Over at the Bruins Insider blog on BostonHerald.com, Douglas Flynn has a good post looking at each Bruins player's salary for the coming season. With the trade for Schaefer, that brings them closer to the cap. Here are the salaries for the current players (quoted from the blog post):
Boston Bruins 2007-08 (Estimated) Payroll
Forwards
Marc Savard $5,000,000
Patrice Bergeron $4,750,000
Glen Murray $4,150,000
Marco Sturm $3,500,000
Phil Kessel $2,200,000* ($850,000 base, $1,350,000 bonuses)
Peter Schaefer $2,100,000
P.J. Axelsson $1,850,000
Chuck Kobasew $1,200,000
Stanislav Chistov $800,000
Brandon Bochenski $600,000
Shawn Thornton $517,000
Jeremy Reich $487,000
Mark Mowers $463,000
Total: $27,617,000
Defense
Zdeno Chara $7,500,000
Aaron Ward $2,750,000
Andrew Ference $1,400,000
Mark Stuart $1,579,000* ($942,400 base, $637,500 bonuses)
Andrew Alberts $1,250,000
Dennis Wideman $600,000
Bobby Allen $500,000*
Total: $15,579,000
Goalies
Manny Fernandez $4,333,333
Tim Thomas $1,100,000
Hannu Toivonen $532,000
Total: $5,965,333
Buyouts:
Travis Green $233,000
Long-term injury exemptions:
Alexei Zhamnov $4,100,000
Total (including buyouts, minus long-term injury): $49,394,333
Cap limit: $50,300,000
Other candidates to make lineup:
Matt Lashoff $850,000* ($585,000 base, $265,000 bonuses)
David Krejci $883,333* ($775,000 base, $100,000 bonuses)
Nate Thompson $483,333*
Ben Walter $566,667*
Martins Karsums $883,333* ($775,000 base, $100,000 bonuses)
Vladimir Sobotka $750,000* ($550,000 base, $200,000 bonuses)
Jonathan Sigalet $495,000*
Tuukka Rask $3,200,000* ($850,000 base, $2,350,000 bonuses)
* — two-way contract (NHL salary listed)
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