Salary Cap and Contracts Thread
Hi
Thought I would start a new salary cap thread as the old one is no longer applicable.
Some ideas about this year and next year. Elaborate.
YOUR 2013 NEW YORK RANGERS
FORWARDS (12)
Rick Nash ($7.800m) / Brad Richards ($6.667m) / Ryan Callahan ($4.275m)
Chris Kreider ($1.325m) / Derek Stepan ($0.875m) / Marian Gaborik ($7.500m)
Carl Hagelin ($0.875m) / Jason Arnott ($1.600m) / Taylor Pyatt ($1.550m)
Mike Rupp ($1.500m) / Brian Boyle ($1.700m) / Arron Asham ($1.000m) /one game supension/
Jeff Halpern ($0.700m)
TOTAL FWDS: $37.367M
DEFENSEMEN (8)
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Dan Girardi ($3.325m)
Anton Stralman ($1.700m) / Ryan McDonagh ($1.300m)
Michael Del Zotto ($2.550m) / Steve Eminger ($0.750m)
Stu Bickel ($0.750m) / Matt Gilroy ($0.650m)
TOTAL DEFENSE: $15.000M
GOALTENDERS (2)
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m)
Martin Biron ($1.300m)
TOTAL GOALIES: $8.175M
LTIR
Michael Sauer ($1.250m)
TOTAL ACTIVE PLAYER SALARIES (incl LTIR): $60.192M
Special onetime compliance buyout = LEX Sather insanity ($6,5M minus $900k counts against cap)
Wade Redden ($5.600m)
PREVIOUS BUYOUTS
Chris Drury ($1.667m)
TOTAL DEAD MONEY: $7.267M
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,200,000
CAP PAYROLL: $69,708,334
TOTAL CAPHIT: $69.058.334
DEFERRABLE BONUSES: $1,250,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster + Sauer on LTIR):
$2,391,666
LTIR (Sauer): $1,250,000
Michael del Zotto signed a 2 year (2nd) contract @ $2,55M
Expect minor movement here as well... Sather has over $5M in cap space (not sure if it is actually more as this is a 50 game schedule making these numbers prorated to an 82 game year) if del Zottos new deal is close to my number and

And the terms for the buyout of Wade Redden are also not clear as of now - maybe we can buy him out now already?
2013/2014 NEW YORK RANGERS
FORWARDS
Taylor Pyatt ($1.550m) / Brad Richards ($6.667m) / Marian Gaborik ($7.500m)
Carl Hagelin ($2.000m) / Derek Stepan ($2.500m) / Rick Nash ($7.800m)
Chris Kreider ($1.325m) / J.T. Miller ($1.244m) / Ryan Callahan ($4.275m)
Darroll Powe ($1.067m) / Brian Boyle ($1.700m) / Arron Asham ($1.000m)
Micheal Haley ($0.600m)
DEFENSEMEN
Ryan McDonagh ($4.300m) / Dan Girardi ($3.325m)
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Anton Stralman ($1.700m)
Michael Del Zotto ($2.550m) / Dylan McIlrath ($1.295m)
Stu Bickel ($0.750m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m)
Martin Biron ($1.300m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000
CAP PAYROLL: $64,772,500
BONUSES: $2,050,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster):
$1,577,500
Some "fat" needs to be trimmed to get further under the cap if desired
Contracts like Pyatt, Boyle

, Asham and Stralman would be the usual suspects here.
Guys like Lindberg, Fast, Hrivik, Thomas, Jean and Newbury would be potential replacement names from within the organization with a lower price tag. The newr additions of Mashinter, Palmieri and Ferriero too - if all are resigned.
Replacing/omitting someone like Haley or Biron might be options too, although the former creates no actual cap space
This is also presuming that the key RFA contract numbers wind up something like this:
- MDZ (2013) $2,500m
- McD (2014) $4,300m
- Stepan (2014) $2,500m
- Hagelin (2014) $2,000m
I know that some people, maybe entirely correctly, think that MDZ will get a longer deal with a substantially higher cap hit. Time will tell here. But only if you have a functioning crystal ball then you might be able to give more accurate figures here (and then there would be better ways of using that "ball"). They can of course be debated either way.
The only real roster changes in this above scenario from this year (2013) would be replacing our 2 UFAs in C Jeff Halpern with #1st round draft pick JT Miller and D Steve Eminger with #1st round draft pick Dylan McIlrath. This would however add to the cap hit. There will almost certainly be more/other changes nobody can foresee, and nothing guarantees that Miller and/or Big Mac are NHL ready next year.
Nonetheless - it is within the realm of possibility that we can keep the team intact (resigning all 4 key RFAs) and keeping
Ghidorah if we get really creative and get rid of some minor roster fat. Is it likely? I do not know. Nobody does. But it certainly will be interesting to follow...
Regarding cap hits to our coming FAs - I did a small "study" here below to study how Sather has dealt with our Homegrown talent. Seems pretty clear, if you play well you triple your money on your second deal (most likely a 2 year deal) to do your "RFA #1contract diligence" and then you get paid with a longer contract.Only real exception here is Marc Staal that went straight to a bigger deal taking one year of UFA. Methinx (barring unforseen huge development somewhere) that Hagelin, Stepan and Kreider will follow the usual formula but Ryan McD will follow the Marc Staal and get paid/locked up right away in contract 2.
CONTRACTS FOR "HOMEGROWN" NEW YORK RANGERS
[table="head;width=4200]Player|ELC year|Years|~ NHL salary|RFA #1 year|Years|~ NHL salary|Mult factor|RFA #2 year|Years|~ NHL salary|Mult factor
Dan Girardi |2006/2007| 2| 525.000| 2008/2009 |2 |1.550.000|
2,95| 2010/2011| 4| 3.250.000 |
2,10
Ryan Callahan |2006/2007| 3 |575.000| 2009/2010 |2| 2.300.000|
4,00| 2011/2012| 3| 4.275.000|
1,86
Brandon Dubinsky| 2006/2007 |3| 633.333| 2009/2010 |2| 1.850.000|
2,92| 2011/2012 |4| 4.200.000|
2,27
Marc Staal| 2007/2008| 3| 793.333|
NONE |0| 0|
0 |2010/2011 |5 |3.975.000|
5,01
Brian Boyle |2007/2008 |2| 750.000| 2009/2010| 2| 525.000|
0,70| 2011/2012 |3| 1.700.000|
3,24
Mike Sauer |2007/2008| 3 |590.000| 2010/2011| 1| 500.000|
0,85| 2011/2012| 2| 1.250.000|
2,50
Artem Anisimov |2008/2009| 3 |821.266| 2011/2012| 2| 1.875.000|
2,28| 2013/2014|
GONE|
GONE|
GONE
Michael del Zotto |2009/2010 |3| 875.000| 2012/2013 |2 |2.550.000|
2,91 |2014/2015 |??|??|
??
Carl Hagelin| 2011/2012| 2| 662.500| 2013/2014 |??| ??|
3,00??| ??| ??| ??|
??
Derek Stepan| 2010/2011| 3| 820.833| 2013/2014 |??| ??|
3,00??| ??|??|??|
??
Ryan McDonagh| 2010/2011| 3| 875.000|
NONE?? |??| ??|
NONE??| 2013/2014| ??| ??|
5,00??
Chris Kreider |2011/2012| 3 |800.000 |2014/2015 |??| ??|
3,00??| ??| ?? | ??| ??[/table]
According to this "principle & logic" - this should also mean:
- Hagelin signs in 2013 for 2 years for $2M per
- Stepan signs in 2013 for 2 years for $2,5M per
- McD signs in 2013 for 5 years for $4,3M per
- Kreider signs in 2014 for 2 years for $2,4M per
TRADE GUIDELINE
PLAYERS UNDER CONTRACT WITH NEW YORK RANGERS 2013 (50)
NEW YORK RANGERS (27 - 4 players on LTIR)
[table="head;width=4200]Nr |Pos| Player| Caphit| Status| Team| Drafted
1| D | McDonagh, Ryan (ELC) | $1,300,000* |RFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL | R1 #12 Montreal (2007)
2 |D| Sauer, Michael (
LTIR) | $1,250,000 | RFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL |
R2 #40 NYR (2005)
3| F | Stepan, Derek (ELC)| $875,000 | RFA 2013 |New York Rangers/NHL|
R2 #51 NYR (2008)
4| F | Hagelin, Carl (ELC) | $875,000* | RFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL |
R6 #168 NYR (2007)
5| F | Zuccarello, Mats| $700,000 | RFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL | Undrafted
6| F| Clowe, Ryan (
DtD)| $3,625,000 | UFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL| R6 #175 San Jose (2001)
7| D| Hamrlik, Roman | $3,500,000 | UFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL| R1 #1 Washington (1992)
8| D| Eminger, Steve | $750,000 | UFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL| R1 #12 Washington (2002)
9| D | Gilroy, Matt| $650,000 | UFA 2013| New York Rangers/NHL | Undrafted
10| F| Brassard, Derick | $3,200,000 | RFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL| R1 #6 Columbus Blue Jackets (2006)
11| D | Del Zotto, M. | $2,550,000 | RFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL |
R1 #20 NYR (2008)
12| F | Kreider, Chris (ELC)| $1,325,000* | RFA 2014|New York Rangers/NHL |
R1 #19 NYR (2009)
13| D| Moore, John (ELC)| $965,000 | RFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL| R1 #21 Columbus Blue Jackets (2009)
14| G | Lundqvist, Henrik | $6,875,000 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL |
R7 #208 NYR (2000)
15| F | Callahan, Ryan | $4,275,000 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL|
R4 #127 NYR (2004)
16| D| Girardi, Dan | $3,325,000 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL | Undrafted
17| D| Stralman, Anton| $1,700,000| UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL | R7 #216 Toronto (2005)
18| F| Boyle, Brian(
LTIR)| $1,700,000 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL| R1 #26 Los Angeles (2003)
19| F | Pyatt, Taylor | $1,550,000 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL| R1 #8 New York Isles (1999)
20| F | Powe, Darroll | $1,066,667 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL | Undrafted
21| G |Biron, Martin | $1,300,000 |UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL | R1 #16 Buffalo (1995)
22| F | Asham, Arron | $1,000,000 | UFA 2014| New York Rangers/NHL | R3 #71 Montreal (1996)
23| F | Newbury, Kris | $600,000 |UFA 2014 |New York Rangers/NHL| R5 #139 San Jose (2002)
24| D | Staal, Marc (
LTIR) | $3,975,000 | UFA 2015| New York Rangers/NHL |
R1 #12 NYR (2005)
25| F| Dorsett, Derek (
LTIR) | $1,633,333 | UFA 2015| New York Rangers/NHL| R7 #189 Columbus Blue Jackets (2006)
26| F | Nash, Rick (NMC) | $7,800,000 | UFA 2019| New York Rangers/NHL | R1 #1 Columbus (2002)
27| F | Richards, Brad (NMC) | $6,666,667 | UFA 2020 |New York Rangers/NHL| R3 #64 Tampa Bay (1998)[/table]
Assigned to AHL/ECHL/Europe (23)
[table="head;width=4200]Nr |Pos| Player| Caphit| Status| Team| Drafted
28| D | Niemi, Jyri (ELC) | $700,000*| RFA 2013| Greenville Road Warriors/ECHL| R3 #72 NYI (2008)
29| F | Ferriero, Benn | $700,000 | RFA 2013| Connecticut Whale/AHL| R7 #196 Phoenix (2006)
30| D | Pyett, Logan | $600,000| RFA 2013| Connecticut Whale/AHL| R7 #212 Detroit (2006)
31| F | Palmieri, Nick | $577,500 | RFA 2013| Connecticut Whale/AHL | R3 #79 New Jersey Devils (2007)
32| F | Mashinter, Brandon | $550,000 | RFA 2013| The Black Aces| Undrafted
33| D | Collins, Sean | $600,000 | UFA 2013| Connecticut Whale/AHL| Undrafted
34| F | Segal, Brandon| $550,000 | UFA 2013| The Black Aces| R4 #102 Nashville (2002)
35| D| Vernace, Mike | $525,000| UFA 2013| Connecticut Whale/AHL| R7 #201 San Jose (2004)
36| F | Jean, Kyle (ELC)| $925,000* | RFA 2014| Connecticut Whale/AHL| Undrafted
37| F | Bourque, Ryan (ELC) | $900,000* | RFA 2014| The Black Aces|
R3 #80 NYR (2009)
38| G | Missiaen, Jason (ELC) | $750,000* |RFA 2014 | The Black Aces|Undrafted
39| G | Stajcer, Scott (ELC)| $700,000* | RFA 2014| Greenville Road Warriors/ECHL|
R5 #140 NYR (2009)
40| F | Wilson, Jason (ELC)| $588,333 | RFA 2014| Greenville Road Warriors/ECHL|
R5 #130 NYR (2010)
41| D | Bickel, Stu| $750,000| UFA 2014| The Black Aces | Undrafted
42| F | Haley, Micheal| $600,000 | UFA 2014| The Black Aces| Undrafted
43| D | McIlrath, Dylan (ELC)| $1,295,000* | RFA 2015 | The Black Aces|
R1 #10 NYR (2010)
44| F | Miller, J.T. (ELC)| $1,244,167* | RFA 2015 | The Black Aces|
R1 #15 NYR (2011)
45| F | Thomas, Christian (ELC)| $970,000* | RFA 2015 | The Black Aces|
R2 #40 NYR (2010)
46| F | Fast(h), Jesper (ELC) (
DtD)|$900,000* |RFA 2015| Connecticut Whale/AHL|
R6 #157 NYR (2010)
47| F | Yogan, Andrew (ELC)| $800,000 | RFA 2015 | Connecticut Whale/AHL|
R4 #100 NYR (2010)
48| F | Lindberg, Oscar (ELC) | $760,000* |RFA 2015| Playing for Team Sweden at WC| R2 #57 PHX (2010)
49| F | Hrivik, Marek (ELC)| $685,000* | RFA 2015 |Connecticut Whale/AHL| Undrafted
50| G | Talbot, Cameron | $562,600 | UFA 2015| The Black Aces| undrafted[/table]
CONTRACTED PLAYERS THAT DO NOT COUNT against 50 contract limit in 2013 (6)
[table="head;width=4200]Nr |Pos| Player| Caphit| Status| Team| Drafted
+| D | Allen, Connor (ELC)| $1,775,000*| RFA 2016|Connecticut Whale/AHL?|undrafted
+| D | Hughes, Tommy (ELC)| $608,333| RFA 2016|London Knights/OHL|undrafted
+| F | Nicholls, J. (ELC)| $709,167 | RFA 2016| Juniors - Saskatoon Blades/WHL |R7 #182 Toronto Maple Leafs (2010)
+| F | St. Croix, M. (ELC S)| $665,000 | RFA 2016| Juniors - Edmonton Oil Kings/WHL |
R4 #106 NYR (2011)
+| F | Kantor, Michael (ELC)| $583,333| RFA 2016| Juniors - Sudbury Wolves/OHL|Undrafted
+| F | Dodero, Charlie (ELC)| $$ ?? NA| RFA 2016??| Juniors - Sudbury Wolves/OHL|Undrafted
[/table]
Players still unsigned but with rights retained by NYR (there are a few more here I believe)
[table="head;width=2500]Pos| Player|Team| Drafted
D |Pashnin, Mikhail| HC Lokomotiv Yaroslavl/KHL |
R7 #200 NYR (2009)
F |Fogarty, Steven| Notre Dame Fighting Irish/CCHA|
R3 #72 NYR (2011)
F |McColgan, Shane| Saskatoon Blades/WHL |
R5 #134 NYR (2011)
D |Noreau, Samuel | Baie-Comeau Drakkar/LHJMQ |
R5 #136 NYR(2011)
D |Čerešňák, Peter| Peterborough Petes/OHL|
R6 #172 NYR (2011)
D |Skjei, Brady | Minnesota Golden Gophers/WCHA |
R1 #28 NYR (2012)
F |Nieves, Cristoval | Michigan Wolverines/CCHA|
R2 #59 NYR (2012)
D |Andersson, Calle| Malmö /HA |
R4 #119 NYR (2012)
F |Spelling, Thomas| Oskarshamn/HA |
R5 #142 NYR(2012)[/table]
* - includes bonus money in contract
ELC - denotes player on Entry Level Contract
NTC - denotes No Trade Clause in Contract
NMC - denotes No Movement Clause in Contract
LTIR - denotes player placed on Long time injury reserve
NYR Draft picks in 2013
- 3rd round Nashville (for NYR 3rd round pick 2012)
- 3rd round NYR
- 3rd round Columbus (in Nash trade 2012, conditional - that NYR do not go to SC finals in 2013)
- 4th round NYR
- 6th round NYR
- NO 1st rounder (traded to Columbus for Rick Nash... 2012)
- NO 2nd rounder (traded to San Jose for Ryan Clowe in 2013)
- NO 5th rounder (traded to Nashville for Nashville 5th 2012 - chose Tomas Spelling at #142)
- NO 7th rounder (traded to Minnesota along with Eric "Crusher" Christensen for Casey Wellman 2012)
NYR Draft picks in 2014
- 1st round NYR
- 3rd round NYR
- 4th round NYR
- 5th round Florida (for Casey Wellman)
- 5th round NYR
- 6th round NYR
- 6th round Columbus (for Marian Gaborik)
- Eventually NO 2nd rounder NYR (conditionally traded to San Jose for Ryan Clowe in 2013 - condition being if he resigns with NYR or NYR get to ECF in 2013 - then San Jose gets the pick. It will be the Rangers' 5th-round pick in 2014 if neither condition is met.)
- Eventually NO 7th rounder (conditionally traded to San Jose along with Tommy "horror-movie" Grant for Brandon Mashinter 2013 - condition being if he resigns with NYR then San Jose gets the pick)