A source told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun that forwards Kane and Toews will each receive five-year...

A source told ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun that forwards Kane and Toews will each receive five-year deals for $31.5 million and a $6.3 million average salary. Keith, a defenseman, gets a 13-year, $72 million contract that averages $5.54 million per season.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/news/story?id=4707737

What does this mean for Backstrom, Semin, and the Caps?

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That’s going to be a good team for a long time now. They don’t need that much more talent around the guys they have locked up long term. As long as they draft well and qualify their RFAs they should be able to keep cheap skill coming in.

Opinions of yours I don't care about: Politics, Religion, Ovechkin.

by Rob Parker on Dec 2, 2009 11:22 PM EST reply actions

Here’s a 24-man roster for next year: 14 forwards, 8 defensemen and two goalies. I gave Backstrom and Semin 6.3 Million each, B-Mo and Juice each got raises, and Pothier took a pay cut. For anyone who’s still worried about the Caps being able to afford Backstrom and Semin, relax. With Nylander and Theo off the payroll, it should be no problem.

AUTO-GENERATED CAPGEEK.COM LINES
FORWARDS
Alexander Ovechkin ($9.538m) / * Alexander Semin ($6.300m) / * Nicklas Backstrom ($6.300m)
Mike Knuble ($2.800m) / Chris Clark ($2.633m) / Brooks Laich ($2.067m)
* Brendan Morrison ($2.000m) / Matt Bradley ($1.000m) / * Eric Fehr ($0.800m)
* Tomas Fleischmann ($0.800m) / * Boyd Gordon ($0.761m) / * Dave Steckel ($0.725m)
Mathieu Perreault ($0.717m) / * Quintin Laing ($0.500m)
DEFENSEMEN
Mike Green ($5.250m) / Tom Poti ($3.500m)
* Brian Pothier ($2.000m) / Karl Alzner ($1.675m)
* Milan Jurcina ($1.500m) / John Erskine ($1.250m)
John Carlson ($0.846m) / * Jeff Schultz ($0.800m)
GOALTENDERS
Michal Neuvirth ($0.822m) / Simeon Varlamov ($0.822m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
ROSTER: 24; PAYROLL: $55.405m; CAP ROOM: $2.245m BONUSES: $0.850m

Atta dinnin stick a who!

by Gould Old Days on Dec 3, 2009 1:48 AM EST reply actions 2 recs

Thanks, GOD, for doing the work I didn’t feel like/didn’t have time for. I was a bit worried since 6.3 per year was a little higher than we had all hoped for, considering we were using these guys as a benchmark, at least for Backstrom.

And, with 2.245 in cushion, it leaves a little wiggle room for contracts. And that includes Alzner and Carlson with the Caps. Just awesome.

by HateOffSeason on Dec 3, 2009 7:54 AM EST up reply actions

I like that lineup, but do you think you might be a little low on what the RFA’s end up with for next year? It’s pretty early in the season to assume you’re going to get all of them for their qualifying offers (if Fehr keeps going, he’s finally going to be due a decent raise, don’t you think?). Good thing the goalies are still on their entry level contracts, but the year after next, there goes the cap space. I also think BMo is earning himself more than a $500k raise.

"The Caps fan doesn't say, 'is the glass half full' or 'is the glass half empty'. He wonders when the glass is going to spill."

by gfcaps fan on Dec 3, 2009 8:17 AM EST up reply actions

Is Fehr going?

My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.

by jordanDC on Dec 3, 2009 9:52 AM EST up reply actions

Fehr’s an RFA — he ain’t going anywhere unless he’s traded.

I believe Fehr’s a year behind Flash, in terms of eligibility. I’m expecting his numbers to be relatively similar to Flash’s from last year, when you account for Flash’s time out with pneumonia. So I bet he gets a salary similar to Flash’s for this year.

Atta dinnin stick a who!

by Gould Old Days on Dec 3, 2009 12:29 PM EST up reply actions

Semin at 6.3M is a little unsavory for me, although I appreciate the WAG factor, and that it may be for a much shorter term.

Agreed about BMo getting more than $2M, I’m thinking he’ll get more – although he won’t be 35 until August of next year, thus opening the door for a cap friendly deal? ;-)

Russian Machine very rarely breaks.

by macvechkin on Dec 3, 2009 5:11 PM EST up reply actions

Semin can walk if he wants 6.3. I don’t care how skilled he is, what is his production? Not production per minute, or any of the other stats that show how good Semin can be. What is his production? Damn sure not 6.3 mill worth.

Listen to Ol' Hank Murphy and eat your damn onions.

by Rob Parker on Dec 3, 2009 5:57 PM EST up reply actions

We’re in trouble when Neulamvirthov gets his next contract.

My ability to post is only surpassed by my ability to pinch pennies.

by jordanDC on Dec 3, 2009 9:53 AM EST up reply actions

I think by then one of ’em is gone.

by red army line on Dec 5, 2009 12:49 PM EST up reply actions

i was just wondering the other day why we hadn’t heard any news on a potential backstrom contract. would’ve been nice to iron out the figures before the kane and toews contracts.

by Natty Bumppo on Dec 3, 2009 9:37 AM EST reply actions