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Assistant Coach Sergei Gonchar
Assistant Coach Jacques Martin
Assistant Coach Mark Recchi
Goaltending Coach Mike Buckley

Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins (AHL)

Wheeling Nailers (ECHL)

Cap Hit	$80,299,947
Cap Space	$1,200,053
LTIR Pool	$0
Roster	23/23
Contracts	50/50

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Transactions

assigned D Zach Trotman to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).	Dec 6
activated D Justin Schutz from injured reserve.	Dec 6
signed RW Stefan Noesen to a one-year, two-way contract worth $700,000.	Dec 2
waived C Joseph Blandisi.	Dec 2
activated D Kris Letang from injured reserve.	Nov 25

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Line Combinations Updated: Dec 07 (3:38pm)

Guentzel $6,000,0006M	Malkin $9,500,0009.5M	Rust $3,500,0003.5M	Letang $7,250,0007.3M	Marino $925,0000.9M
Line 1 $19,000,000			Pairing 1 $8,175,000
Kahun $925,0000.9M	McCann $1,250,0001.3M	Tanev $3,500,0003.5M	Johnson $3,250,0003.3M	Schultz $5,500,0005.5M
Line 2 $5,675,000			Pairing 2 $8,750,000
Aston-Reese $1,000,0001M	Blueger $750,0000.8M	Simon $750,0000.8M	Pettersson $874,1250.9M	Ruhwedel $700,0000.7M
Line 3 $2,500,000			Pairing 3 $1,574,125
Galchenyuk $4,900,0004.9M	Lafferty $767,5000.8M	Noesen $700,0000.7M	Murray $3,750,0003.8M	Jarry $675,0000.7M
Line 4 $6,367,500			Goalies $4,425,000

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Injury Report

	Bryan Rust - Lower Body Rust has missed the previous three games due to a lower-body injury, but he is expected to suit up against the Coyotes on Friday. probable - Prob Fri Updated Dec 6, 2019
	Jack Johnson - Illness Johnson was held out of the last game with an illness, but it is likely that he will be in Friday's lineup versus the Coyotes. probable - Prob Fri Updated Dec 6, 2019
	Justin Schultz - Lower Body Schultz has been activated from the injured reserve list after a lower-body ailment, and it is projected that he will play against the Coyotes on Friday. probable - Prob Fri Updated Dec 6, 2019
	Patric Hornqvist - Lower Body Hornqvist has been added to the injured reserve list and is expected to be sidelined for one month with a lower-body injury. I-R - Early Jan Updated Dec 5, 2019

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Performance Bonuses
Movement Clauses
35+ Over 35 Contract
IR - Injured Reserve

Entry Level Contract
Waiver Exempt
Has Arbitration Rights
Two-way contract

(13) Forwards $51,642,500 63.4% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Crosby, Sidney IR	C IR --> 0	32	$8,700,000 NMC	$8,700,000 NMC	$8,700,000 NMC	$8,700,000 NMC	$8,700,000 NMC	$0 UFA (2025)
Malkin, Evgeni	C NHL --> 0	33	$9,500,000 NMC	$9,500,000 NMC	$9,500,000 NMC	$0 UFA
Hornqvist, Patric	RW NHL --> 0	32	$5,300,000 NTC	$5,300,000 NTC	$5,300,000 M-NTC	$5,300,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Bjugstad, Nick IR	C IR --> 0	27	$4,100,000	$4,100,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Rust, Bryan	RW NHL --> 0	27	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$3,500,000	$0 UFA
Noesen, Stefan	RW NHL --> 0	26	$700,000	$0 UFA
Galchenyuk, Alex	C NHL --> 0	25	$4,900,000	$0 UFA
Blueger, Teddy	C NHL --> 0	25	$750,000	$750,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Guentzel, Jake	LW NHL --> 0	25	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000 M-NTC	$6,000,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2024)
McCann, Jared	LW NHL --> 0	23	$1,250,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Lafferty, Sam	C NHL --> 0	24	$767,500	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Simon, Dominik	RW NHL --> 0	25	$750,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Tanev, Brandon	LW NHL --> 0	27	$3,500,000 M-NTC	$3,500,000 M-NTC	$3,500,000 M-NTC	$3,500,000 M-NTC	$3,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA (2025)
Aston-Reese, Zach	LW NHL --> 0	25	$1,000,000	$1,000,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Kahun, Dominik	LW NHL --> 0	24	$925,000	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$51,642,500	$42,350,000	$36,500,000	$23,500,000	$18,200,000	$0

(8) Defence $23,449,125 28.8% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Johnson, Jack	D NHL --> 0	32	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$3,250,000	$0 UFA
Letang, Kris	D NHL --> 0	32	$7,250,000 NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000 NMC M-NTC	$7,250,000 NMC M-NTC	$0 UFA
Dumoulin, Brian	D NHL --> 0	28	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$4,100,000	$0 UFA
Schultz, Justin	D NHL --> 0	29	$5,500,000 M-NTC	$0 UFA
Ruhwedel, Chad	D NHL --> 0	29	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Pettersson, Marcus	D NHL --> 0	23	$874,125	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Marino, John	D NHL --> 0	22	$925,000	$925,000	$0 RFA
Riikola, Juuso	D NHL --> 0	26	$850,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$23,449,125	$16,225,000	$14,600,000	$7,350,000	$0	$0

(2) Goalies $4,425,000 5.4% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Murray, Matt	G NHL --> 0	25	$3,750,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Jarry, Tristan	G NHL --> 0	24	$675,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$4,425,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

(1) Buried $175,000 0.2% of cap

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
DeSmith, Casey	G MIN --> 0	28	$175,000	$175,000	$125,000	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$175,000	$175,000	$125,000	$0	$0	$0

Cap Summary Projection Share Copy Link Embed Tweet It
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023
Roster Size Number of players on the Active Roster. Cannot exceed 23 players. Excludes players on IR and LTIR. Learn More Or Ask A Question	25	14	9	6
Standard Player Contracts Number of players signed to Standard Player Contracts (SPC's). Cannot exceed 50 players. Some players do not count towards this, such as 18/19 Year-Old players in Junior with less than 10 NHL Games Played in Season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	50	32	20	9
Upper Limit The maximum Salary Cap Hit of all players counting towards the active roster. Often referred to as "Salary Cap". This is determined in the summer and is based on the previous season's revenues, per the CBA. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000	$81,500,000
Projected Cap Hit Anticipated Season-End Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap. Assumes current roster is in effect for the remainder of season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$80,299,947	$58,750,000	$51,225,000	$33,300,834
Projected Cap Space Amount of Cap Space projected to be available at end of year. Calculated as Annual Salary Cap minus Projected Cap Hit. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$1,200,053	$22,750,000	$30,275,000	$48,199,166
Current Cap Space Amount of Cap Space that can be added to the roster without exceeding the Upper Limit (Salary Cap Maximum) based on the current roster. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$1,875,713	$22,750,000	$30,275,000	$48,199,166
Maximum LTIR Pool The maximum amount of Long Term Injured Reserve space potentially available. This is the Cap Hit of player on LTIR less the Cap Space available for team at time player was on LTIR. A player can go on LTIR when they expect to miss 10 games and 24 days in the season. A player on LTIR does not come off of the salary cap, instead a team is allowed to exceed the cap by the LTIR amount. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Roster Annual Cap Hit Anticipated Cap Hit based on the current roster, calculated by summing all Cap Hits of players currently counting towards the Salary Cap + retained salary + buyouts. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$79,824,125	$58,750,000	$51,225,000	$33,300,834
Carryover Bonus Overages Teams can exceed the salary cap due to players receiving performance bonuses. If a team exceeds the salary cap due to performance bonuses, they carryover to the previous season and reduce the cap space a team has. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$132,500	$0	$0	$0
Potential Bonuses Performance Bonuses that players on the active roster are eligible to achieve. A team can exceed the salary cap due to performance bonuses, but they carry over to the following season. Learn More Or Ask A Question	$3,832,500	$850,000	$0	$0
Retained Salary Remaining Teams can retain salary/cap hit when they trade a player. A team can only have a maximum of 3 players that they retained salary on. Learn More Or Ask A Question	3	3	3	3

(28) Non-Roster

Player	POS	Age	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
Agozzino, Andrew	LW MIN --> 0	28	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Trotman, Zach	D MIN --> 0	29	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Warsofsky, David	D MIN --> 0	29	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Pedan, Andrey	D MIN --> 0	26	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Di Pauli, Thomas	RW MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Blandisi, Joseph	C MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Segalla, Ryan	D --> 0	24	$0			$0 UFA
Czuczman, Kevin	D MIN --> 0	28	$700,000	$700,000	$0 UFA
Angello, Anthony	RW MIN --> 0	23	$833,750	$0 RFA			$0 UFA
Taylor, Jeff	D MIN --> 0	25	$0 UFA		$0 UFA
Martinsen, Andreas	LW MIN --> 0	29	$750,000	$0 UFA
Knott, Graham	LW MIN --> 0	22	$728,333	$0 RFA
Pavlychev, Nikita	C --> 0	22	$0
Bengtsson, Lukas	D MIN --> 0	25	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Bjorkqvist, Kasper	RW MIN --> 0	22	$790,000	$790,000	$0 RFA
Jones, Ryan	D --> 0	23	$0				$0 UFA
Almari, Niclas	D MIN --> 0	21	$809,166	$809,166	$809,166	$0 RFA
Masonius, Joseph	D --> 0	22	$0
DeSmith, Casey	G MIN --> 0	28	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$1,250,000	$0 UFA
Joseph, Pierre-Olivier	D MIN --> 0	20	$863,333	$863,333	$863,333	$0 RFA
Lauzon, Zachary	D --> 0	21	$0
Phillips, Clayton	D --> 0	20	$0
Drozg, Jan	RW MIN --> 0	20	$809,166	$809,166	$809,166	$0 RFA
Olund, Linus	C MIN --> 0	22	$775,833	$775,833	$0 RFA
Palojarvi, Antti	D --> 0	20	$0
Reilly, William	D --> 0	22	$0
Johnson, Adam	LW MIN --> 0	25	$700,000	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Miletic, Sam	LW MIN --> 0	22	$710,000	$0 RFA
Addison, Calen	D MIN --> 0	19	SLIDE	$778,333	$778,333	$778,333	$0 RFA
Hallander, Filip	MIN --> 0	22	$778,333	$778,333	$778,333	$0 RFA
Almeida, Justin	LW MIN --> 0	20	$809,166	$809,166	$809,166	$0 RFA
Gorman, Liam	C --> 0	19	$0
Haggerty, Ryan	RW MIN --> 0	26	$675,000	$0 RFA
Bellerive, Jordan	C MIN --> 0	20	$733,333	$733,333	$733,333	$0 RFA
D'Orio, Alex	G MIN --> 0	20	$733,333	$733,333	$733,333	$0 RFA
Peters, Anthony	G --> 0	28	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Uher, Dominik	C --> 0	26	$0 RFA	$0 UFA
Lucchini, Jake	LW MIN --> 0	24	$792,500	$0 RFA		$0 UFA
Palve, Oula	C MIN --> 0	27	$792,500	$0 UFA
Larmi, Emil	G MIN --> 0	23	$700,000	$700,000	$0 RFA
Poulin, Samuel	LW MIN --> 0	18	SLIDE	$894,167	$894,167	$894,167	$0 RFA
Legare, Nathan	RW MIN --> 0	18	SLIDE	$778,334	$778,334	$778,334	$0 RFA
Caulfield, Judd	--> 0	18	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Puustinen, Valtteri	LW --> 0	20	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Airola, Santeri	D --> 0	19	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Abt, Matt	D --> 0	26	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Berger, Chase	C --> 0	25	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Kim, Michael	D --> 0	24	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
Lizotte, Jon	D --> 0	25	$0					$0 UFA	$0 UFA
TOTALS			TOTALS		$20,527,079	$13,052,497	$7,986,664	$2,450,834	$0	$0

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