Say that Murray plays and plays well this playoff and the Pens keep him. Expansion Draft FAQ. Most historical data provided by Dan Diamond and Associates. The Pens have had no worse player over the past two years, so getting out of the last three years of the always poor $3.25 million cap hit would be a Godsend. Here are the players most likely to not be back in 2020-21 due to the need to tighten up financially. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance. Offer Sheet FAQ. Buy his book. FORUMS. We now have an idea of what the NHL offseason trade market looks like. Maybe. On The Athletic Pittsburgh’s third anniversary, we are thankful for … you! There’s no such thing as a small market that needs bad salary. Let’s earmark $7 million, conservatively, for McCann and Murray. The cap floor was (and still will be) $60.2 million. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. But many teams out there will be looking to shed expensive players. Copyright © 2000-2020 Sports Reference LLC. Or somewhere in between. Pittsburgh Penguins Schedule, Roster, News, and Rumors | PensBurgh, What a flat salary cap in 2020-21 means for the Penguins. Or, Murray could play well and the team might decide to commit to him, either short or longer term. Pittsburgh Penguins 2023-2024 Salary Cap. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. The salary cap savings are even more pronounced, instead of carrying a $3.25 million cap hit in 2020-21, Johnson’s cap number will be $1.1 million (that will fluctuate over the next six seasons). WHA hat tricks courtesy Scott Surgent. Waivers FAQ. The question will be, what do the Penguins pay him on and how much can and should they commit? over just keeping Johnson on his $3.25m cap hit. Are you a Stathead, too? Salary cap totals including salaries, buyout figures, and projected floor & cap space. Join our linker program. The former Penguins netminder seems to be staying put in Las Vegas. Take a $1.1m penalty for next year for Johnson and plug in Pierre-Olivier Joseph on his entry level contract ($925,000 cap hit) or re-sign Juuso Riikola or find some other depth defender for a million dollars and the Pens would save over a million bucks in the 2020-21 season. We use cookies to offer you a better browsing experience, analyze site traffic, & serve targeted ads. And Jarry’s arbitration yields him a salary in the $2-3 million range. Ditto Ottawa, who has $42 million on the books next year for only about half a team (13 players).