perfectly fine. A Kane-Sheahan-Hornqvist line would be incredibly effective, which leaves Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel and Guentzel-Crosby-Simon as your 2nd and 1st lines. You'd still need to add another center, but it might be easier to bring in Kane and a good 4C than it is to bring in a good 3C. You know Buffalo is trading Kane and you know that say Edmonton is trading Letestu. You don't know if Ottawa is going to trade Pageau or Brassard.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Cole is around 886k and Rowney much less.

Our "Deadline Cap space" is 2.2m not including those two. I think he fits.

I used the armchair GM tool on cap friendly and he didn’t fit. Included sending down Kuhn and we were down about a million

 

[Ryder71]

Kane is interesting because it leaves open the possibility of Sheahan staying as the 3C if you bring in Kane. I said this a while back, you either need to bring in the right wingers to have Sheahan to be the right 3C or the right 3C. If you brought in Kane and put him on the 3rd line, Sheahan as the 3C is perfectly fine. A Kane-Sheahan-Hornqvist line would be incredibly effective

And how exactly can you conclusively say that line would be ''incredibly effective''? Based on what exactly?

If we don't upgrade our center core, we're screwed. And there's a reason why a 3C is harder to come by than a top six winger. That however doesn't mean you take the easier path and try to dress up your wings and leave your centers as is. You do all you can to accentuate your advantage at center and not mitigate it and hope adding good wingers will offset the void. It doesn't work that way.

 

[Empoleon8771]

And how exactly can you conclusively say that line would be ''incredibly effective''? Based on what exactly?

Because:

A. Kane and Hornqvist are both extremely good players.
B. Kane and Hornqvist are the kind of wingers that mask Sheahan's weaknesses extremely well and complement his style of game.

What's your evidence that they wouldn't be incredibly effective together? Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist worked really well earlier in the year, Kane in Sheary's spot is that original line on massive steroids.

 

[Pancakes]

He has 18 goals in 30 games in the A. He’s three behind the league lead with 8 fewer games played.

I’m not calling him McJesus. But Id say that qualifies as having some pedigree as a guy adjusting to pro hockey.

My point is, NHL teams aren't going to be knocking down our doors to get him. He's a good prospect, but nothing more. He's not proven at the NHL level yet. Not enough to where he'd have huge value.

 

[Ryder71]

Because:

A. Kane and Hornqvist are both extremely good players.
B. Kane and Hornqvist are the kind of wingers that mask Sheahan's weaknesses extremely well and complement his style of game.

What's your evidence that they wouldn't be incredibly effective together? Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist worked really well earlier in the year, Kane in Sheary's spot is that original line on massive steroids.

I'm not asserting one way or the other, you're asserting something that you can't possibly know. There's no evidence to support that claim. You're stating something that is your opinion as fact.

 

[Tom Hanks]

Because:

A. Kane and Hornqvist are both extremely good players.
B. Kane and Hornqvist are the kind of wingers that mask Sheahan's weaknesses extremely well and complement his style of game.

What's your evidence that they wouldn't be incredibly effective together? Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist worked really well earlier in the year, Kane in Sheary's spot is that original line on massive steroids.

I mean yeah it’d probably work but what if other things aren’t working and you need to change things up. Does L3 become ineffective again?

If you have to cater to a player that much it’s best to find someone else.

Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist was a pretty small sample size too a few games at most.

 

[Ryder71]

I mean yeah it’d probably work but what if other things aren’t working and you need to change things up. Does L3 become ineffective again?

If you have to cater to a player that much it’s best to find someone else.

Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist was a pretty small sample size too a few games at most.

Yep, If we got Kane we have no idea what line Sully would put him on. My guess is he'd play in the top six, but we can't know for sure.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I used the armchair GM tool on cap friendly and he didn’t fit. Included sending down Kuhn and we were down about a million

Does it take into account the current cap hit if traded?

 

[888 98 twins]

If there's a way to use TDL prorations on Cap Friendly, I can't figure it out...

 

[Tom Hanks]

Does it take into account the current cap hit if traded?

Actually I don’t think it does looks like all beginning of the year stuff.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I mean yeah it’d probably work but what if other things aren’t working and you need to change things up. Does L3 become ineffective again?

If you have to cater to a player that much it’s best to find someone else.

Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist was a pretty small sample size too a few games at most.

I would find some other way to do that, one that doesn't include taking apart the 3rd line if it's working. You have Simon, Rust, Guentzel, Hagelin, Kessel and Sprong as guys you can try on those top-2 lines if you need to find something that works. I'd exhaust those options and then consider splitting up the 3rd line.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Actually I don’t think it does looks like all beginning of the year stuff.

That changes everything Hanks, god damn it.

 

[Tom Hanks]

That changes everything Hanks, god damn it.

We have currently 1.2 in cap space so you can use full AAV’s and add the 1.2 mil onto Rowney/Cole.........I think

 

[Ryder71]

We have currently 1.2 in cap space so you can use full AAV’s and add the 1.2 mil onto Rowney/Cole.........I think

Here's how it works, if we make a trade say tonight we can take on approx a million dollars more than the team we trade with. So if say we want someone who's a five million dollar cap hit we need to send four million out. That doesn't take into account salary retention however.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

I want my Pageau yesterday. Time for the rubber to hit the road here...I'm sick of watching godforsaken Guentzel-Sheahan-Kessel already, and it shows no signs of slowing down.

 

[Nakawick]

lots of possibilities

 

[Rakell67]

Yep, If we got Kane we have no idea what line Sully would put him on. My guess is he'd play in the top six, but we can't know for sure.

I’m no expert but I think he would do best on Sid’s LW since EK is a north/south skater, crashing the net, causing havoc as well as being Sid’s bodyguard.

Kane Crosby Sheary
Hagelin Malkin Hornqvist
Guentzel Sheahan Kessel
Simon Dea Rust
Kuhnhackl Rowney Reaves

That’s some serious depth but I think 3C is more important than a LW rental.

 

[ColePens]

Anything but Sheahan in the top 9.

 

[Will Hunting]

Anything but Sheahan in the top 9.

But but but... Kane-Sheahan-Hornqvist would be "incredibly effective"... Man, is Empoleon annoying with Sheahan

 

[Will Hunting]

A Kane-Sheahan-Hornqvist line would be incredibly effective

You just can´t explicitly say this. You just can´t. No matter how you overrate Sheahan, no 3rd line line with him is guaranteed to be "incredibly effective"..

 

[Riptide]

Honestly, I can easily see him just making a couple of value moves. Get a LW with a little sandpaper and bring in a low level C who's better than Rowney.

 

[Sideline]

Phil Kessel is a top 10 offensive player in the NHL. Sheahan can't produce playing with Phil. Sheahan is not an acceptable 3rd line center.

 

[Riptide]

Sheary-Sheahan-Hornqvist was a pretty small sample size too a few games at most.

And yet it's still (iirc) his 4th or 5th most consistent set of linemates.