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Updated salary breakdown

Email|Link|Comments (16) Posted by Fluto Shinzawa, Globe Staff November 4, 2008 01:54 PM

By assigning Vladimir Sobotka to Providence, the Bruins take his $750,000 NHL salary off the books.

Forwards

Marc Savard, $5 million
Patrice Bergeron, $4.75 million
Michael Ryder, $4 million
Marco Sturm, $3.5 million
Blake Wheeler, $2.825 million
Chuck Kobasew, $2.33 million
Phil Kessel, $2.2 million
P.J. Axelsson, $1.85 million
Glen Murray, $1,383,333 million
David Krejci, $883,000
Petteri Nokelainen, $850,000
Milan Lucic, $850,000
Stephane Yelle, $750,000
Shawn Thornton, $517,000

Defensemen

Zdeno Chara, $7.5 million
Dennis Wideman, $3.875 million
Aaron Ward, $2.5 million
Andrew Ference, $1.4 million
Mark Stuart, $1.3 million
Shane Hnidy, $757,000
Matt Hunwick, $750,000

Goalies

Manny Fernandez, $4.33 million
Tim Thomas, $1.1 million

Current cap hit: $55,207,499.

The Bruins are $1,492,501 under the $56.7 million cap ceiling.

tags Salary cap, Vladimir Sobotka

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16 comments so far...

Shouldn't Schaefer be off the books as well?

Posted by darkcitydame November 4, 08 01:59 PM

Nice catch dame. Fixed.

Posted by Fluto November 4, 08 02:02 PM

Where is Blake Wheeler on the breakdown?

Posted by Sean November 4, 08 02:10 PM

I hear NJ needs a goalie....

Posted by Gerry November 4, 08 02:15 PM

The number that still sticks out...

Fernandez, $4.33 million

Come on...in what universe is this guy still worth that much??? I don't see him ever living up to the numbers implied by that salary.

Posted by BigBee November 4, 08 02:17 PM

Another nice catch! Thanks Sean. Sorry for the errors, folks. All fixed.

Posted by Fluto November 4, 08 02:18 PM

I also hear NJ is desperate.... And didn't we just read that Sobotka will be back next weekend with no explanation given? Let the rumors fly!

Posted by Muddy Mudskipper November 4, 08 02:34 PM

Who comes out if Chuckie is good to go Thursday? Nokki has been playing well. Can you take him out? Yelle plays alot of important minutes (PK, defensive situations). Need to have Thorts in just in case something happens. ANy ides folks. My guess is Nokki.

Posted by Bill November 4, 08 02:36 PM

Zdeno hasn't lived up to his monster contract so far this season and neither has Manny. Thomas and Fernandez's salaries should be swapped! The bottom 5 forwards all deserve a raise, especially Thorny. 70 games to go - we'll see who lives up to their earnings. That Murray buy-out sure isn't helping.

Posted by Todd November 4, 08 02:55 PM

Murray's buy-out will help next year. The big killer right now is Fernadez. Boston is playing top-line money to its back-up goalie.

Posted by Harv November 4, 08 04:08 PM

paying fernandez that type of money for a backup is the equivalent of the red sox paying lugo last year. both are past their prime expensive backups.

Posted by Sully November 4, 08 04:33 PM

Any chance the B's could swap Fernandez for Brian Gionta? Gionta will be an UFA after the season and is making $4 mil this year. The problem would be the cap hit when they brought up Rask, which is like $3.2 mil, I think.

Posted by Steve November 4, 08 05:01 PM

Totally off topic, Tim Thomas was left off the all star ballot. Yet another snub for the team MVP.

Posted by Moog November 4, 08 05:10 PM

Steve - no there is no chance of that

Posted by rockstareh November 4, 08 05:38 PM

The previous post reads that Sobotka will be called back up to Boston after this weekend. If/When this happens, what happens to that 750K? Does a pro-rated amount go back on the books?

Posted by Shoebottomsup November 4, 08 07:59 PM

It all goes back on the books. And the Bruins have no chance at all of moving Fernandez. No one else wants our over paid garbage.

Posted by Corey November 5, 08 01:14 PM