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Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers - Right Wingers
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News on August 1st, 2010
Listed below are the Top 30 Salary Cap Hits for right wingers heading into the 2010-11 NHL Season. We’ve used the salary cap number over the total salary for this season, due to the front loading of contracts. If a free agent signs and makes the list, we’ll update accordingly, but that is unlikely to happen.
Take a look at Top 30 salary cap numbers by position:
Centers | Left Wingers | Right Wingers | Defenseman | Goaltenders
| Rk. | Player | Team | Age | 2010-11 Cap Hit | 2010-11 Salary |
| 1 | Jarome Iginla | Calgary | 32 | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 2 | Daniel Briere | Philadelphia | 32 | $6,500,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 3 | Patrick Kane | Chicago | 21 | $6,300,000 | $6,500,000 |
| 4 | Phil Kessel | Toronto | 22 | $5,400,000 | $6,000,000 |
| 5 | Corey Perry | Anaheim | 25 | $5,325,000 | $5,375,000 |
| 6 | Jason Pominville | Buffalo | 27 | $5,300,000 | $5,500,000 |
| 7 | Martin St. Louis | Tampa Bay | 35 | $5,250,000 | $4,000,000 |
| 8 | Marian Hossa | Chicago | 31 | $5,233,000 | $7,900,000 |
| 9 | Brian Rolston | New Jersey | 37 | $5,062,000 | $5,000,000 |
| T10 | Brian Gionta | Montreal | 31 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| Alexei Kovalev | Ottawa | 37 | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 | |
| 12 | Daniel Alfredsson | Ottawa | 37 | $4,875,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 13 | Shane Doan | Phoenix | 33 | $4,550,000 | $4,550,000 |
| 14 | Teemu Selanne | Anaheim | 40 | $4,500,000 | $3,250,000 |
| 15 | Joffrey Lupul | Anaheim | 26 | $4,250,000 | $4,250,000 |
| 16 | Scott Hartnell | Philadelphia | 28 | $4,200,000 | $4,200,000 |
| 17 | Ales Hemsky | Edmonton | 26 | $4,100,000 | $4,500,000 |
| T18 | Michael Ryder | Boston | 30 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 |
| Jean-Pierre Dumont | Nashville | 32 | $4,000,000 | $4,000,000 | |
| 20 | Steve Sullivan | Nashville | 35 | $3,750,000 | $3,750,000 |
| 21 | Ryane Clowe | San Jose | 27 | $3,625,000 | $3,500,000 |
| 22 | Justin Williams | Los Angeles | 28 | $3,500,000 | $3,500,000 |
| 23 | Dainius Zubrus | New Jersey | 32 | $3,400,000 | $3,400,000 |
| 24 | Dustin Brown | Los Angeles | 25 | $3,175,000 | $3,500,000 |
| 25 | Kris Versteeg | Toronto | 24 | $3,083,000 | $3,083,000 |
| T26 | Dustin Byfuglien | Atlanta | 25 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
| Ales Kotalik | Calgary | 31 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| Milan Hejduk | Colorado | 34 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| Radim Vrbata | Phoenix | 29 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 | |
| Colby Armstrong | Toronto | 27 | $3,000,000 | $3,000,000 |
Injury Updates on Kessel, Michalek, and Ehrhoff
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on April 6th, 2010
- James Mirtle of the Globe and Mail: Maple Leafs sniper Phil Kessel left practice after only a few minutes yesterday with a muscle cramp/strain/pull. Kessel left Saturday’s game for 10-15 minutes with the same issue. Kessel was sent for further evaluation and it is not known yet if he’ll suit up tonight versus the Flyers.
- The Ottawa Citizen: It will be a game time decision for Milan Michalek tonight, but most likely it will be a Thursday return. Michalek has been out for the last nine games with an injured leg, and the Senators don’t want to rush him back.
- Iain MacIntyre of the Vancouver Sun: Christian Ehrhoff might have sprained his knee on Sunday night, but did not appear to be limping on his way for further medical tests yesterday. Unless the tests comeback negative in some way, Ehrhoff may not missed a lot of time.
Around the Boards: Niedermayer Retiring a Duck, Sens looking for a Center, Wings continue to get healthier, New center for Kessel
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on January 12th, 2010
- Helene Elliot of the Los Angeles Times: Scott Niedermayer is going retire an Anaheim Duck, and not get traded at the deadline. According to Ducks GM Bob Murray “No. Scotty and I have been talking and he’s going to retire an Anaheim Duck. And that’s the way it’s going to be unless he tells me different. I have an agreement with Scotty and it’s my word. “We’ve talked about this. I see him staying here. Who knows, he might play next year.”
- Bruce Harrioch of the Ottawa Sun: Senators GM Bryan Murray is looking to add a center, but no much is available at the moment.
- Dan Martin of the NY Post: Islanders GM Garth Snow is in no rush to trade his 3rd goalie, Martin Biron. That’s a smart move considering DiPietro’s history, he could get hurt in practice and be out for a year.
- Helene St. James of the Detroit Free Press: Happier times in Detroit with the all the potential returnees to their lineup lately. Defenseman Jonathan Ericsson could be back on Thrusday against the Hurricanes. Tomas Holmstrom is hoping to return on the 25th or 27th. Both Johan Franzen and Jason Williams are back skating.
- Paul Hunter of the Toronto Star: Phil Kessel has been in a 12 game scoring slump, and now the Maple Leafs have called up Tyler Bozak from the Marlies in an attempt to jump start Kessel. I think Bozak has the skill, speed and IQ to be a good center for Kessel, though I’m not sure if he’s ready just yet, time will tell. Bozak had 20 points in 32 game in the AHL, and battled the swine flu earlier in the season.
Around the Boards: Habs keeping Halak? Hitchcock safe for now, Gonchar leaving Pens after season? Kessel almost a Blue last season
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on December 28th, 2009
- Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News:
- The starting goalie flip-flop in Montreal may have taken place again, with Jaroslav Halak winning 3 consecutive games. Carey Pirce had lost 4 straight decisions. It’s looking like the Canadiens might be keeping Halak.
- Columbus is currently having a franchise worst stretch, 2-11-5, and coach Ken Hitchcock job is safe for at least the time being. Columbus has reportedly been looking to make a few shake-up deals, but have been unsuccessful so far. Team Leadership is something they need.
- This season could be the last for Sergei Gonchar in Pittsburgh unless he’ll take a pay cut. The 36 year old is looking for a 3 to 4 year deal worth between $15 and $20 million. The Pens seem to be fine with the years, but not at $5 million a season. Kris Letang needs a big raise from his current $625,000 salary, and looking for between $3 and $4 million.
- Joe Haggerty of CSNNE.com:
- It’s no secret that the Bruins are looking for scoring, but it probably won’t happen until closer to the deadline. They don’t expect anything in the upcoming weeks, the there is the 2 week Olympic shutdown. Until the Atlanta Trashers-Ilya Kovalchuk contract talks are resolved, you’ll read/hear the Bruins are a possible destination.
- Last season at the trade deadline, the Bruins and Blues were discussing Keith Tkachuk and David Perron for Phil Kessel.
Around the Boards: Flyers fire Stevens … DiPietro returns, to minors … Gustavsson surgery and Kessel’s return to Boston
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on December 5th, 2009
- Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Philadelphia Flyers have fired head coach John Stevens and replaced him with Peter Laviolette. Laviolette last coached in Carolina and led them to the Stanley Cup Championship in 2006. Look for the Flyers scoring to increase a bit.
“Laviolette’s] more of an offensive coach. His teams play a real aggressive, pursue-the-puck type of game. I think that’s going to suit us real well.”
- Arthur Staple of Newsday: Rick DiPietro will be making his first start in almost a year today, albeit it in the AHL.
- Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: Jonas Gustavsson second heart ablation surgery went well, and he’s expected to miss 7 to 10 days.
- Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star: Phil Kessel makes his return to Boston tonight, and I’m guessing it won’t be a friendly return.
Around the Boards: Forsberg, Lehtonen, and Kessel
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News, NHL Rumors on November 5th, 2009
- Larry Brooks of the NY Post: The New York Rangers have confirmed their interest in Peter Forsberg. “Yes, we have interest in Forsberg,” GM Glen Sather said. “From the reports we’ve been getting, the foot is much better than it was a year ago.” I see the Colorado Avalanche and the Philadelphia Flyers as the leading NHL clubs to land Forsberg, based on his apparently loyalty to past teams, though I can see the Flyers having trouble luring him due to salary cap restraints. With the Avalanche off to such a hot start, I think they are the leading candidates. Washington provides the most intrigue for him, possibly playing with Ovechkin or Semin would interest anyone.
- Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Despite the injuries to Simon Gagne and Danny Briere, the Flyers are not interested in Forsberg.
- The AP through The Globe and Mail: Kari Lehtonen, who’s already out recovering from back surgery, will undergo a second surgery and will be 6 to 8 weeks.
- Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun: Phil Kessel coming off his 10 shot Maple Leafs debut on Tuesday, found himself with a new centerman, John Mitchell, yesterday at practice. After 1 game Matt Stajan has possibly found himself off the Kessel-Blake line. Strange. Stajan worked okay with Kessel and Blake on Tuesday, but on occasion was too focused on getting Kessel than shooting at the partially open net.
- Chric Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: Jonathan Toews practiced with teammates yesterday, and will be a game day decision.
Phil Kessel Makes Maple Leafs Debut
Posted by Derek in NHL News, NHL Videos on November 4th, 2009
Phil Kessel made his long-awaited and highly anticipated debut for the Toronto Maple Leafs Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Maple Leafs have been competing better in recent games, looking like a much better team and showing some defensive aptitude with Jonas Gustavsson starting to emerge as the solid goaltender Brian Burke was hoping for.
Anyone who’s ever played hockey, or watched it for an extended period of time knows that a team will play completely different depending on the level of confidence they have in their goalie. There’s no worse feeling than that of knowing that any mistake you make has a great chance of ending up in the back of your net, and with the “Monster” bailing out his players from time to time you can see a big difference in the team defense with him in the crease.
That said, I would like to get back to Kessel for a minute here. For a guy who hasn’t played in 6 months and is recovering from shoulder surgery, he made an impact on the game playing 23:50 in the game with ten shots. (Wayne Primeau has 8 shot’s in 9 games, granted as a checking forward)
The problem for Kessel was predictable though. In one of our usual hockey chats yesterday, some friends and I figured with all the build-up for Kessel’s debut he would be pressured to try to make a difference right away, and therefore take an unnecessary risk, leaving himself open for a big hit. Guess what happened?
For those who missed it, here’s Mattias Ohlund welcoming Kessel back with open arms…
For the record, that was a classic, clean open-ice hit and I’m all for that. The problem I’m having is the lack of any response from Brian Burke’s “truculent” Leaf team. Where is all this “team toughness” Burke was selling all summer? What exactly is Colton Orr doing on the team anyway? Credit to Matt Stajan for the immediate response but this was the type of situation where a message needed to be sent. So what was stopping Orr from doing it? The Instigator Rule? Hmmmm…Who would you rather lose, Colton Orr to suspension or Phil Kessel to concussion?
To further the point, anyone who saw the overtime goal would’ve seen Ryan Malone slash the puck through Jonas Gustavsson as he was interfering with him in the process, another sign that the Lightning weren’t at all worried about the Leafs “team toughness”.
Let’s make one thing clear, Phil Kessel is the best chance the Leafs have of not giving up a 1st overall pick to Boston next season, with Gustavsson being the 2nd best chance, and the only true top 6 forward on that team. Is this not an investment worth protecting?
Around the Boards: Phil Kessel, Sam Gagne, Alex Ovechkin, Patrick Elias Updates, Wisniewski Suspended
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL Injuries, NHL News on November 3rd, 2009
- Mark Zwolinski of the Toronto Star: Phil Kessel is expected to receive clearance from doctors this morning to make his Toronto Maple Leafs debut tonight against the Tampa Bay Lightning. Kessel has been skating with Jason Blake and Matt Stajan. The problem I see with this line is that both Blake and Kessel like to shoot the puck a lot. It will be interesting to see how Stajan handles both shooters.
- Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Sam Gagne will be out of the Flyers lineup for 6-8 weeks after his hernia and abdominal surgery today. Though he definitely will be missed, it creates an opportunity for some of the Flyers younger kids to step up. Also, Daniel Briere hope to practice tomorrow, with the goal of playing on Friday.
- Corey Masisak of the Washington Times: Alexander Ovechkin is listed as wee-to-week with an upper body strain. Brooks Laich take Ovechkin’s spot on the line with Mike Knuble and Brendan Morrison.
- Tim Sassone of the Daily Herald: Jonathan Toews is still not allowed to skate, no timetable on his return has been set. There’s a chance that Marian Hossa returns before November 25th.
- Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: Struggling Canadiens winger Andrei Kostitsyn has been demoted to 4th line. Kostitsyn has only 1 goal and 3 assists in 14 games, and received only 7:32 minutes of ice time on Saturday.
- Curtis Zupke of the OC Register: Anaheim Ducks defenceman James Wisniewski was suspended for 2 games for his elbow on Shane Doan.
- Rich Chere of The Star-Ledger: Patrick Elias for the first time this season with the Devils and is eying a weekend return the lineup. He’ll give the Devils a much needed offensive jolt.
- Brian Mullen of the Nashville Tennessean: Shea Weber will be out the Nashville Predators lineup for 1 to 2 weeks.
- Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Province: Matt Pettinger signed on for his second stint with the Vancouver Canucks after inking a 1 year, 2-way, $500k contract.
Around the Boards: Fri. Oct. 30th
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 30th, 2009
- Chris McCosky of the Detroit News: The Detroit Red Wings offense took another hit last night with Valtteri Filppula broke his right wrist. He’ll be out for 6 to 8 weeks. Darren Helm may be given the first chance to replace Filppula on the 2nd line with Cleary and Bertuzzi.
- Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: It looks like Marian Gaborik’s return to Minnesota will have to be postponed as it doesn’t look like he’ll be returning to the New York Rangers lineup.
- Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Randy Jones was claimed off re-entry waivers by the Los Angeles Kings. Jones was in the final year of a 2 year, $5.5 million deal. Both the Flyers and Kings will have a $1.375 cap hit for Jones.
- Mark Zwolinski of the Toronto Star: Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson said there is a good chance that Phil Kessel will make his Toronto debut on Tuesday versus Tampa Bay. Vesa Toskala was activated and may see action tomorrow. Joey MacDonald and rookie Viktor Stalberg were sent to the AHL’s Marlies. Jiri Tlusty was recalled to take Stalberg’s roster spot.
- Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: Carey Price will be making the start tonight, his first since October 17th. The Canadiens are also mixing up their top 2 lines: Andrei Kostitsyn, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta; Mike Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec and Maxim Lapierre.
There have been rumors floating around that the Canadiens and Blackhawks might be talking trade involving Carey Price and Cristobal Huet, but they don’t appear to be true.
Around the Boards: Sat. Oct. 24th
Posted by Mark Easson in NHL News, NHL Rumors on October 24th, 2009
- Damien Cox of the Toronto Sun: Leaf fans are marking Nov. 3rd down on their calenders. Ron Wilson said that is the day they expect Phil Kessel to receive clearance for game action. That would be a little earlier than expected, mid-November was what they were hoping for initially.
- The Denver Post: Darcy Tucker was hammered from behind by Tuomo Ruutu last night, and was carted off on a stretcher. He looked like he was knocked unconscious before he hit the ice. Tucker was alert while being examined at the hospital.
- Chris Vivlamore of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta Thrashers goalie, Kari Lehtonen, continues to experience pain in his legs following his July back surgery. There is no time table for his return.
- Chris Kuc of the Chicago Tribune: Good news for Cristobal Huet fantasy owners, he’s still with the big club, and expected to start tonight.
- Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: 3 new lines for the Philadelphia Flyers: Claude Giroux centering Gagne and Ian Laperriere, Mike Richards centering Scott Hartnell and Aaron Asham, Danny Briere centering Jeff Carter and James van Riemsdyk. Ray Emery starts tonight, Brian Boucher starts tomorrow.
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