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[Riptide]

All figures are cap numbers, not salaries, and are taken directly from www.capgeek.com.

Confirmed 2014-2015 salary ceiling: ....69,000,000
Projected cap spending: .....................68,619,167
Projected cap space: ..............................380,833



PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Forward.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Evgeni Malkin|

C​

|

27​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

Sidney Crosby|

C​

|

26​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

Patric Hornqvist|

RW​

|

27​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

Chris Kunitz|

LW​

|

34​

|

3,850,000​

|

3,850,000​

|

3,850,000​

Pascal Dupuis|

RW​

|

35​

|

3,750,000​

|

3,750,000​

|

3,750,000​

Brandon Sutter|

C​

|

25​

|

3,300,000​

|

3,300,000​

|

UFA​

Nick Spaling|

LW​

|

25​

|

2,200,000​

|

2,200,000​

|

UFA​

Marcel Goc|

C​

|

30​

|

1,200,000​

|

UFA​

Steve Downie|

RW​

|

27​

|

1,000,000​

|

UFA​

Beau Bennett|

LW​

|

22​

|

900,000​

|

RFA​

Blake Comeau|

LW​

|

28​

|

700,000​

|

UFA​

Craig Adams|

RW​

|

37​

|

700,000​

|

UFA​

Defense.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

.2016-17​

Kris Letang|

D​

|

27​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

Paul Martin|

D​

|

33​

|

5,000,000​

|

UFA​

Christian Ehrhoff|

D​

|

32​

|

4,000,000​

|

UFA​

Rob Scuderi|

D​

|

35​

|

3,375,000​

|

3,375,000​

|

3,375,000​

Simon Despres|

D​

|

22​

|

900,000​

|

900,000​

|

RFA​

Olli Maatta|

D​

|

19​

|

894,167​

|

894,167​

|

RFA​

Robert Bortuzzo|

D​

|

25​

|

600,000​

|

RFA​

Philip Samuelsson|

D​

|

22​

|

550,000​

|

RFA​

Goalie...................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

.2016-17​

Marc-Andre Fleury|

G​

|

29​

|

5,000,000​

|

UFA​

Thomas Greiss|

G​

|

28​

|

1,000,000​

|

UFA​

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

Forward...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Jayson Megna|

RW​

|

24​

|

874,125​

|

RFA​

Josh Archibald|

RW​

|

21​

|

659,167​

|

659,167​

|

659,167​

Scott Wilson|

LW​

|

22​

|

655,000​

|

655,000​

|

RFA​

Bryan Rust|

RW​

|

22​

|

652,500​

|

652,500​

|

RFA​

Adam Payerl|

RW​

|

23​

|

626,667​

|

RFA​

Anton Zlobin|

LW​

|

21​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

|

RFA​

Matia Marcantuoni|

C​

|

20​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

21​

|

601,667​

|

RFA​

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

22​

|

598,333​

|

RFA​

Jean-Sebastien Dea|

C​

|

20​

|

598,333​

|

598,333​

|

598,333​

|

RFA​

Zach Sill|

C​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Bobby Farnham|

LW​

|

25​

|

550,000​

|

RFA​

Nick Drazenovic|

C​

|

27​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Andrew Ebbett|

C​

|

31​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond|

RW​

|

29​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Defense.............................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Derrick Pouliot|

D​

|

20​

|

863,333​

|

863,333​

|

863,333​

Brian Dumoulin|

D​

|

22​

|

831,667​

|

RFA​

Harrison Ruopp|

D​

|

21​

|

650,833​

|

650,833​

|

RFA​

Nick D'Agostino|

D​

|

23​

|

625,000​

|

RFA​

Scott Harrington|

D​

|

21​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

|

RFA​

Reid McNeill|

D​

|

22​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Taylor Chorney|

D​

|

27​

|

550,000​

|

UFA​

Goalie................................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

Matt Murray|

G​

|

20​

|

620,000​

|

620,000​

|

620,000​

Jeff Zatkoff|

G​

|

27​

|

600,000​

|

600,000​

|

UFA​

Eric Hartzell|

G​

|

25​

|

550,000​

|

RFA​

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2013-14​

|

News and notes​

Brooks Orpik|

D​

|

33​

|

3,750,000​

| Signed with Washington (5 years, $5.5M per) !

Jussi Jokinen|

LW​

|

31​

|

3,000,000​

| Signed with Florida (4 years, $4M per) ?

Lee Stempniak|

RW​

|

31​

|

2,500,000​

| Signed with N.Y. Rangers (1 year, $900k)

Matt Niskanen|

D​

|

27​

|

2,300,000​

| Signed with Washington (7 years, $5.75M per)

Tomas Vokoun|

G​

|

37​

|

2,000,000​

|God bless the man if he's able to continue playing, but it won't be in Pittsburgh

Marcel Goc|

C​

|

30​

|

1,700,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $1.2M)

Taylor Pyatt|

LW​

|

32​

|

1,550,000​

| Signed with Genève-Servette (NLA)

Tanner Glass|

LW​

|

30​

|

1,100,000​

| Signed with N.Y. Rangers (3 years, $1.45M per) ?!

Spencer Machacek|

RW​

|

25​

|

632,500​

|Group VI UFA provided much-needed scoring touch for WBS after trade

Deryk Engelland|

D​

|

32​

|

566,667​

| Signed with Calgary (3 years, $2.9M per) ?!?!?!

Joe Vitale|

C​

|

28​

|

550,000​

| Signed with Arizona (3 years, $1.117M per)

Brian Gibbons|

C​

|

26​

|

550,000​

| Signed with Columbus (1 year, $750k, 2-way)

Zach Sill|

C​

|

26​

|

550,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $550k, 2-way)

Chuck Kobasew|

RW​

|

32​

|

550,000​

| Signed with Bern (NLA)

Chris Conner|

RW​

|

30​

|

550,000​

| Signed with Washington (1 year, $550k, 2-way)

Harry Zolnierczyk|

LW​

|

26​

|

550,000​

| Signed with N.Y. Islanders (1 year, $600k, 2-way)

Nick Drazenovic|

C​

|

27​

|

550,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $550k, 2-way)

Brendan Mikkelson|

D​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Decent scoring defenseman ... in the AHL

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player......................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2013-14​

|

News and notes​

Brandon Sutter|

C​

|

24​

|

2,066,667​

| Re-signed with Penguins (2 years, $3.3M per)

Nick Spaling|

LW​

|

25​

|

1,500,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (2 years, $2.2M per)

Jayson Megna|

RW​

|

24​

|

925,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $874k, 2-way)

Simon Despres|

D​

|

22​

|

840,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (2 years, $900k per)

Philip Samuelsson|

D​

|

22​

|

627,500​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $550k, 2-way)

Bobby Farnham|

LW​

|

25​

|

550,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $550k, 2-way)

SIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team​

|

Contract​

Kasperi Kapanen|

RW​

|

18​

|

KalPa (Liiga)​

|

3 years/925,000 per​

Oskar Sundqvist|

C​

|

20​

|

SkellefteÃ¥ (SHL)​

|

3 years/708,333 per​

Tristan Jarry|

G​

|

19​

|

Edmonton (WHL)​

|

3 years/650,833 per​

UNSIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

​

​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team (League)​

Anthony Angello|

F​

|

18​

|Omaha (USHL)

Dane Birks|

D​

|

18​

|Michigan Tech (WCHA)

Teddy Blueger|

F​

|

19​

|Minnesota State (WCHA)

Blaine Byron|

F​

|

19​

|Maine (HEA)

Jake Guentzel|

F​

|

19​

|Nebraska-Omaha (WCHA)

Troy Josephs|

F​

|

20​

|Clarkson (ECAC)

Sam Lafferty|

F​

|

19​

|Tri-City (USHL)

Jaden Lindo|

F​

|

18​

|Owen Sound (OHL)

Sean Maguire|

G​

|

21​

|Boston University (HEA)

Alexander Pechurskiy|

G​

|

24​

|Magnitogorsk (KHL)

Ryan Segalla|

D​

|

19​

|Connecticut (HEA)

Jeff Taylor|

D​

|

20​

|Union (ECAC)

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[Riptide]

Last post.

It's awsome that he [Adams] "tries to do his best." Like he's a 5-year-old and you're his dad.

And I wish every team had a Craig Adams. We wouldn't be at such an unfair advantage when it comes to the top-tier teams.

 

[vikingGoalie]

I will buy that 2+ years ago Craig Adams provided value. But how anyone on the planet thinks he still offers any is beyond me.

JR even made a comment about how you can't play 4th liners who have +/- in double digit negatives. The only reason Craig played every game is because of his status as the mole. Seeing as how Blysma saw a lot of himself in Craig, I wonder of Dan was a mole back in his playing days. hmmm....

 

[Fordy]

i cannot imagine how adams will outplay megna payerl and sill in camp. i do not find it unrealistic to think he won't be in the lineup

 

[AjaxTelamon]

i cannot imagine how adams will outplay megna payerl and sill in camp. i do not find it unrealistic to think he won't be in the lineup

I think he'll end up in the press box. MJ and his staff gain nothing by bad mouthing Adams, especially before they take the temperature of the room. JR said it all in his opening presser about that kind of 4th line play being unacceptable.

Do we really think MJ is going to hitch his wagon to playing Adams for 10 minutes every single night considering JR's comments on the guy?

 

[WayneSid9987]

i cannot imagine how adams will outplay megna payerl and sill in camp. i do not find it unrealistic to think he won't be in the lineup

I feel the same way. JR isn't the type of GM to hang on to Adams just for his "leadership" and i don't think the new coaching staff as a whole will think that way either. They may keep him on the roster but that doesn't mean he gets to play.

Also, i'm not a big fan of Sutter on the wing. He's one of the more realiable face off guys in defensive situations. Beef up his line with Spaling, Bennett, Downie or a (hopefully looking good) Dupuis and his line will be fine and have more offensive success. All about balance and we haven't had the top 9 balance we have now for along time.

 

[Ogrezilla]

If we need Adams and Scuderi for leadership purposes, I am very disappointed in the development of Sid, Geno and Letang. They aren't kids anymore. They are veteran players. Add in Martin, Ehrhoff, Kunitz and Dupuis and we have plenty of experience on this team. We don't need to keep bad players purely for experience or veteran leadership.

Luckily, I don't think that's an issue at all.

 

[Riptide]

I will buy that 2+ years ago Craig Adams provided value. But how anyone on the planet thinks he still offers any is beyond me.

JR even made a comment about how you can't play 4th liners who have +/- in double digit negatives. The only reason Craig played every game is because of his status as the mole. Seeing as how Blysma saw a lot of himself in Craig, I wonder of Dan was a mole back in his playing days. hmmm....

You don't think that he could play an effective role on the 4th line as a PKer, vet presence who plays 6-8 minutes a game, and only costs 700k?

I don't want him, and would love to see him traded... but players like Adams do have roles on NHL teams, and can be effective players. However they don't normally average 12:27 minutes a game.

 

[Riptide]

i cannot imagine how adams will outplay megna payerl and sill in camp. i do not find it unrealistic to think he won't be in the lineup

It's possible that the fact he can't be sent down (well he can, but still counts 600k towards the cap), and the fact that those 2 would likely benefit more from playing more minutes in WBS than on the 4th line/pressbox is taken into account.

 

[Shady Machine]

You don't think that he could play an effective role on the 4th line as a PKer, vet presence who plays 6-8 minutes a game, and only costs 700k?

I don't want him, and would love to see him traded... but players like Adams do have roles on NHL teams, and can be effective players. However they don't normally average 12:27 minutes a game.

No I don't think so. We don't need him to kill penalties anymore. We have plenty of options. I'd much rather give his 4th line spot to some combination of Sill, Payerl, and Megna. Toughness, size, and speed vs old and good at getting hit with pucks.

 

[SCPens]

I think he'll end up in the press box. MJ and his staff gain nothing by bad mouthing Adams, especially before they take the temperature of the room. JR said it all in his opening presser about that kind of 4th line play being unacceptable.

Do we really think MJ is going to hitch his wagon to playing Adams for 10 minutes every single night considering JR's comments on the guy?

Very well said. There's honestly NOTHING to talk about when Craig Adams is getting 10 pages of debate. There's a new regime in town, they gain nothing by publicly discussing players when it has the potential to impact the room. If we're thinking and talking about the team throughout this slow as molasses summer, I'd venture to guess the coaching/management team is doing the same. Chill until we're shown otherwise.

 

[Riptide]

No I don't think so. We don't need him to kill penalties anymore. We have plenty of options. I'd much rather give his 4th line spot to some combination of Sill, Payerl, and Megna. Toughness, size, and speed vs old and good at getting hit with pucks.

Well like I said before... I wouldn't hold your breath, as I expect that he'll get regular 4th line minutes throughout the season.

 

[Shady Machine]

Well like I said before... I wouldn't hold your breath, as I expect that he'll get regular 4th line minutes throughout the season.

I'm not saying it won't happen. I'm saying it's totally unnecessary and we have better players suited for that role.

 

[DearDiary]

It's takes 3 people to make a line, as soon as Tanner is gone, Adams becomes the scapegoat.

Comeau-Goc-Adams

That's a very good 4th line. Adams will get a chance in the lineup to show what he's got, Pens have nothing to lose by giving him that opportunity. If he doesn't play to expectations, Megna or another player can take his place. But I don't think it will come to that.

 

[Valarukar]

With a change of PK coaching who knows how well Adams will be on the new PK. Also, didn't someone in the organization say they want the PK to be more aggressive now or am I making that up? You can't be aggressive on the PK if you can't skate.

 

[roquay]

With a change of PK coaching who knows how well Adams will be on the new PK. Also, didn't someone in the organization say they want the PK to be more aggressive now or am I making that up? You can't be aggressive on the PK if you can't skate.

That's right our PK looked way more dangerous when we had a guy like Gibbons than Adams.

 

[Ogrezilla]

You don't think that he could play an effective role on the 4th line as a PKer, vet presence who plays 6-8 minutes a game, and only costs 700k?

I don't want him, and would love to see him traded... but players like Adams do have roles on NHL teams, and can be effective players. However they don't normally average 12:27 minutes a game.

Adams is not one of our top 12 forwards. He is not one of our top 6 PKers. He is not a good player. And if we need him for a vet presence, than we have big problems with the core of our team.

If he's our number 13 forward to be a body at practice and the guy who plays if someone gets hurt at warmups, I can live with that. I'd rather Sill, Megna or Payerl be in the AHL than in the pressbox. But if we have a long term injury that needs filled, we should call one of them up because they are better hockey players than Adams is. ANd if he's in the every day line-up, then I am going to be disappointed with Johnston from the start.

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Adams is not one of our top 12 forwards. He is not one of our top 6 PKers. He is not a good player. And if we need him for a vet presence, than we have big problems with the core of our team.

.....

It makes me sad that this even needs to be stated.

 

[Fordy]

It's takes 3 people to make a line, as soon as Tanner is gone, Adams becomes the scapegoat.

Comeau-Goc-Adams

That's a very good 4th line. Adams will get a chance in the lineup to show what he's got, Pens have nothing to lose by giving him that opportunity. If he doesn't play to expectations, Megna or another player can take his place. But I don't think it will come to that.

that is a terrible fourth line

 

[Fordy]

It's possible that the fact he can't be sent down (well he can, but still counts 600k towards the cap), and the fact that those 2 would likely benefit more from playing more minutes in WBS than on the 4th line/pressbox is taken into account.

uh payerl and sill are fourth liners. that's what they are. they have nothing left to develop in the ahl. they are not going to improve. they're nhl ready and are what they are.

 

[Country Mac]

It's takes 3 people to make a line, as soon as Tanner is gone, Adams becomes the scapegoat.

Comeau-Goc-Adams

That's a very good 4th line. Adams will get a chance in the lineup to show what he's got, Pens have nothing to lose by giving him that opportunity. If he doesn't play to expectations, Megna or another player can take his place. But I don't think it will come to that.

I don't want to hurt your feelings or anything but that 4th line would be trash

And, if anything, Adams has been more of the scapegoat than Glass was. Most here recognized that Glass, given how awful he was at playing hockey, was willing to hit people and occasionally drop his mittens for a slap fight, while Adams provided absolutely nothing. Glass costed more but was not as terrible as Adams.

 

[AjaxTelamon]

I don't want to hurt your feelings or anything but that 4th line would be trash

And, if anything, Adams has been more of the scapegoat than Glass was. Most here recognized that Glass, given how awful he was at playing hockey, was willing to hit people and occasionally drop his mittens for a slap fight, while Adams provided absolutely nothing. Glass costed more but was not as terrible as Adams.

I honestly think Glass was the worse player for most of the past two years. When you consider AAV, especially moving forward, Glass is pretty clearly worse.

I can sort of understand what Calgary was shooting for with the Engo signing, getting a real badass who can sort of play, and I can understand what Washington thinks they are trying to do with Orpik (though very misguided). But I have no clue what the Rags are trying to prove with the Glass signing.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I honestly think Glass was the worse player for most of the past two years. When you consider AAV, especially moving forward, Glass is pretty clearly worse.

I can sort of understand what Calgary was shooting for with the Engo signing, getting a real badass who can sort of play, and I can understand what Washington thinks they are trying to do with Orpik (though very misguided). But I have no clue what the Rags are trying to prove with the Glass signing.

Ya that Glass deal is idiotic. At least with Orpik you can point to what he's done in the past and hope he can get that back.

 

[ObsessedCreative*]

If we can ship adams off to the glue factory and offset his "loss" with playing Sid & Geno on the PK I would be aaaSOOOOOOOOO HAPPY!

 

[SEALBound]

It's takes 3 people to make a line, as soon as Tanner is gone, Adams becomes the scapegoat.

Comeau-Goc-Adams

That's a very good 4th line. Adams will get a chance in the lineup to show what he's got, Pens have nothing to lose by giving him that opportunity. If he doesn't play to expectations, Megna or another player can take his place. But I don't think it will come to that.

The 4th line could be much better than that. Adams is a class addition by subtraction. In any case, a younger kid coming up will be more useful than Adams. Sill, Payerl, Megna...any of them. I wouldn't even mind running 7 D and having Sid, Geno, Sutter, or whoever else hop on the 4th. Or rotate 5 bottom 6 guys.

With a change of PK coaching who knows how well Adams will be on the new PK. Also, didn't someone in the organization say they want the PK to be more aggressive now or am I making that up? You can't be aggressive on the PK if you can't skate.

This is true.

That's right our PK looked way more dangerous when we had a guy like Gibbons than Adams.

The worst part about us signing Goc was losing Gibbons. Goc+Gibbons was absolutely lethal on the PK. I really wish we could have seen more of them this year but...oh well. A speedy guy with Goc on the PK is much better than anything Adams brings.

Ya that Glass deal is idiotic. At least with Orpik you can point to what he's done in the past and hope he can get that back.

Bizarro world where Stempniak, Setoguchi, Downie, etc have to play for peanuts when those two get those contracts. Sickening.