Bruins 2010-11 Salary Cap Hits: Blake Wheeler’s Award Puts B’s on Brink

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Jul 30, 2010

With Blake Wheeler being awarded $2.2 million from his arbitration hearing earlier this week, the Bruins have some decisions to make.

Below is a complete list of the Boston Bruins' 2010-11 season salary cap hits.

Goalies

  • Tim Thomas $5.0 million
  • Tuukka Rask $1.25 million

Defensemen

  • Zdeno Chara $7.5 million
  • Dennis Seidenberg $3.25 million
  • Andrew Ference $2.25 million
  • Johnny Boychuk $1.875 million
  • Mark Stuart $1.675 million
  • Matt Hunwick $1.45 million
  • Adam McQuaid $575,000
  • Other possibilities: Jeff Penner $1.208 million*; Steven Kampfer $852,500*; Yuri Alexandrov $730,000; Matt Barkowski $660,000*; Andrew Bodnarchuk $577,500; Nathan McIver $512,500

Forwards

  • Patrice Bergeron $4.75 million
  • Milan Lucic $4.083 million
  • Marc Savard $4.007 million
  • Nathan Horton $4.0 million
  • Michael Ryder $4.0 million
  • David Krejci $3.75 million
  • Marco Sturm $3.5 million
  • Blake Wheeler $2.2 million**
  • Mark Recchi $1.95 million*
  • Gregory Campbell $1.1 million
  • Daniel Paille $1.075 million
  • Brad Marchand $821,667*
  • Shawn Thornton $812,500
  • Unsigned: Tyler Seguin expected $900,000 rookie max base salary, plus bonuses
  • Other possibilities: Zach Hamill $1.317 million*; Joe Colborne $1.1 million*; Jordan Caron $1.1 million*; Max Sauve $845,833*; Trent Whitfield $550,000; Jeremy Reich $500,000

* — includes bonuses
** — arbitration award, pending acceptance by team

  • Buyouts: Peter Schaefer $766,667; Patrick Eaves $41,667 credit for this season
  • Cap penalty for 2009-10 bonuses: $1,759,795

All figures from CapGeek.com

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