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

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