Salary Cap: Salary Cap: 2015 - insert witty title here

[Riptide]

All figures are cap numbers, not salaries.

Official 2015-16 salary ceiling: ........71,400,000
Projected 2015-16 cap spending: ....69,820,000
Projected offseason cap space: .........1,580,000



PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

Forward.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Evgeni Malkin|

C​

|

28​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

|

9,500,000​

Sidney Crosby|

C​

|

27​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

|

8,700,000​

Phil Kessel|

RW​

|

27​

|

6,800,000​

|

6,800,000​

|

6,800,000​

Patric Hornqvist|

RW​

|

28​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

|

4,250,000​

Chris Kunitz|

LW​

|

35​

|

3,850,000​

|

3,850,000​

|

UFA​

David Perron|

LW​

|

26​

|

3,812,500​

|

UFA​

Pascal Dupuis|

RW​

|

36​

|

3,750,000​

|

3,750,000​

|

UFA​

Eric Fehr|

C​

|

29​

|

2,000,000​

|

2,000,000​

|

2,000,000​

Nick Bonino|

C​

|

27​

|

1,900,000​

|

1,900,000​

|

UFA​

Sergei Plotnikov|

LW​

|

25​

|

925,000​

|

RFA​

Beau Bennett|

RW​

|

23​

|

800,000​

|

RFA​

Matt Cullen|

C​

|

38​

|

800,000​

|

UFA​

Defense.................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

.2017-18​

Kris Letang|

D​

|

28​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

|

7,250,000​

Rob Scuderi|

D​

|

36​

|

3,375,000​

|

3,375,000​

|

UFA​

Ian Cole|

D​

|

26​

|

2,100,000​

|

2,100,000​

|

2,100,000​

Ben Lovejoy|

D​

|

31​

|

1,100,000​

|

UFA​

Olli Maatta|

D​

|

20​

|

894,167​

|

RFA​

Derrick Pouliot|

D​

|

21​

|

863,333​

|

863,333​

|

RFA​

Brian Dumoulin|

D​

|

23​

|

800,000​

|

800,000​

|

RFA​

Goalie............,.......​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

.2017-18​

Marc-Andre Fleury|

G​

|

30​

|

5,750,000​

|

5,750,000​

|

5,750,000​

Jeff Zatkoff|

G​

|

28​

|

600,000​

|

UFA​

WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON PENGUINS

Forward...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Tyler Biggs|

RW​

|

22​

|

894,167​

|

RFA​

Oskar Sundqvist|

C​

|

21​

|

700,833​

|

708,333​

|

RFA​

Dominik Simon|

C​

|

20​

|

692,500​

|

692,500​

|

692,500​

|

RFA​

Conor Sheary|

LW​

|

23​

|

667,500​

|

667,500​

|

RFA​

Josh Archibald|

RW​

|

22​

|

659,167​

|

659,167​

|

RFA​

Scott Wilson|

LW​

|

23​

|

655,000​

|

RFA​

Bryan Rust|

RW​

|

23​

|

652,500​

|

RFA​

Anton Zlobin|

LW​

|

22​

|

608,333​

|

RFA​

Matia Marcantuoni|

C​

|

21​

|

608,333​

|

608,333​

|

RFA​

Jean-Sebastien Dea|

C​

|

21​

|

585,000​

|

585,000​

|

RFA​

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

23​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

22​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Bobby Farnham|

LW​

|

26​

|

575,000​

|

UFA​

Kevin Porter|

C​

|

29​

|

575,000​

|

UFA​

Kael Mouillierat|

LW​

|

27​

|

575,000​

|

UFA​

Defense...............​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Adam Clendening|

D​

|

22​

|

761,250​

|

RFA​

Harrison Ruopp|

D​

|

22​

|

650,833​

|

RFA​

Niclas Andersen|

D​

|

27​

|

625,000​

|

UFA​

Tim Erixon|

D​

|

24​

|

600,000​

|

RFA​

David Warsofsky|

D​

|

25​

|

600,000​

|

UFA​

Reid McNeill|

D​

|

23​

|

575,000​

|

575,000​

|

RFA​

Will O'Neill|

D​

|

27​

|

575,000​

|

UFA​

Steve Oleksy|

D​

|

29​

|

575,000​

|

UFA​

Goalie..................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2015-16​

|

2016-17​

|

2017-18​

Matt Murray|

G​

|

21​

|

620,000​

|

620,000​

|

RFA​

Tristan Jarry|

G​

|

20​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

|

589,167​

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

News and notes​

Paul Martin|

D​

|

34​

|

5,000,000​

| Signed with San Jose (4 years, $4.85M per)

Christian Ehrhoff|

D​

|

32​

|

4,000,000​

| Signed with Los Angeles (1 year, $1.5M)

Daniel Winnik|

LW​

|

30​

|

1,300,000​

| Signed with Toronto (2 years, $2.25M per)

Maxim Lapierre|

C​

|

30​

|

1,100,000​

| Signed with MODO (SHL)

Steve Downie|

RW​

|

28​

|

1,000,000​

| Signed with Arizona (1 year, $1.75M)

Thomas Greiss|

G​

|

29​

|

1,000,000​

| Signed with N.Y. Islanders (2 years, $1.5M per)

Jayson Megna|

RW​

|

25​

|

874,125​

| Signed with N.Y. Rangers (1 year, $700k)

Blake Comeau|

LW​

|

29​

|

700,000​

| Signed with Colorado (3 years, $2.4M per)

Craig Adams|

RW​

|

38​

|

700,000​

|I believe the term is "seppuku" -- Look it up, Harvard Boy

Adam Payerl|

RW​

|

24​

|

626,667​

|Did not receive qualifying offer

Nick D'Agostino|

D​

|

25​

|

625,000​

|Did not receive qualifying offer

Taylor Chorney|

D​

|

28​

|

550,000​

| Signed with Washington (1 year, $700k)

Andrew Ebbett|

C​

|

32​

|

550,000​

| Signed with SC Bern (NLA)

Bobby Farnham|

LW​

|

26​

|

550,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $575k, 2-way)

Nick Drazenovic|

C​

|

28​

|

550,000​

|Injuries may cost him some money on his next 2-way deal

Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond|

RW​

|

30​

|

550,000​

|One of many casually discarded AHL goons

Eric Hartzell|

G​

|

26​

|

550,000​

|Did not receive qualifying offer

RESTRICTED FREE AGENTS

Player........................​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

2014-15​

|

News and notes​

Beau Bennett|

RW​

|

23​

|

900,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $800k)

Brian Dumoulin|

D​

|

23​

|

831,667​

| Re-signed with Penguins (2 years, $800k per)

Ian Cole|

D​

|

26​

|

825,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (3 years, $2.1M per)

Dominik Uher|

C​

|

22​

|

601,667​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $575k)

Tom Kuhnhackl|

LW​

|

23​

|

598,333​

| Re-signed with Penguins (1 year, $575k)

Reid McNeill|

D​

|

23​

|

575,000​

| Re-signed with Penguins (2 years, $575k per)

SIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team​

|

Contract​

Daniel Sprong|

F​

|

18​

|

Charlottetown (QMJHL)​

|

3 years, $692,500 per​

UNSIGNED PROSPECTS

Player​

​

​

|

Pos.​

|

Age​

|

Current Team (League)​

Anthony Angello|

F​

|

19​

|Cornell (ECAC)

Dane Birks|

D​

|

19​

|Michigan Tech (WCHA)

Teddy Blueger|

F​

|

20​

|Minnesota State (WCHA)

Blaine Byron|

F​

|

20​

|Maine (HEA)

Jake Guentzel|

F​

|

20​

|Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC)

Troy Josephs|

F​

|

21​

|Clarkson (ECAC)

Sam Lafferty|

F​

|

20​

|Brown (ECAC)

Jaden Lindo|

F​

|

19​

|Owen Sound (OHL)

Sean Maguire|

G​

|

22​

|Boston University (HEA)

Nikita Pavlychev|

F​

|

18​

|Des Moines (USHL)

Alexander Pechurskiy|

G​

|

25​

|Khabarovsk (KHL)

Ryan Segalla|

D​

|

20​

|Connecticut (HEA)

Jeff Taylor|

D​

|

21​

|Union (ECAC)

Frederik Tiffels|

F​

|

20​

|Western Michigan (NCHC)

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[WayneSid9987]

I see Dustin Jeffrey was put on waivers today from Arizona.
Jeremy Morin as well.

 

[plaidchuck]

Ah jeffrey, another one of our great white hopes that never did anything.

 

[Mr Jiggyfly]

Ah jeffrey, another one of our great white hopes that never did anything.

He shredded his knee, had a setback, and never looked the same again. He had 12 points in 25 games, including that two goal effort including the beauty OT winner in Boston.

He wasn't a guy that could afford to lose any speed or agility and he looked noticeably weak in both areas after returning.

The NHL is littered with careers gone south after injuries. Just how it goes. No reason to rub salt in the guys wounds. He was a hell of a player in the A and who knows where he would be now if his knee didn't get ****ed up.

 

[iFishyHD]

Correct me if I am wrong, but in 13-14 he played for the Dallas squad (AHL) who won the title and was a big contributor. Since then has been with Vancouver as a 13th forward and AHL guy as well as Arizona. So at least he's on some sort of upswing.

 

[plaidchuck]

Yeah nothing against him, just tired of what little forward prospects this team has had that never work out, whether through injury or over hype.

I feel dirty whispering Sprongs name in fear of what might happen to him.

 

[gdsmack267]

I always liked him

 

[SHOOTANDSCORE]

Poor guy. He really was a different player after the injury.

He's no Shane Endicott.

 

[Zen Arcade]

I always felt bad for Jeffrey. He worked like crazy to improve his skating and it was gone in an instant with one freak injury.

 

[JWells16]

Just saw Ehrhoff signed for 1.5 million... Wow, that's a steal for LA, regardless of how insignificant he was here.

 

[Wolf Without a Howl]

Just saw Ehrhoff signed for 1.5 million... Wow, that's a steal for SJ, regardless of how insignificant he was here.

Ehrhoff actually signed with LA. PMart was the one who signed with SJ

 

[JWells16]

Ehrhoff actually signed with LA. PMart was the one who signed with SJ

Whoops. Fixed my previous post. Wouldn't be surprised to see him with a bounce back season.

 

[SEALBound]

Whoops. Fixed my previous post. Wouldn't be surprised to see him with a bounce back season.

Yeah I would have easily taken him at that. Guess brass thought he was just to damaged.

Letang-Maatta
Ehrhoff-Cole
Pouliot-Dumoulin
Lovejoy

Would have been quite decent. The more important thing to be discussing is Perron. We absolutely can not have a skilled wing in the bottom 6. We need to trade him away. Ideally for a grinder. Or another #6.

Injuries no longer happen, lines are set in stone forever, and he's on the third line. How this organization lives with itself is beyond me.

 

[plaidchuck]

You can put a skilled winger named chris.kunitz on the third line.

 

[BobCole]

The average age of that forward group is over 29.

We better win now, because pretty soon a lot of these guys are going to be on the wrong side of 30, and we have nothing coming through the ranks to replace them.

 

[Sideline]

The average age of that forward group is over 29.

We better win now, because pretty soon a lot of these guys are going to be on the wrong side of 30, and we have nothing coming through the ranks to replace them.

I think the Penguins window is closer to 5 or 6 years than it is 2 or 3 years. The only key player on the Penguins roster on the wrong side of 30 is Fleury. Considering goalies can play at a high level in their mid to late 30s that's not a huge concern and luckily it's also the one area the Penguins have good prospects coming up the ranks.

The other guys on the wrong side of 30 are Dupuis, Kunitz, Fehr, Cullen, Lovejoy, and Scuderi. Nothing on that list screams impossible to replace with free agents.

 

[JTG]

It just seems like we have a ton of extra NHL players.

 

[Empoleon8771]

The average age of that forward group is over 29.

We better win now, because pretty soon a lot of these guys are going to be on the wrong side of 30, and we have nothing coming through the ranks to replace them.

That gets inflated by having Cullen, Dupuis and Kunitz here with very few young forwards. Perron, Crosby, Hornqvist, Kessel, Malkin, Bennett, Plotnikov and Bonino are all under 29. There are 3 old guys and a bunch of prime aged guys, that's basically it.

 

[Headshot77]

I took more than the recommended dosage of sleeping pills last night and dreamt that we traded Scuderi for JVR. Is there a way that we could make that actually happen?

 

[Mike Lange Version 2]

I took more than the recommended dosage of sleeping pills last night and dreamt that we traded Scuderi for JVR. Is there a way that we could make that actually happen?

Drug the leafs GM and management?

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Drug the leafs GM and management?

So we give Leafs' management more than the recommended dose of sleeping pills and then do the same for Scuderi to get him to waive. We're going to rule the NHL with this plan.

 

[Riptide]

The average age of that forward group is over 29.

We better win now, because pretty soon a lot of these guys are going to be on the wrong side of 30, and we have nothing coming through the ranks to replace them.

However if you remove Dupuis and Kunitz from it how much does it drop? Almost everyone else is closer to 25 then 30 and none of our core players are older than 30, while most are in their mid/late 20s.

 

[Empoleon8771]

How long do you give it until Perron is traded for a veteran D?

 

[Shady Machine]

How long do you give it until Perron is traded for a veteran D?

30 games

 

[Headshot77]

Plotnikov-Crosby-Kessel
Perron-Malkin-Hornqvist

IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.