was just curious since we are so far under the cap for next year, i imagine the Blackhawks will be paying the max bonus to Connor Bedard and I’m sure other ELC players will be getting a bonus, can the Blackhawks count that money towards next years cap hit?
Don’t think so Dots. From an article I read the bonuses are applied to the cap as soon as they are earned. If, at the end of year there’s not enough cap space to absorb the bonuses, then the balance is rolled over to the next year.
Per Puckpedia, Hawks are sitting 20M under the cap as of now. Total bonus payout for the players on ELC are:
Bedard 1M “A” bonuses, 2.5M “B” bonuses = 3.5M total
Nazar 900K “A”
Moore 600K “A”
Greene 750K “A”
Rinzel 500K “A”
Levshunov 1M “A” , 2.25M “B” = 3.25M total
“A” bonuses are for reaching various plateaus within the team for goals, assists, points, TOI, +/-
“B” awards are for winning league awards or finishing in the top 10 in scoring among forward or d-men.
Even if all the young players somehow achieve all their bonuses, the total above is about 9.5M well under the cap space the Hawks have for this season.