The Leafs caphit is almost $61M! – all for a team in “rebuilding mode”
Strange numbers, considering the NHL cap is currently $56.8 million.
I also found some astonishing numbers while doing my own research:
Scott Gomez: $8 million per year for the next 5 seasons. (Crazy!!!!!)
Mike Cammalleri: $5 million this season, $6.25 million for the next 4 seasons (Nuts!!!)
Brian Gionta: $5 million per year for the next 5 seasons. (Holy crap!!)
Roman Hamrlik: $5.5 million per year for the next 2 seasons. (Say what??)
Andrei Kostitsyn: $3.25 million per year for the next 2 seasons. (What's he ever done?)
Hal Gill: $2.25 million per year for the next 2 seasons. (Another marginal multi-millionaire!)
Jaroslav Spacek: $3.83 million per year for the next 3 seasons. (Again, what's he ever done? I didn't even know who he was until he signed with the Scabs.)
I see that Carey Price is on the last year of his current contract (under $1 million). He'll be an RFA after this season & will likely be looking at something in the $7-10 million range. Where will Boring Bob find the money to re-sign him? The Scabs are currently almost capped-out. Of course, it's entirely possible that Boring Bob no longer will be this sad-sack team's GM.
Reflecting upon this, i'm amazed at the kind of money thrown around at marginal to 2nd line players. Yes, Gomez, Cammalleri & Gionta are 2nd line players on half of the other teams in the league. Makes me wish i wasn't 5'7 instead of 5'11....maybe i actually could have made a career in the NHL if only i had Boring Bob Gainey as the Scabs GM back in the day! How did Roman Hamrlik wind up getting that kind of money? Hal "The Big Stiff" Gill being rewarded with a multi-million dollar contract? "Gutless" Andrei Kostitsyn already a multi-millionaire even though he's never accomplished ANYTHING in this league? Jaroslav Spacek earning millions for the next few seasons? Who the hell is Jaroslav Spacek??
ASTONISHING!!!!!!!