Updated salary breakdown

Reader Dan B. had a good suggestion regarding the salary breakdown: including when contracts expire.

So here it is for now. Would like to get something in a chart/table format to make it appear less busy. We'll see what we can do.

Forwards

Marc Savard, $5 million (UFA 2010-11)
Patrice Bergeron, $4.75 million (UFA 2011-12)
Michael Ryder, $4 million (UFA 2011-12)
Marco Sturm, $3.5 million (UFA 2011-12)
Chuck Kobasew, $2.33 million (UFA 2011-12)
Phil Kessel, $2.2 million (RFA 2009-10)
Peter Schaefer, $2.1 million (UFA 2010-11)
P.J. Axelsson, $1.85 million (UFA 2009-10)
Glen Murray, $1,383,333 million (buyout expires 2010-11)
David Krejci, $883,000 (RFA 2009-10)
Petteri Nokelainen, $850,000 (RFA 2010-11)
Milan Lucic, $850,000 (RFA 2010-11)
Stephane Yelle, $750,000 (UFA 2009-10)
Vladimir Sobotka, $750,000 (RFA 2010-11)
Shawn Thornton, $517,000 (UFA 2010-11)
Jeremy Reich, $487,500 (UFA 2009-10)

Defensemen

Zdeno Chara, $7.5 million (UFA 2011-12)
Dennis Wideman, $3.875 million (UFA 2012-13)
Aaron Ward, $2.5 million (UFA 2010-11)
Andrew Ference, $1.4 million (UFA 2010-11)
Mark Stuart, $1.3 million (RFA 2010-11)
Andrew Alberts, $1.25 million (UFA 2009-10)
Shane Hnidy, $757,000 (UFA 2009-10)

* Matt Lashoff and Matt Hunwick will contend for NHL jobs. But for this model, their salaries are not included.

Goalies

Manny Fernandez, $4.33 million (UFA 2009-10)
Tim Thomas, $1.1 million (UFA 2009-10)

* Tuukka Rask will most likely spend another season in Providence.

Current cap hit: $56,219,999.

The Bruins are $480,001 under the $56.7 million cap ceiling.