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https://theathletic.com/2016/06/16/b...y-cap-overage/

The Blackhawks have more than just salary cap hit amounts to compile when figuring out how to get under the cap ceiling for the 2016-17 season.

The Blackhawks also have to take into account their salary cap overage from the 2015-16 season: $3.07 million, according to Blackhawks assistant general manager Norm Maciver on Thursday.

The Blackhawks’ overage amount consists of bonuses earned by Artemi Panarin, Teuvo Teravianen and Michal Rozsival.

The Blackhawks have about $66 million already committed to next season’s cap with 16 players signed, last season’s overage and the retained cap hit of Rob Scuderi. The cap ceiling last season was $71.4 million. The NHL is expected to announce the 2016-17 cap ceiling early next week.

“[The overage] certainly factors in,” said Maciver, who was attending a press conference to announce a contract extension with AHL affiliate Rockford IceHogs. “We still haven’t found out what the number is going to be for next year. Once we get the information about what the cap number will be next year, it’ll certainly give us a little clearer picture as to how things might look for us come September. Until we get that number, we still got some things up in the air. We’ll hopefully have a clear picture by the draft when we know what the number will be.”

The Blackhawks faced a similar situation last season, but the overage was quite smaller. The Blackhawks had an overage of $750,000 after the 2014-15 season.