A lot of the older contracts were frontloaded, like Spezza's, while their newer ones like Karlsson's and Cowen's are backloaded. Right now their actual salary payroll is several million less than their cap.
Cowen, Karlsson, Turris and Greening are making a combined 10.5M this year, in a couple seasons from now their contracts balloon up to 18.7M, while Spezza is making 5M this year and will need to be re-signed or let go. Hopefully for the Sens those players continue to develop and earn their future salaries. But if Ottawa's budget isn't much more than 50M in a couple years time they might have some issues retaining their depth, especially if any of their young RFAs earn a big pay check.
Last edited by Oling_Roachinen; 09-30-2013 at 02:36 PM.
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