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[PedroSpecialK]

For whatever it's worth, here's how I could see the rest of the offseason playing out, and there's an offer sheet included (so bear with me).

1. Bruins trade Ference and Kobasew in different deals for 6th and 2nd round picks respectively. If Dominic Moore gets a 2nd at the deadline, I'm sure Kobasew could get one with his contract status. This clears $3,733,333.33, giving the Bruins a grand total of $5,069,567.00 in cap space.

2. Re-sign Kessel to a two year deal with an AAV of $3.4m, giving him $3.2m in the first year and $3.6m in the second year. This leaves $1,669,567.00 in cap space

3. Sign Hurricanes' D Anton Babchuk ($1m QO that has gone unsigned and, if signed, would put Carolina over the cap) to a one year, $1.4m offer sheet. Carolina gladly receives their second round pick, which is about what they'd get for Babchuk in a trade. If they choose to match the offer sheet, they can't trade Babchuk for a year and, as such, would be stuck with a player for whom Rutherford is known to hold great contempt for refusing to report to the AHL and bolting in '06-'07.

We ice the following lineup:

Lucic - Savard - Kessel
Sturm - Bergeron - Recchi
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Thornton - Begin - Bitz

Chara - Morris
Stuart - Wideman
Hunwick - Babchuk
Boychuk

Thomas
Rask

Total AAV: $56,530,833

[Doza]

For whatever it's worth, here's how I could see the rest of the offseason playing out, and there's an offer sheet included (so bear with me).

1. Bruins trade Ference and Kobasew in different deals for 6th and 2nd round picks respectively. If Dominic Moore gets a 2nd at the deadline, I'm sure Kobasew could get one with his contract status. This clears $3,733,333.33, giving the Bruins a grand total of $5,069,567.00 in cap space.

2. Re-sign Kessel to a two year deal with an AAV of $3.4m, giving him $3.2m in the first year and $3.6m in the second year. This leaves $1,669,567.00 in cap space

3. Sign Hurricanes' D Anton Babchuk ($1m QO that has gone unsigned and, if signed, would put Carolina over the cap) to a one year, $1.4m offer sheet. Carolina gladly receives their second round pick, which is about what they'd get for Babchuk in a trade. If they choose to match the offer sheet, they can't trade Babchuk for a year and, as such, would be stuck with a player for whom Rutherford is known to hold great contempt for refusing to report to the AHL and bolting in '06-'07.

We ice the following lineup:

Lucic - Savard - Kessel
Sturm - Bergeron - Recchi
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Thornton - Begin - Bitz

Chara - Morris
Stuart - Wideman
Hunwick - Babchuk
Boychuk

Thomas
Rask

Total AAV: $56,530,833

I love this.

[Spaulding Smails]

This would make this off season about as successful as it could possibly be, especially if the Canes took the B's original 2nd rounder leaving us with Tampa's 2nd rounder from the Recchi trade.

[The Napkin]

For whatever it's worth, here's how I could see the rest of the offseason playing out, and there's an offer sheet included (so bear with me).

You're hired

[Monbo Jumbo]

Good ideas PSK. I don't think it happens. I think zero RFAs sign offera this year. Call it collusion or whatever. Even Babchuk, who's a good player but not wanted in Carolina.

[PedroSpecialK]

0 chance of happening, but a guy can dream.

[PedroSpecialK]

With all the Kessel talk, I figured I'd take a look at next offseason, as this one seems to be all wrapped up short of signing Kessel at $4m, trading Ference and Kobasew, and offer sheeting Babchuk. Obviously.

Forwards

Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Savard, Marc	C	5,000,000.00	UFA
Bergeron, Patrice	C	4,750,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	3,750,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Kessel, Phil	C	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Recchi, Mark	RW	1,000,000.00	UFA
Wheeler, Blake	RW	875,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Begin, Steve	C	850,000.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	766,666.67	766,666.67
Bitz. Byron	RW	687,500.00	700,000.00	UFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	618,333.33	RFA
Thornton, Shawn	RW	516,667.00	UFA
Eaves, Patrick	RW	258,333.33	-41,666.67	258,333.33	258,333.33
Totals:		21,454,166.67	22,425,000.00	8,258,333.33	4,258,333.33
AAV For '10-'11		21,454,166.67

Defensemen

Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Chara, Zdeno	D	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Wideman, Dennis	D	3,875,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	1,450,000.00	1,550,000.00	RFA
Stuart, Mark	D	1,300,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Boychuk, Johnny	D	500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		12,825,000.00	13,050,000.00	4,500,000.00
AAV for '10-'11		12,825,000.00

Goaltenders

Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka *	G	850,000.00	RFA
Totals:		5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		5,000,000.00

What this all means:

Our cap hit going into next offseason, assuming no trades as of now (I know) and assuming Kessel signs in the $4m neighborhood with Kobasew gone, is shaping up to be $39,279,166.67. It gives us the following lineup:

Sturm - Krejci - Kessel
XX - Bergeron - Ryder
XX - Sobotka* - XX
XX - XX - Bitz

Chara - XX
Hunwick - Wideman
XX - XX

Thomas
XX

Assuming a cap drop of ~$1.5m, that gives us a cap of $55.3m, giving us $16,020,833.33 in space to sign the following players:

Savard (UFA)
Morris (UFA)
Stuart (RFA, Arbitration Eligible)
Ference (UFA)
Recchi (UFA)
Wheeler (RFA)
Rask (RFA)
Begin (UFA)
Sobotka (RFA)
Lucic (RFA)
McQuaid (RFA)
Thornton (UFA)
Lehtonen (RFA)

Additionally, Hamill may be ready to step in in a 3rd line role at an $816,666.67 cap hit.

I think we all know Savard's departure is all but a foregone conclusion, ditto Morris, Recchi, Begin, and possibly Thornton.

RFA estimations:
Stuart - $2.3m AAV
Wheeler - anywhere from $2m-4m. Let's say $3.3m to be on the safe side.
Rask - $1.1m AAV
Lucic - $3.6m AAV (a bit above Byfuglien)
Sobotka - $950,000 AAV
McQuaid - $500,000 1-way much like Boychuk.
Lehtonen - $650,000 1-way

So far, this has eaten up $13,216,666.67 of our $16,020,833.33 in cap space, leaving us with $2,804,166.67 and the following lineup:

Lucic - Bergeron - Kessel
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Sturm - Hamill - XX
XX - Sobotka - Bitz

Chara - XX
Stuart - Wideman
Hunwick - McQuaid

Thomas
Rask

So for ~$2.8m we'll have to fill out 3-4 roster spots. Personally, I believe all of Hamill, Marchand, Lehtonen, and Sobotka will make it, with Jeff Penner perhaps given a shot at the 7th defenseman's role much like Boychuk's being given right now. Assuming Marchand's called up, I think he plays 4th line LW and alternates sitting with Sobotka/Lehtonen.

Thornton probably re-signs for a couple more years at, say, $750,000 AAV. Marchand's cap hit is only $556,666.67. Penner's is $1,020,833.33. Adding these guys in, we have $476,666.67 in cap space and the following lineup:

Lucic - Bergeron - Kessel
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Sturm - Hamill - Lehtonen
Thornton - Sobotka - Bitz
Marchand

Chara - Wideman
Stuart - McQuaid
Hunwick - XX/UFA
Penner

Thomas
Rask

Pretty tight to the cap with a space to fill, and that's with a relatively conservative ($1.5m) estimate of the cap dropping and no bonuses taken into account. I think next offseason is where Chiarelli will have to make some really tough decisions. Waiving Sturm looks like it may be one of them if he has a campaign more like 2006-2007 than 2007-2008.

[PedroSpecialK]

Super quick update: Seems like the book may be closed on the offseason, Bruins likely to go into the season icing the following lineup:

Projected Forwards

LW	C	RW
Lucic	Savard	Wheeler
Sturm	Bergeron	Recchi
Kobasew	Sobotka/Hamill	Ryder
Thornton	Begin	Bitz

Projected Defensemen

LD	RD
Chara	Morris
Stuart	Wideman
Ference	Hunwick

Projected Goaltenders

G

Thomas

Rask

With Sobotka up, we have $710,833.67 in cap space. With Hamill up, we have $519,167. I do, however, think it's safe to say Sobotka (or even Marchand) gets the call.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 19 September 2009 - 03:44 PM.

[Haunted]

Will Krejci be put on LTIR?

[PedroSpecialK]

Will Krejci be put on LTIR?

Probably not, he'll miss a couple weeks or so to start the year.

[j44thor]

With Sobotka up, we have $710,833.67 in cap space. With Hamill up, we have $519,167. I do, however, think it's safe to say Sobotka (or even Marchand) gets the call.

Wow, that is virtually zero cap room to start the season.
They better hope no players get nicked up since they won't even be able to really carry any healthy scratches with that much cap space. Looks like they will have to do something before starting the season.

[Haunted]

Probably not, he'll miss a couple weeks or so to start the year.

Huh. For some reason I thought he was going to be out longer. But yeah, j44thor is right. There's zero room to play with.

[The Four Peters]

PSK, what's the deal with bonus cushion? Right now NHL Numbers has Rask counting for 3.2 mill against the cap. Is this going to hold? If not, what does he end up counting for?

[PedroSpecialK]

PSK, what's the deal with bonus cushion? Right now NHL Numbers has Rask counting for 3.2 mill against the cap. Is this going to hold? If not, what does he end up counting for?

NHL Numbers is wrong, I like to use Capgeek. The bonus cushion basically takes all bonuses reached by Rask, Wheeler, Lucic, Sobotka, Recchi, etc. this season and counts them towards next year's cap. We should probably look for about $2.5m added, when all's said and done.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 22 September 2009 - 09:21 AM.

[The Four Peters]

NHL Numbers is wrong, I like to use Capgeek. The bonus cushion basically takes all bonuses reached by Rask, Wheeler, Lucic, Sobotka, Recchi, etc. this season and counts them towards next year's cap. We should probably look for about $2.5m added, when all's said and done.

Ok, so when I generate a roster on Capgeek that includes Boychuk, Marchand, Rask, and Sobotka, it says they are just over a mill above the cap. Yet that includes the 5.655 mill in bonuses for the players you mentioned. Color me confused how it all breaks down, as the bonus structures really seem to mess with it.

[PedroSpecialK]

Ok, so when I generate a roster on Capgeek that includes Boychuk, Marchand, Rask, and Sobotka, it says they are just over a mill above the cap. Yet that includes the 5.655 mill in bonuses for the players you mentioned. Color me confused how it all breaks down, as the bonus structures really seem to mess with it.

Their numbers on Wideman's contract is wrong - they have it as a $3,937,500 AAV when it's really $3,875,000.

Manually adding the following roster's AAV:

Lucic - Savard - Wheeler
Sturm - Bergeron - Ryder
Recchi - Hamill - Kobasew
Thornton - Begin - Bitz
Krejci (hurt)

Chara - Morris
Stuart - Wideman
Ference - Hunwick
Boychuk

Thomas
Rask

I get an AAV of $56,047,500, leaving room to add a player at the start of the season like Marchand at a $556,666.67 cap hit to bring the total cap hit to $56,604,166.67. If Sobotka makes the squad over Marchand, it's $56,662,500.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 22 September 2009 - 01:44 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

If true, this is awesome news.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman last night called dire predictions of a dramatic decrease in the NHL's salary cap next season "absurd."

"Over the last few months, there's been a lot of speculation that the cap's going to go down 20 percent. That's absurd. That's just made-up. It isn't going to happen," Bettman said. "I think it will be somewhere near where it is ($56.8 million), up a little, down a little, somewhere near where it is."

[PedroSpecialK]

The computer that has my cap stuff is dead for now, but going on MS Calculator the Bruins are in the following cap situation:

Cap Dollars Used: $4,832,907.57
Cap Dollars Remaining: $51,967,092.43

Cap Space Used: 8.508%
Days Gone: 19/194 = 9.794% of season

Prorating with Lucic on the team, Lefebvre in Providence until the trade deadline, we will have $35,313,706.54 used by the deadline, with the cap limit in dollars used by the deadline standing at $38,940,206.19. This means we have $3,626,499.65 in unused cap dollars at the deadline, meaning we will have the cap room to add a player making $11,533,457.89 for the final 61 days of the season to fill out our cap limit. Basically, we can name our impending UFA(s).


Note that, unless we add a player that would put us over the cap were Lucic on the roster, Lucic's time on LTIR has no bearing on our cap space whatsoever.

edit: And with Lefebvre being demoted as of a few minutes ago, that bumps the number up about another $225,000 assuming he'd have been on the club another month.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 19 October 2009 - 10:55 PM.

[Eddie Jurak]

Note that, unless we add a player that would put us over the cap were Lucic on the roster, Lucic's time on LTIR has no bearing on our cap space whatsoever.

Yes. That LTIR exemption is a lot less useful than I had thought in the past. We'd have to bring in a player (or players) now who makes more than the available cap space to benefit, and then when Lucic came back guys would have to be moved off the cap in order to activate him.

[The Four Peters]

Good points on the LTIR. Honest question then, what's the point of putting him on LTIR? if there's no cap benefit, what's the gain?

[PedroSpecialK]

Good points on the LTIR. Honest question then, what's the point of putting him on LTIR? if there's no cap benefit, what's the gain?

Probably just roster space. With Savard and Thornton out of practice yesterday and Bitz and Lucic having injury concerns, they probably needed Lefebvre there as a body. Also, there's a 23 man roster limit I believe, which they were at if they'd decided not to LTIR Lucic.

Also, if a deal comes along for a player like Frolov that puts them a few bucks over the cap, it's good to have Lucic on LTIR until they can decide who to demote/waive.

[Spaulding Smails]

FWIW, Fluto in his chat said "look for some contract news with Rask shortly".

[The Four Peters]

FWIW, Fluto in his chat said "look for some contract news with Rask shortly".

POW!

[Spaulding Smails]

Apparently shortly was 5 minutes haha.

[PedroSpecialK]

Small update. Bigger one coming later.

Salary Cap Progress

Salary Cap Progress	Start: October 1, 2009	CURRENT: November 30, 2009
Days Gone	Days Gone/193	Real Cap Hit	Percentage of Cap Spent:	Remaining Cap Dollars	Notes
17.00	0.09	4,885,444.70	0.09	51,914,555.30	Lefebvre Recalled
18.00	0.09	5,175,414.48	0.09	51,624,585.52	Kobasew Traded - Sobotka and Marchand Recalled
19.00	0.10	5,459,417.07	0.10	51,340,582.93	Lefebvre Sent Down
20.00	0.10	5,740,828.98	0.10	51,059,171.02	Paille Acquired
21.00	0.11	6,028,069.92	0.11	50,771,930.08	Whitfield Recalled
22.00	0.11	6,318,160.59	0.11	50,481,839.41	Lefebvre Recalled
25.00	0.13	7,196,204.63	0.13	49,603,795.37	Lefebvre Sent Down
35.00	0.18	10,097,111.37	0.18	46,702,888.63	Lehtonen Recalled
37.00	0.19	10,683,510.33	0.19	46,116,489.67	Lehtonen Sent Down
51.00	0.26	14,744,779.76	0.26	42,055,220.24	Marchand Sent Down
52.00	0.27	15,031,986.15	0.26	41,768,013.85	Whitfield Sent Down
61.00	0.32	17,591,196.00	0.31	39,208,804.00	End of November Update
Trade Deadline Watch (March 5, 2010) - Day #155
Update	Projected Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Maximum Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Cap Space At Deadline	Maximum Contract Absorption at Deadline	Maximum Allowable Post-Deadline Cap Hit
30-Nov	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.03	61,462,434.36

[PedroSpecialK]

Forwards

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Savard, Marc	C	5,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	UFA
Bergeron, Patrice	C	4,750,000.00	5,000,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	3,750,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Murray, Glen	RW	1,383,333.00	1,383,333.00
Paille, Daniel	LW	1,125,000.00	1,350,000.00	UFA
Recchi, Mark	RW	1,000,000.00	1,000,000.00	UFA
Wheeler, Blake	RW	875,000.00	875,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Begin, Steve	C/LW	850,000.00	850,000.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	766,666.67	766,666.67	766,666.67
Bitz. Byron	RW	687,500.00	675,000.00	700,000.00	UFA
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW	625,000.00	625,000.00	RFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	618,333.33	685,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,250,000.00	RFA
Thornton, Shawn	RW	516,667.00	500,000.00	UFA
Eaves, Patrick	RW	258,333.33	258,333.33	-41,666.67	258,333.33	258,333.33
Totals:		29,705,833.33	29,968,333.00	22,425,000.00	8,258,333.33	4,508,333.33
AAV for '09-'10		29,705,833.33

Defensemen

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Chara, Zdeno	D	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Wideman, Dennis	D	3,875,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	UFA
Morris, Derek	D	3,300,000.00	3,300,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	1,450,000.00	1,350,000.00	1,550,000.00	RFA
Ference, Andrew	D	1,400,000.00	1,625,000.00	UFA
Stuart, Mark	D	1,300,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Boychuk, Johnny	D	500,000.00	500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		19,325,000.00	19,525,000.00	13,050,000.00	4,500,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		19,325,000.00

Goaltenders

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka	G	850,000.00	850,000.00	1,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		5,850,000.00	6,850,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		5,850,000.00

Cap Progress

Days Gone	Days Gone/193	Real Cap Hit	Percentage of Cap Spent:	Remaining Cap Dollars	Notes
17.00	0.09	4,885,444.70	0.09	51,914,555.30	Lefebvre Recalled
18.00	0.09	5,175,414.48	0.09	51,624,585.52	Kobasew Traded - Sobotka and Marchand Recalled
19.00	0.10	5,459,417.07	0.10	51,340,582.93	Lefebvre Sent Down
20.00	0.10	5,740,828.98	0.10	51,059,171.02	Paille Acquired
21.00	0.11	6,028,069.92	0.11	50,771,930.08	Whitfield Recalled
22.00	0.11	6,318,160.59	0.11	50,481,839.41	Lefebvre Recalled
25.00	0.13	7,196,204.63	0.13	49,603,795.37	Lefebvre Sent Down
35.00	0.18	10,097,111.37	0.18	46,702,888.63	Lehtonen Recalled
37.00	0.19	10,683,510.33	0.19	46,116,489.67	Lehtonen Sent Down
51.00	0.26	14,744,779.76	0.26	42,055,220.24	Marchand Sent Down
52.00	0.27	15,031,986.15	0.26	41,768,013.85	Whitfield Sent Down
61.00	0.32	17,591,196.00	0.31	39,208,804.00	End of November Update

Trade Deadline Watch - Day #155

Update	Projected Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Maximum Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Cap Space At Deadline	Maximum Contract Absorption at Deadline	Maximum Allowable Post-Deadline Cap Hit
30-Nov	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.03	61,462,434.36

Current Cap Hit

TOTAL AAV FOR '09-'10:	54,880,833.33
SALARY CAP FOR '09-'10:	56,800,000.00
LTIR CUSHION:	0.00
BONUS CUSHION:	0.00
REMAINING CAP SPACE:	1,919,166.67

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 30 November 2009 - 06:33 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Update for Satan signing, Whitfield & Wozniewski callups.

Forwards

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Savard, Marc	C	5,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	6,500,000.00	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	UFA
Bergeron, Patrice	C	4,750,000.00	5,000,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	3,750,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Murray, Glen	RW	1,383,333.00	1,383,333.00
Paille, Daniel	LW	1,125,000.00	1,350,000.00	RFA
Recchi, Mark	RW	1,000,000.00	1,000,000.00	UFA
Wheeler, Blake	RW	875,000.00	875,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Begin, Steve	C/LW	850,000.00	850,000.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	766,666.67	766,666.67	766,666.67
Satan, Miroslav	RW	700,000.00	700,000.00	UFA
Bitz. Byron	RW	687,500.00	675,000.00	700,000.00	UFA
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW	625,000.00	625,000.00	RFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	618,333.33	685,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,250,000.00	RFA
Whitfield, Trent	C	550,000.00	550,000.00	550,000.00	UFA
Thornton, Shawn	RW	516,667.00	500,000.00	UFA
Eaves, Patrick	RW	258,333.33	258,333.33	-41,666.67	258,333.33	258,333.33
Totals:		30,955,833.33	31,218,333.00	29,975,000.00	15,258,333.33	11,008,333.33	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	0.00
AAV for '09-'10		30,955,833.33

Defensemen

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Chara, Zdeno	D	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Wideman, Dennis	D	3,875,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	UFA
Morris, Derek	D	3,300,000.00	3,300,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	1,450,000.00	1,350,000.00	1,550,000.00	RFA
Ference, Andrew	D	1,400,000.00	1,625,000.00	UFA
Stuart, Mark	D	1,300,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Wozniewski, Andy	D	600,000.00	600,000.00	UFA
McQuaid, Adam	D	523,333.33	523,333.33	RFA
Boychuk, Johnny	D	500,000.00	500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		20,448,333.33	20,648,333.33	13,050,000.00	4,500,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		20,448,333.33

Goaltenders

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka	G	850,000.00	850,000.00	1,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		5,850,000.00	6,850,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		5,850,000.00

Cap Progress

Days Gone	Days Gone/193	Real Cap Hit	Percentage of Cap Spent:	Remaining Cap Dollars	Notes
17.00	0.09	4,885,444.70	0.09	51,914,555.30	Lefebvre Recalled
18.00	0.09	5,175,414.48	0.09	51,624,585.52	Kobasew Traded - Sobotka and Marchand Recalled
19.00	0.10	5,459,417.07	0.10	51,340,582.93	Lefebvre Sent Down
20.00	0.10	5,740,828.98	0.10	51,059,171.02	Paille Acquired
21.00	0.11	6,028,069.92	0.11	50,771,930.08	Whitfield Recalled
22.00	0.11	6,318,160.59	0.11	50,481,839.41	Lefebvre Recalled
25.00	0.13	7,196,204.63	0.13	49,603,795.37	Lefebvre Sent Down
35.00	0.18	10,097,111.37	0.18	46,702,888.63	Lehtonen Recalled
37.00	0.19	10,683,510.33	0.19	46,116,489.67	Lehtonen Sent Down
51.00	0.26	14,744,779.76	0.26	42,055,220.24	Marchand Sent Down
52.00	0.27	15,031,986.15	0.26	41,768,013.85	Whitfield Sent Down
61.00	0.32	17,591,196.00	0.31	39,208,804.00	End of November Update
70.00	0.36	20,150,405.84	0.35	36,649,594.16	General Update
76.00	0.39	21,856,545.74	0.38	34,943,454.26	Wozniewski and McQuaid Recalled
84.00	0.44	24,177,961.97	0.43	32,622,038.03	Wozniewski Sent Down
94.00	0.49	27,048,644.18	0.48	29,751,355.82	Satan Signed
100.00	0.52	28,792,815.17	0.51	28,007,184.83	Whitfield Recalled
106.00	0.55	30,554,084.60	0.54	26,245,915.40	Wozniewski Recalled

Trade Deadline Watch

Update	Current Cap Cushion	Maximum Current Contract Absorption	Projected Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Maximum Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Cap Space At Deadline	Maximum Contract Absorption at Deadline	Maximum Allowable Post-Deadline Cap Hit
30-Nov	361,135.61	528,024.04	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
9-Dec	450,630.43	707,086.77	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
15-Dec	510,293.64	841,766.43	44,780,531.06	45,616,580.31	836,049.25	4,246,250.16	60,250,416.83
23-Dec	543,281.55	961,957.24	44,559,805.67	45,616,580.31	1,056,774.64	5,367,302.79	60,771,469.46
14-Jan	615,604.52	1,200,117.91	44,954,883.39	45,616,580.31	661,696.92	3,360,723.85	58,764,890.51

Current Cap Hit

TOTAL AAV FOR '09-'10:		57,254,166.66
SALARY CAP FOR '09-'10:		56,800,000.00
LTIR CUSHION:		0.00
BONUS CUSHION:		0.00
REMAINING CAP SPACE:		-454,166.66

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 14 January 2010 - 12:56 PM.

[fenwaypaul]

Just want to say thanks for the effort you've put and continue to put into this. It's a remarkable piece of work.

[PedroSpecialK]

Just want to say thanks for the effort you've put and continue to put into this. It's a remarkable piece of work.

Many thanks, it's not a huge undertaking now that I've got the formulas down. The only thing to note is that the projected cap dollars spent at the deadline (and subsequent maximum post-deadline allowable cap hit) is artificially low due to Whitfield and Wozniewski being up. Once they get sent back down and Stuart returns, it'll be back to around the Dec 15 level of what we can expect the Bruins' cap space to be at the deadline.

[PedroSpecialK]

Gonna update it for Whitfield/Larman being returned to Providence, and a more realistic post-deadline cap outlook.

Forwards

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Savard, Marc	C	5,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	6,500,000.00	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	UFA
Bergeron, Patrice	C	4,750,000.00	5,000,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	3,750,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Murray, Glen	RW	1,383,333.00	1,383,333.00
Paille, Daniel	LW	1,125,000.00	1,350,000.00	RFA
Recchi, Mark	RW	1,000,000.00	1,000,000.00	UFA
Wheeler, Blake	RW	875,000.00	875,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Begin, Steve	C/LW	850,000.00	850,000.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	766,666.67	766,666.67	766,666.67
Satan, Miroslav	RW	700,000.00	700,000.00	UFA
Bitz. Byron	RW	687,500.00	675,000.00	700,000.00	UFA
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW	625,000.00	625,000.00	RFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	618,333.33	685,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,250,000.00	RFA
Thornton, Shawn	RW	516,667.00	500,000.00	UFA
Eaves, Patrick	RW	258,333.33	258,333.33	-41,666.67	258,333.33	258,333.33
Totals:		30,405,833.33	30,668,333.00	29,425,000.00	15,258,333.33	11,008,333.33	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	0.00
AAV for '09-'10		30,405,833.33

Defensemen

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Chara, Zdeno	D	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Wideman, Dennis	D	3,875,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	UFA
Morris, Derek	D	3,300,000.00	3,300,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	1,450,000.00	1,350,000.00	1,550,000.00	RFA
Ference, Andrew	D	1,400,000.00	1,625,000.00	UFA
Stuart, Mark	D	1,300,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
McQuaid, Adam	D	523,333.33	523,333.33	RFA
Boychuk, Johnny	D	500,000.00	500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		19,848,333.33	20,048,333.33	13,050,000.00	4,500,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		19,848,333.33

Goaltenders

Player	Position	AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka	G	850,000.00	850,000.00	1,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		5,850,000.00	6,850,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		5,850,000.00

Cap Progress

Days Gone	Days Gone/193	Real Cap Hit	Percentage of Cap Spent:	Remaining Cap Dollars	Notes
17.00	0.09	4,885,444.70	0.09	51,914,555.30	Lefebvre Recalled
18.00	0.09	5,175,414.48	0.09	51,624,585.52	Kobasew Traded - Sobotka and Marchand Recalled
19.00	0.10	5,459,417.07	0.10	51,340,582.93	Lefebvre Sent Down
20.00	0.10	5,740,828.98	0.10	51,059,171.02	Paille Acquired
21.00	0.11	6,028,069.92	0.11	50,771,930.08	Whitfield Recalled
22.00	0.11	6,318,160.59	0.11	50,481,839.41	Lefebvre Recalled
25.00	0.13	7,196,204.63	0.13	49,603,795.37	Lefebvre Sent Down
35.00	0.18	10,097,111.37	0.18	46,702,888.63	Lehtonen Recalled
37.00	0.19	10,683,510.33	0.19	46,116,489.67	Lehtonen Sent Down
51.00	0.26	14,744,779.76	0.26	42,055,220.24	Marchand Sent Down
52.00	0.27	15,031,986.15	0.26	41,768,013.85	Whitfield Sent Down
61.00	0.32	17,591,196.00	0.31	39,208,804.00	End of November Update
70.00	0.36	20,150,405.84	0.35	36,649,594.16	General Update
76.00	0.39	21,856,545.74	0.38	34,943,454.26	Wozniewski and McQuaid Recalled
84.00	0.44	24,177,961.97	0.43	32,622,038.03	Wozniewski Sent Down
94.00	0.49	27,048,644.18	0.48	29,751,355.82	Satan Signed
100.00	0.52	28,792,815.17	0.51	28,007,184.83	Whitfield Recalled
106.00	0.55	30,554,084.60	0.54	26,245,915.40	Wozniewski Recalled
109.00	0.56	31,444,045.74	0.55	25,355,954.26	Wozniewski Sent Down
110.00	0.57	31,737,987.88	0.56	25,062,012.12	Larman Recalled (Emergency); Larman & McQuaid Sent Down
113.00	0.59	32,610,487.88	0.57	24,189,512.12	Larman Recalled
116.00	0.60	33,482,987.88	0.59	23,317,012.12	McQuaid Recalled
117.00	0.61	33,779,382.52	0.59	23,020,617.48	Larman Sent Down
119.00	0.62	34,366,472.33	0.61	22,433,527.67	Whitfield Sent Down
120.00	0.62	34,657,167.50	0.61	22,142,832.50	Day 120 Update

Trade Deadline Watch - Day #155

Update	Current Cap Cushion	Maximum Current Contract Absorption	Projected Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Maximum Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Cap Space At Deadline	Maximum Contract Absorption at Deadline	Maximum Allowable Post-Deadline Cap Hit
30-Nov	361,135.61	528,024.04	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
9-Dec	450,630.43	707,086.77	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
15-Dec	510,293.64	841,766.43	44,780,531.06	45,616,580.31	836,049.25	4,246,250.16	60,250,416.83
23-Dec	543,281.55	961,957.24	44,559,805.67	45,616,580.31	1,056,774.64	5,367,302.79	60,771,469.46
14-Jan	641,770.33	1,423,697.39	44,937,784.94	45,616,580.31	678,795.37	3,447,565.96	58,851,732.62
18-Jan	635,069.12	1,476,726.98	44,965,384.25	45,616,580.31	651,196.06	3,307,390.52	58,711,557.19
25-Jan	653,778.10	1,660,252.28	44,934,088.91	45,616,580.31	682,491.40	3,466,337.89	59,120,504.55
28-Jan	658,894.68	1,742,009.22	44,831,498.24	45,616,580.31	785,082.07	3,987,390.52	59,091,557.18

Current Cap Hit

TOTAL AAV FOR '09-'10:		56,104,166.66
SALARY CAP FOR '09-'10:		56,800,000.00
LTIR CUSHION:		0.00
BONUS CUSHION:		0.00
REMAINING CAP SPACE:		695,833.34

edit: Added the bonuses if anyone's interested. The bolded ones are on the cap right now:

Bonuses

Forwards
Player	Position	Bonus AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Wheeler, Blake	RW	2,050,000.00	2,050,000.00	RFA
Recchi, Mark	RW	700,000.00	700,000.00	UFA
Hamill, Zach	C	500,000.00	500,000.00	500,000.00	RFA
Marchand, Brad	RW	265,000.00	265,000.00	265,000.00	RFA
Lehtonen, Mikko	RW	200,000.00	200,000.00	RFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	165,000.00	165,000.00	RFA
Arniel, Jamie	C	130,000.00	130,000.00	130,000.00	130,000.00	RFA
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW	125,000.00	125,000.00	RFA
LoVecchio, Jeff	LW	100,000.00	100,000.00	RFA
Marquardt, Matt	LW	66,666.67	66,666.67	66,666.67	RFA
Riendeau, Yannick	RW	50,000.00	50,000.00	50,000.00	50,000.00	RFA
Knackstedt, Jordan	RW	26,666.67	26,666.67	26,666.67	RFA
Nelson, Levi	C	8,333.33	8,333.33	8,333.33	RFA
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10		3,040,000.00	3,040,000.00
Defensemen
Player	Position	Bonus AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
McKelvie, Zach	D	1,850,000.00	1,850,000.00	RFA
Penner, Jeff	D	187,500.00	187,500.00	187,500.00	RFA
Bodnarchuk, Andrew	D	150,000.00	150,000.00	RFA
McQuaid, Adam	D	100,000.00	100,000.00	RFA
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10		0.00	0.00
Goaltenders
Player	Position	Bonus AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Rask, Tuukka	G	2,350,000.00	2,350,000.00	RFA
Dalton, Matt	G	237,500.00	237,500.00	237,500.00	RFA
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10		2,350,000.00	2,350,000.00
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10		5,390,000.00

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 28 January 2010 - 12:01 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Update for the fuel being added to the Kovalchuk fire:

Cap Progress

Days Gone	Days Gone/193	Real Cap Hit	Percentage of Cap Spent:	Remaining Cap Dollars	Notes
17.00	0.09	4,885,444.70	0.09	51,914,555.30	Lefebvre Recalled
18.00	0.09	5,175,414.48	0.09	51,624,585.52	Kobasew Traded - Sobotka and Marchand Recalled
19.00	0.10	5,459,417.07	0.10	51,340,582.93	Lefebvre Sent Down
20.00	0.10	5,740,828.98	0.10	51,059,171.02	Paille Acquired
21.00	0.11	6,028,069.92	0.11	50,771,930.08	Whitfield Recalled
22.00	0.11	6,318,160.59	0.11	50,481,839.41	Lefebvre Recalled
25.00	0.13	7,196,204.63	0.13	49,603,795.37	Lefebvre Sent Down
35.00	0.18	10,097,111.37	0.18	46,702,888.63	Lehtonen Recalled
37.00	0.19	10,683,510.33	0.19	46,116,489.67	Lehtonen Sent Down
51.00	0.26	14,744,779.76	0.26	42,055,220.24	Marchand Sent Down
52.00	0.27	15,031,986.15	0.26	41,768,013.85	Whitfield Sent Down
61.00	0.32	17,591,196.00	0.31	39,208,804.00	End of November Update
70.00	0.36	20,150,405.84	0.35	36,649,594.16	General Update
76.00	0.39	21,856,545.74	0.38	34,943,454.26	Wozniewski and McQuaid Recalled
84.00	0.44	24,177,961.97	0.43	32,622,038.03	Wozniewski Sent Down
94.00	0.49	27,048,644.18	0.48	29,751,355.82	Satan Signed
100.00	0.52	28,792,815.17	0.51	28,007,184.83	Whitfield Recalled
106.00	0.55	30,554,084.60	0.54	26,245,915.40	Wozniewski Recalled
109.00	0.56	31,444,045.74	0.55	25,355,954.26	Wozniewski Sent Down
110.00	0.57	31,737,987.88	0.56	25,062,012.12	Larman Recalled (Emergency); Larman & McQuaid Sent Down
113.00	0.59	32,610,487.88	0.57	24,189,512.12	Larman Recalled
116.00	0.60	33,482,987.88	0.59	23,317,012.12	McQuaid Recalled
117.00	0.61	33,779,382.52	0.59	23,020,617.48	Larman Sent Down
119.00	0.62	34,366,472.33	0.61	22,433,527.67	Whitfield Sent Down
120.00	0.62	34,657,167.50	0.61	22,142,832.50	Day 120 Update
123.00	0.64	35,529,252.99	0.63	21,270,747.01	McQuaid Demoted
124.00	0.64	35,817,236.58	0.63	20,982,763.42	McQuaid Recalled (Emergency)
125.00	0.65	36,107,931.75	0.64	20,692,068.25	Day 125 Update
127.00	0.66	36,689,322.07	0.65	20,110,677.93	Day 127 Update

Trade Deadline Watch - Day #155

Update	Current Cap Cushion	Maximum Current Contract Absorption	Projected Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Maximum Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Cap Space At Deadline	Maximum Contract Absorption at Deadline	Maximum Allowable Post-Deadline Cap Hit
30-Nov	361,135.61	528,024.04	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
9-Dec	450,630.43	707,086.77	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
15-Dec	510,293.64	841,766.43	44,780,531.06	45,616,580.31	836,049.25	4,246,250.16	60,250,416.83
23-Dec	543,281.55	961,957.24	44,559,805.67	45,616,580.31	1,056,774.64	5,367,302.79	60,771,469.46
14-Jan	641,770.33	1,423,697.39	44,937,784.94	45,616,580.31	678,795.37	3,447,565.96	58,851,732.62
18-Jan	635,069.12	1,476,726.98	44,965,384.25	45,616,580.31	651,196.06	3,307,390.52	58,711,557.19
25-Jan	653,778.10	1,660,252.28	44,934,088.91	45,616,580.31	682,491.40	3,466,337.89	59,120,504.55
28-Jan	658,894.68	1,742,009.22	44,831,498.24	45,616,580.31	785,082.07	3,987,390.52	59,091,557.18
2-Feb	679,633.02	1,928,958.43	44,828,786.67	45,616,580.31	787,793.64	4,001,162.45	59,105,329.11
4-Feb	686,843.73	2,008,497.57	44,828,786.67	45,616,580.31	787,793.64	4,001,162.45	59,105,329.11

[PedroSpecialK]

Post deadline update - looks like whichever deal fell through had Chiarelli acquiring lots of AAV this season.

Cap Progress

Days Gone	Days Gone/193	Real Cap Hit	Percentage of Cap Spent:	Remaining Cap Dollars	Notes
17.00	0.09	4,885,444.70	0.09	51,914,555.30	Lefebvre Recalled
18.00	0.09	5,175,414.48	0.09	51,624,585.52	Kobasew Traded - Sobotka and Marchand Recalled
19.00	0.10	5,459,417.07	0.10	51,340,582.93	Lefebvre Sent Down
20.00	0.10	5,740,828.98	0.10	51,059,171.02	Paille Acquired
21.00	0.11	6,028,069.92	0.11	50,771,930.08	Whitfield Recalled
22.00	0.11	6,318,160.59	0.11	50,481,839.41	Lefebvre Recalled
25.00	0.13	7,196,204.63	0.13	49,603,795.37	Lefebvre Sent Down
35.00	0.18	10,097,111.37	0.18	46,702,888.63	Lehtonen Recalled
37.00	0.19	10,683,510.33	0.19	46,116,489.67	Lehtonen Sent Down
51.00	0.26	14,744,779.76	0.26	42,055,220.24	Marchand Sent Down
52.00	0.27	15,031,986.15	0.26	41,768,013.85	Whitfield Sent Down
61.00	0.32	17,591,196.00	0.31	39,208,804.00	End of November Update
70.00	0.36	20,150,405.84	0.35	36,649,594.16	General Update
76.00	0.39	21,856,545.74	0.38	34,943,454.26	Wozniewski and McQuaid Recalled
84.00	0.44	24,177,961.97	0.43	32,622,038.03	Wozniewski Sent Down
94.00	0.49	27,048,644.18	0.48	29,751,355.82	Satan Signed
100.00	0.52	28,792,815.17	0.51	28,007,184.83	Whitfield Recalled
106.00	0.55	30,554,084.60	0.54	26,245,915.40	Wozniewski Recalled
109.00	0.56	31,444,045.74	0.55	25,355,954.26	Wozniewski Sent Down
110.00	0.57	31,737,987.88	0.56	25,062,012.12	Larman Recalled (Emergency); Larman & McQuaid Sent Down
113.00	0.59	32,610,487.88	0.57	24,189,512.12	Larman Recalled
116.00	0.60	33,482,987.88	0.59	23,317,012.12	McQuaid Recalled
117.00	0.61	33,779,382.52	0.59	23,020,617.48	Larman Sent Down
119.00	0.62	34,366,472.33	0.61	22,433,527.67	Whitfield Sent Down
120.00	0.62	34,657,167.50	0.61	22,142,832.50	Day 120 Update
123.00	0.64	35,529,252.99	0.63	21,270,747.01	McQuaid Demoted
124.00	0.64	35,817,236.58	0.63	20,982,763.42	McQuaid Recalled (Emergency)
125.00	0.65	36,107,931.75	0.64	20,692,068.25	Day 125 Update
127.00	0.66	36,689,322.07	0.65	20,110,677.93	Day 127 Update
137.00	0.71	39,596,273.72	0.70	17,203,726.28	McQuaid Demoted
153.00	0.79	44,204,011.19	0.78	12,595,988.81	Day 153 Update
154.00	0.80	44,491,994.79	0.78	12,308,005.21	Deadline Day
155.00	0.80	44,770,975.79	0.79	12,029,024.21	Post-Deadline Day

Trade Deadline Watch - Day #155

Update	Current Cap Cushion	Maximum Current Contract Absorption	Projected Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Maximum Cap Dollars Spent by Deadline	Cap Space At Deadline	Maximum Contract Absorption at Deadline	Maximum Allowable Post-Deadline Cap Hit
30-Nov	361,135.61	528,024.04	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
9-Dec	450,630.43	707,086.77	44,320,721.04	45,616,580.31	1,295,859.27	6,581,601.05	61,462,434.38
15-Dec	510,293.64	841,766.43	44,780,531.06	45,616,580.31	836,049.25	4,246,250.16	60,250,416.83
23-Dec	543,281.55	961,957.24	44,559,805.67	45,616,580.31	1,056,774.64	5,367,302.79	60,771,469.46
14-Jan	641,770.33	1,423,697.39	44,937,784.94	45,616,580.31	678,795.37	3,447,565.96	58,851,732.62
18-Jan	635,069.12	1,476,726.98	44,965,384.25	45,616,580.31	651,196.06	3,307,390.52	58,711,557.19
25-Jan	653,778.10	1,660,252.28	44,934,088.91	45,616,580.31	682,491.40	3,466,337.89	59,120,504.55
28-Jan	658,894.68	1,742,009.22	44,831,498.24	45,616,580.31	785,082.07	3,987,390.52	59,091,557.18
2-Feb	679,633.02	1,928,958.43	44,828,786.67	45,616,580.31	787,793.64	4,001,162.45	59,105,329.11
4-Feb	686,843.73	2,008,497.57	44,828,786.67	45,616,580.31	787,793.64	4,001,162.45	59,105,329.11
2-Mar	823,968.08	3,975,645.99	44,782,569.05	45,616,580.31	834,011.26	4,235,899.29	60,066,732.62
4-Mar	845,604.52	4,294,780.87	44,770,975.79	45,616,580.31	845,604.52	4,294,780.87	58,138,114.20

[PedroSpecialK]

Something that's bothered me is the lack of information on bonus dollars, so I'm going to try and estimate where the Bruins stand as far as cap space and the bonus cushion going into next year. Here's an update:

Trade Deadline Watch - Day #155

Update	Current Cap Cushion
30-Nov	361,135.61
9-Dec	450,630.43
15-Dec	510,293.64
23-Dec	543,281.55
14-Jan	641,770.33
18-Jan	635,069.12
25-Jan	653,778.10
28-Jan	658,894.68
2-Feb	679,633.02
4-Feb	686,843.73
2-Mar	823,968.08
4-Mar	845,604.52
19-Mar	1,048,713.33

With this cap hit the rest of the way ($54,400,000) the Bruins are on pace to have $1,347,158.93 in cap cushion at the end of the season. Here's a look at bonuses on the roster - my methodology is explained below:

Bonuses

Forwards
Player	Position	Projected GP	GP Percentage	Bonus AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13		2009-2010 Projected Bonuses Earned
Wheeler, Blake	RW	82	100.00	2,050,000.00	2,050,000.00	RFA				512,500.00
Recchi, Mark	RW	82	100.00	700,000.00	700,000.00	UFA				175,000.00
Hamill, Zach	C	0	0.00	500,000.00	500,000.00	500,000.00	RFA			0.00
Marchand, Brad	RW	22	26.83	265,000.00	265,000.00	265,000.00	RFA			17,774.39
Lehtonen, Mikko	RW	0	0.00	200,000.00	200,000.00	RFA				0.00
Lucic, Milan	LW	50	60.98	165,000.00	165,000.00	RFA				25,152.44
Arniel, Jamie	C	0	0.00	130,000.00	130,000.00	130,000.00	130,000.00	RFA		0.00
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW	63	76.83	125,000.00	125,000.00	RFA				24,009.15
LoVecchio, Jeff	LW	0	0.00	100,000.00	100,000.00	RFA				0.00
Marquardt, Matt	LW	0	0.00	66,666.67	66,666.67	66,666.67	RFA			0.00
Riendeau, Yannick	RW	0	0.00	50,000.00	50,000.00	50,000.00	50,000.00	RFA		0.00
Knackstedt, Jordan	RW	0	0.00	26,666.67	26,666.67	26,666.67	RFA			0.00
Nelson, Levi	C		0.00	8,333.33	8,333.33	8,333.33	RFA			0.00
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10				3,305,000.00	3,305,000.00	265,000.00				754,435.98
Defensemen
Player	Position			Bonus AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
McKelvie, Zach	D	0	0.00	1,850,000.00	1,850,000.00	RFA				0.00
Penner, Jeff	D	0	0.00	187,500.00	187,500.00	187,500.00	RFA			0.00
Bodnarchuk, Andrew	D	0	0.00	150,000.00	150,000.00	RFA				0.00
McQuaid, Adam	D	15	0.18	100,000.00	100,000.00	RFA				2,743.90
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10				100,000.00	100,000.00					2,743.90
Goaltenders
Player	Position			Bonus AAV	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Rask, Tuukka	G	45	0.55	2,350,000.00	2,350,000.00	RFA				580,335.37
Dalton, Matt	G	0	0.00	237,500.00	237,500.00	237,500.00	RFA			0.00
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10				2,350,000.00	2,350,000.00					580,355.37
Total Possible Bonus AAV for '09-'10				5,755,000.00						1,337,535.25

I took the baseline of 25% of bonuses reached, as none of these players were playing well enough to activate anywhere near all of their bonuses outside of Rask (50%, would be higher if he played more as bonuses are based mostly on counting stats). Since the bonuses are mostly activated by counting stats, I'm further multiplying these figures by the percentage of the regular season that each player played.

Projected cap cushion for '09-'10: $1,347,158.93 - $1,337,525.25 = $9,633.68

This explains why Morris had to be moved out for pennies on the dollar to make room for Seidenberg's contract. We should be alright as far as the cap goes next year - I'm thinking somewhere around $57m.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 19 March 2010 - 09:05 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

The cap situation is correctable, as I explained in my post. I don't understand or agree with the Ference signing, but it's also not the end of the world either.

Taken from the Ference thread, this is right on.

Here's a look at where we're at for 2010-11:

2010-11

Forwards
Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Savard, Marc	C	4,007,142.86	7,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	6,500,000.00	5,000,000.00
Bergeron, Patrice	C	4,750,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	4,083,333.33	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,250,000.00	RFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	3,750,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	766,666.67	766,666.67
Eaves, Patrick	RW	258,333.33	-41,666.67	258,333.33	258,333.33
Marchand, Brad	RW	556,666.67	556,666.67	RFA
Wheeler, Blake	RW	0.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW	0.00	RFA
Paille, Daniel	LW	0.00	UFA
Totals:		25,672,142.86	29,281,666.67	15,258,333.33	11,008,333.33
AAV for '09-'10		25,672,142.86
Defensemen
Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Chara, Zdeno	D	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Wideman, Dennis	D	3,875,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	UFA
Ference, Andrew	D	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	1,450,000.00	1,550,000.00
Seidenberg, Dennis	D	0.00	UFA
Stuart, Mark	D	0.00	RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Boychuk, Johnny	D	0.00	RFA
Totals:		15,075,000.00	15,300,000.00	4,500,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		15,075,000.00
Goaltenders
Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka	G	1,250,000.00	1,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		6,250,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
AAV for '09-'10		6,250,000.00

2010-11

TOTAL AAV FOR '09-'10:		46,997,142.86
SALARY CAP FOR '09-'10:		56,800,000.00
LTIR CUSHION:		0.00
BONUS CUSHION:		0.00
REMAINING CAP SPACE:		9,802,857.14

Here are my estimates and projected lineup:

2010-11

Player	Estimates
Wheeler	$2,200,000
Sobotka	$900,000
Paille	$1,000,000
Seidenberg	$3,300,000
Stuart	$1,850,000
Boychuk	$850,000
Total	$10,100,000
AAV	$57,097,142.86

Lucic - Savard - Wheeler
Sturm - Bergeron - Marchand
Paille - Krejci - Ryder
XX - Sobotka - XX

Chara - Seidenberg
Stuart - Wideman
Ference - Boychuk
Hunwick

Thomas
Rask

We'd be about $300,000 over the cap with the current situation while lacking two forwards. Trading Hunwick is an easy way to assuage this, leaving $1.1m in cap space. Another way is to buy out Ryder, giving us a total of around $3,819,523.81 if the cap remains at $56.8m. If McQuaid re-signs for $500,000 and one-way (like Boychuk this year), that's $3,319,523.81 remaining for three forwards. The Pick and Caron will fill two of these spots, accounting for around $1.8m of this space before bonuses (with Chara and Bergeron off the books after next year, I feel like Chiarelli won't care about going over the cap with bonuses), leaving $1,519,523.81 for a fourth liner (Boogaard?) and shuttle space. It's doable, for sure - though Ference doesn't help one bit.

Lucic - Savard - Hall/Seguin
Sturm - Bergeron - Marchand
Wheeler - Krejci - Caron
Paille - Sobotka - Boogaard
XX

Chara - Seidenberg
Stuart - Wideman
Ference - Boychuk
McQuaid

Rask
Thomas

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 25 March 2010 - 11:36 AM.

[Salem's Lot]

Quick CBA related question PSK. If the Bruins sent Ryder to Providence for next season instead of buying him out, they would be able to use the whole $4 million in cap space, instead of carrying a $1.33 million hit for the next two seasons correct? Maybe we'd even get lucky and someone would take him off of waivers. Also, could he be called up on "emergency basis" due to an injury without requiring re-entry waivers?

[j44thor]

Quick CBA related question PSK. If the Bruins sent Ryder to Providence for next season instead of buying him out, they would be able to use the whole $4 million in cap space, instead of carrying a $1.33 million hit for the next two seasons correct? Maybe we'd even get lucky and someone would take him off of waivers. Also, could he be called up on "emergency basis" due to an injury without requiring re-entry waivers?

Yes Ryder could in theory be sent to Providence but Jacobs will never let that happen otherwise Schaeffer would never have been bought out this season.

Not sure about the "emergency" call up part but I'm fairly certain he would be required to go through re-entry waivers. Again it has about a .5% chance of coming to fruition.

PSK, doesn't the CBA treat bonus $$ differently in the off-season or am I confusing it with something else? I know teams can go over the cap by up to 10% during the off-season but I thought bonuses were included during this time.

[PedroSpecialK]

Yeah, the B's would have all $4m in cap space - much more preferable than a buyout, though we run the risk of needing him during the year and having him plucked off re-entry waivers. He would not be able to be recalled on an emergency basis, that would expose him to re-entry as far as I know. I don't think we'd bury him, $4m seems to be too much for Jacobs to stomach - seems like it was his motive to buyout Schaefer, unless Schaefer threatened to drown Chiarelli in coffee milk.

edit: Beaten to it.

As far as bonus money, with the soft cap, the bonus money is irrelevant until the season starts - though I think that issue will be revisited (for the third straight year) this summer.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 25 March 2010 - 11:50 AM.

[TheRealness]

I'm with J44thor, there is NFW they send Ryder to Providence next year and aborb the $4m.

[PedroSpecialK]

According to the CBC, the salary cap will increase about $900,000 next season to $57.7m. Looks like all the doom and gloom was hogwash for the most part.

[PedroSpecialK]

Update for the Thornton and Seidenberg signings (didn't include Alexandrov as I believe he'll be in Providence).

Forwards

Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Bergeron, Patrice	C	4,750,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	4,083,333.33	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,250,000.00	RFA
Savard, Marc	C	4,007,142.86	7,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	6,500,000.00	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	UFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	3,750,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW/RW	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Thornton, Shawn	RW	812,500.00	812,500.00	812,500.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	766,666.67	766,666.67
Marchand, Brad	RW	556,666.67	556,666.67	RFA
Eaves, Patrick	RW	-41,666.67	-41,666.67	258,333.33	258,333.33
Paille, Daniel	LW		RFA
Recchi, Mark	RW		UFA
Wheeler, Blake	LW/RW		RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Begin, Steve	C/LW		UFA
Satan, Miroslav	RW		UFA
Sobotka, Vladimir	C/LW		RFA
Totals:		26,184,642.86	30,094,166.67	16,070,833.33	11,008,333.33	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	0.00
AAV for '10-'11		26,184,642.86

Defensemen

Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Chara, Zdeno	D	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Wideman, Dennis	D	3,875,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	UFA
Seidenberg, Dennis	D	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	UFA
Ference, Andrew	D	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	1,450,000.00	1,550,000.00	RFA
Stuart, Mark	D		RFA (Arbitration Eligible)
Boychuk, Johnny	D		RFA
Totals:		18,325,000.00	18,550,000.00	4,500,000.00	5,500,000.00	3,250,000.00
AAV for '10-'11		18,325,000.00

Goaltenders

Player	Position	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka	G	1,250,000.00	1,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA
Totals:		6,250,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00
AAV for '10-'11		6,250,000.00

Current Cap Hit

TOTAL AAV FOR '10-'11:		50,759,642.86
PROJECTED SALARY CAP FOR '10-'11:		57,800,000.00
LTIR CUSHION:		0.00
BONUS CUSHION:		0.00
REMAINING CAP SPACE:		7,040,357.14

I don't buy Bettman's assertion that the cap will rise $2m due to the increased strength of the Canadian dollar, as since he made that quote the Loonie hasn't fared very well, and isn't far from its value from before this season. I'm glad that I was reasonably close on the Seidenberg extension as that gives the B's around $7-8m in cap space. Adding Sturm to the LTIR, I believe that $11m is a fair estimate for how much wiggle room Chiarelli really has remaining, between sending Marchand down and the cap going up more than I anticipate. Here's the lineup with $11m remaining.

Lucic - Savard - XX
XX - Krejci - Ryder
XX - Bergeron - Marchand
Thornton - XX - XX

Chara - Seidenberg
Hunwick - Wideman
Ference - XX

Rask
Thomas

- We can fill in Savard's wing with one of Seguin/Hall at a ~$900,000 cap hit. $10.1m in cap space remaining.
- Re-sign Recchi for $1m without bonuses, which (given his recent quotes) he would likely accept. $9.1m in cap space remaining.
- My RFA estimates are as follows: Wheeler: $2.1m, Stuart: $1.65m, Paille: $1.125m, Sobotka: $650,000 one-way. This adds up to $5.525m, leaving us $3,575,000 in cap space and this lineup:

Lucic - Savard - Hall/Seguin
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Marchand - Bergeron - Recchi
Paille - Sobotka - Thornton

Chara - Seidenberg
Hunwick - Wideman
Ference - Stuart

Rask
Thomas

That room can be used to retain Boychuk and try to find a taker for Hunwick or Wideman, or simply to re-sign Boychuk and trade Stuart's RFA rights to get a pick. It's not unreasonable to think the Bruins could sign somebody like Frolov to play on Bergeron's LW until Sturm is healthy (which will be god knows when). In short, as much as Chiarelli may have botched the Thornton/Ference deals, there's still some wiggle room - as long as our bonuses from last year didn't spill over into this year's cap.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 05 June 2010 - 10:47 AM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Update for post-draft transactions:

NHL Roster - Forwards

Forwards	Position	Age	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
Bergeron, Patrice	C	24	4,750,000.00	5,750,000.00	UFA
Lucic, Milan	LW	22	4,083,333.33	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,250,000.00	RFA
Savard, Marc	C	32	4,007,142.86	7,000,000.00	7,000,000.00	6,500,000.00	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00	UFA
Horton, Nathan	RW	25	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	4,500,000.00	5,500,000.00	UFA
Ryder, Michael	RW	30	4,000,000.00	4,000,000.00	UFA
Krejci, David	C	24	3,750,000.00	3,500,000.00	3,750,000.00	4,000,000.00	RFA
Sturm, Marco	LW	31	3,500,000.00	3,500,000.00	UFA
Recchi, Mark	RW	42	1,000,000.00	1,000,000.00	UFA
Thornton, Shawn	RW	32	812,500.00	812,500.00	812,500.00	UFA
Schaefer, Peter	LW	32	767,000.00	767,000.00
Marchand, Brad	RW	22	590,000.00	600,000.00	RFA
Eaves, Patrick	RW	26	-41,666.67	-41,666.67	258,333.00	258,333.00
Paille, Daniel	LW	26	1,350,000.00	RFA
Wheeler, Blake	LW/RW	23	875,000.00	RFA
Campbell, Gregory	C	26	800,000.00	RFA
Seguin, Tyler	C	19	Unsigned
Totals			31,218,309.52	34,887,833.33	20,320,833.00	20,508,333.00	5,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	525,000.00	525,000.00

NHL Roster - Defensemen

Defensemen	Position	Age	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15
Chara, Zdeno	D	33	7,500,000.00	7,500,000.00	UFA
Seidenberg, Dennis	D	28	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	3,250,000.00	UFA
Ference, Andrew	D	31	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	2,250,000.00	UFA
Boychuk, Johnny	D	26	1,875,000.00	1,750,000.00	2,000,000.00	UFA
Hunwick, Matt	D	25	1,450,000.00	1,550,000.00	RFA
Stuart, Mark	D	26	1,500,000.00	RFA (Arb. Elig.)
Totals			16,325,000.00	16,300,000.00	7,500,000.00	5,500,000.00	3,250,000.00

NHL Roster - Goaltenders

Goaltenders	Position	Age	AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14
Thomas, Tim	G	36	5,000,000.00	6,000,000.00	5,000,000.00	3,000,000.00	UFA
Rask, Tuukka	G	23	1,250,000.00	1,000,000.00	1,500,000.00	RFA
Totals			6,250,000.00	7,000,000.00	6,500,000.00	3,000,000.00

Cap Situation

Total AAV:			53,793,309.52
Maximum AAV:			59,400,000.00
Cap Space:			5,606,690.48
Bonus Cushion:			0.00

Possible Bonuses

Forwards	Position	Age	Bonus AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Seguin, Tyler	C	19	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Recchi, Mark	RW	42	500,000.00	500,000.00
Marchand, Brad	RW	22	165,000.00	165,000.00

For reference, here is a look at our other signed players:

Non-NHL Roster

Forwards	Position	Age	AHL Salary	Base AAV	Bonus AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	Notes
Caron, Jordan	RW	20	67,500.00	886,666.67	323,333.33	860,000.00	900,000.00	900,000.00	RFA	Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $330,000, '11-'12: $290,000, '12-'13: $290,000
Colborne, Joe	C/LW	20	65,000.00	875,000.00	337,500.00	875,000.00	875,000.00	875,000.00	RFA	Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $0, '11-'12: $212,500, '12-'13: $462,500
Hamill, Zach	C	22	65,000.00	816,666.67	500,000.00	787,500.00	RFA			Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $500,000
Sauve, Maxime	LW	20	65,000.00	633,333.33	270,833.33	637,500.00	662,500.00	600,000.00	RFA	Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $325,000, '11-'12: $300,000, '12-'13: $187,500
Arniel, Jamie	C	20	60,000.00	595,000.00	106,666.67	570,000.00	570,000.00	645,000.00	RFA	Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $130,000, '11-'12: $130,000, '12-'13: $60,000
MacDermid, Lane	LW	21	60,000.00	576,666.67	26,666.67	560,000.00	610,000.00	RFA		Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $40,000, '11-'12: $0
Knackstedt, Jordan	RW	22	55,000.00	572,500.00	26,666.67	587,500.00	RFA			Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $40,000
Riendeau, Yannick	LW	22	50,000.00	563,333.33	50,000.00	555,000.00	580,000.00	RFA		Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $50,000, '11-'12: $50,000
Whitfield, Trent	C	33	160,000.00	550,000.00	0.00	550,000.00	UFA
Nelson, Levi	C	22	53,333.33	530,000.00	8,333.33	555,000.00	RFA			Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $25,000
LoVecchio, Jeff	LW	24	62,500.00	607,500.00	100,000.00	RFA
Lehtonen, Mikko	RW	23	62,500.00	578,333.33	221,666.67	RFA				Likely playing in Europe in '10-'11
Totals			700,833.33	6,599,166.67	1,650,000.00	6,537,500.00	4,197,500.00	3,020,000.00
Defensemen	Position	Age	AHL Salary	Base AAV	Bonus AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	Notes
Penner, Jeff	D	23	65,000.00	733,333.33	475,000.00	875,000.00	RFA			Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $1,000,000
Alexandrov, Yuri	D	22	62,500.00	730,000.00	85,000.00	705,000.00	755,000.00	RFA		Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $85,000, '11-'12: $85,000
Bartkowski, Matthew	D	22	62,500.00	660,000.00	275,000.00	635,000.00	685,000.00	RFA		Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $300,000, '11-'12: $250,000
Kampfer, Steven	D	22	62,500.00	637,500.00	274,500.00	587,500.00	637,500.00	687,500.00	RFA	Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $375,000, '11-'12: 300,000, '12-'13: 225,000
Wild, Cody	D	23	62,500.00	585,000.00	265,000.00	585,000.00	RFA			Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $265,000
McKelvie, Zach	D	25	65,000.00	875,000.00	1,850,000.00	RFA				Army-bound
Bodnarchuk, Andrew	D	22	60,000.00	566,666.67	141,666.67	RFA
McQuaid, Adam	D	24	62,500.00	541,666.67	81,666.67	RFA
Totals			380,000.00	4,220,833.33	3,224,500.00	3,387,500.00	2,077,500.00	687,500.00
Goaltenders	Position	Age	AHL Salary	Base AAV	Bonus AAV	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	Notes
Dalton, Matthew	G	24	65,000.00	662,500.00	212,500.00	687,500.00	RFA			Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $187,500
Hutchinson, Michael	G	20	61,666.67	637,500.00	215,000.00	587,500.00	637,500.00	687,500.00	RFA	Bonus Structure: '10-'11: $287,500, '11-'12: $215,000, '12-'13: $142,500; Will play in OHL
Courchaine, Adam	G	21	65,000.00	518,333.33	0.00	530,000.00	500,000.00	525,000.00	RFA
Regan, Kevin	G	26	60,000.00	605,000.00	0.00	RFA				Not tendered a qualifying offer
Totals			191,666.67	1,818,333.33	427,500.00	1,805,000.00	1,137,500.00	1,212,500.00

So, we have a ~$900,000 cap hit coming with Seguin's deal, giving us the following lineup assuming Savard stays:

Lucic - Savard - Horton
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Recchi - Bergeron - Seguin
Paille - Campbell - Thornton
Marchand

Chara - Boychuk
Seidenberg - Hunwick
Stuart - Ference

Rask
Thomas

That leaves us $4.7m to sign Paille ($1.2), Stuart ($1.7), Wheeler ($2.2), and Campbell ($850,000) - clearly, we don't have the room for all of them, as those estimates put us $1.25m over the cap. It's beginning to look like Paille may not be brought back in favor of Marchand, as that would put us right at the cap with Stuart and Wheeler getting somewhat generous deals. Even if $400,000 is knocked off each deal, something's got to give.

EDIT: Forgot about Sturm on LTIR to start the year. So yeah, forget that last paragraph, we're fine to re-sign Paille, Campbell, Stuart, and Wheeler and still fit under the cap by about $1.5m, at least until Sturm returns.

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 29 June 2010 - 03:22 PM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Interesting tidbit from Fluto in this morning's piece regarding Recchi's bonus structure:

For every 10 regular-season games for which he dresses up to 70, Recchi will receive a $50,000 bonus, giving him a potential $350,000 total. Recchi will also receive $100,000 if the Bruins qualify for the playoffs, and another $100,000 if the Bruins reach the second round, provided he plays in at least half of the postseason games. Recchi could also earn $200,000 in scoring bonuses. Aside from youngsters on entry-level deals, only 35-or-older players on one-year deals like Recchi are eligible for bonuses.

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[ControlledBurn]

Interesting tidbit from Fluto in this morning's piece regarding Recchi's bonus structure:



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I'm honestly surprised more deals like this aren't made with players, especially in the MLB where there's no worry about the salary cap and a team could protect themselves from players who are prone to injury, but still pay them as well as they deserve if things go right.

[PedroSpecialK]

Agreed - considering how crippling these multi-year 35+ contracts are, teams should be having a higher base salary with playing time-activated bonuses; worst case is the guy stinks and you bench him, best case is he reaches his bonuses and doesn't hurt you on the cap for that year.

After the Stuart/Paille signings and accounting for the $1,759,795 cap penalty, the Bruins have $1,096,895.48 in cap space to retain Campbell, Wheeler, and sign Seguin's entry-level deal. Sturm going on LTIR will give them an extra $3,500,000 in space ($4,596,895.48) - and I think the end game will be Sturm getting waived after his rehab time is maxed out. Gives us plenty of room to retain Wheeler ($2.2) + Campbell ($.8) + Seguin ($.95 base) but no additional roster players. Perhaps McQuaid signs a $500,000 one-way deal a la Boychuk, with Hunwick filling in up front when they need him?

Lucic - Savard - Horton
Wheeler - Krejci - Ryder
Recchi - Bergeron - Seguin
Paille - Campbell - Thornton
(Hunwick)

Chara - Boychuk
Hunwick - Seidenberg
Stuart - Ference
McQuaid

Thomas
Rask

As an interesting aside, that roster would have Jacobs forking over $69,527,833 in salaries and bonuses if all bonuses are reached, counting the buyouts he's still paying to Eaves and Schaefer in real dollars.

Forgot to mention - with the proposed McQuaid one-way deal, our cap space would be $146,895.48

edit: Just realized those numbers include Marchand's $590,000 base salary, so there's your 13th forward. Well, I guess we can close the file on that one!

Edited by PedroSpecialK, 13 July 2010 - 07:49 AM.

[PedroSpecialK]

Updating for Wheeler/Seguin signings:





Moving Sturm to LTIR puts us $396k under the cap.

Meaning:

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Also, here is the Bruins' minor league salary structure in case anybody's interested:

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Edited by PedroSpecialK, 17 August 2010 - 08:06 AM.

[erfus]

Moving Sturm to LTIR puts us $396k under the cap.

That doesn't account for the cap penalty though, does it? Don't the Bs still need to get below the cap when you include those bonus carry-overs from last season? I guess they could almost do that if they carried 20 guys for a while instead of keeping some scratches around (McQuaid, Marchand). It also looks like Seguin's base salary is included, so his bonuses will be pushed off til next season. If Seguin makes the team, that gives them 13 forwards including Thornton and Ryder. Something's gotta give.

[PedroSpecialK]

I am accounting for the cap penalty - docked $1,759,795 from the $59.4m cap for the Maximum AAV figure of $57,640,205.

[erfus]

I am accounting for the cap penalty - docked $1,759,795 from the $59.4m cap for the Maximum AAV figure of $57,640,205.

Ah, I gotcha.

[j44thor]

I am accounting for the cap penalty - docked $1,759,795 from the $59.4m cap for the Maximum AAV figure of $57,640,205.

So someone else has to go period. There is no way you are getting through an entire season with 396K in cap space and only two extra bodies on the roster. Nevermind that under this scenario Sturm can't come back at all. I doubt he willingly stays in Providence if he is healthy. He is playing for his next contract.

[jk333]

So someone else has to go period. There is no way you are getting through an entire season with 396K in cap space and only two extra bodies on the roster. Nevermind that under this scenario Sturm can't come back at all. I doubt he willingly stays in Providence if he is healthy. He is playing for his next contract.

Yes, but you can start the season like this... and then send someone to Providence when necessary. If someone gets hurt and doesn't go on LTIR, the Bruins would be in trouble... they'll have to put players that get hurt on LTIR whenever possible.

The Bruins could start the year with Ryder up and if he produces, release or trade Sturm when healthy. If he doesn't then send Ryder to Providence. Kind of works like when your 6th starter in baseball. Also, Sturm's game is speed but has had two major knee injuries; good Ryder will probably out produce him.