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Originally Posted by Finger Cookin
With a $69 million cap and $51 million floor, and a 23 man roster, the average NHL salary is ~$2.6M. Even if the cap stays flat for the remainder of Stajan's contract, it's hardly an exorbitant contract or an albatross. It's a good contract for this season and for the subsequent seasons. It comfortably slots him in as a #2 or #3 center on most teams, in terms of pay.
Whether we need him as a center for years 3 and 4 (or even year 2) of the contract is, to me, an entirely separate issue.
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If you break the cap down the top 6 forwards would be allocated 30M, the top 4 D 20M and #1 goalie 5M.
that leaves 14 M for the bottom 6 f 2 d and backup goalie. 14/9 leave you with around 1.5 M / player
Stajan is not a top 6 f on any NHL team.
Example:
LA top 6 F -32M
top 4 D 16.6M
#1 G 5.8M
Chicago
top 6 29.975 top 4 18.8 #1 G 6M