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A KD interview with Frank Seravalli from yesterday. Talks about Bedard, Frondell and other prospects.
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.
Great question…
This falls under the NHL’s Performance Bonus Carryover (Overage) rule. Teams are allowed to go over the cap during the season if players hit their bonuses — but any amount that pushes them over gets charged against next year’s cap.
So yes, the Blackhawks can use that mechanism. If Bedard or any other ELC players hit their performance bonuses, Chicago could end up with an overage that reduces next year’s available cap space.
This is why some rebuilding teams intentionally take on a bad contract or two — they have the room, and bonus overages won’t hurt them long-term.
But starting next season, extensions for guys like Bedard, Nazar, and Knight will tighten the cap picture, so Chicago won’t have quite as much flexibility as they do right now.
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I 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?
All the bonuses we paid for the 2010 cup win, especially Toews’ huge bonus went into 2011? So I expect so?
I 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?
It’s crazy to me that 11 players on this team are 24 and younger.
Knight is fantastic
38 goals
81 ApplesSubtract Bedard you’ve got 21 goals by 8 different players, at that rate you’ve got 60ish goals and 180 apples to end the season, that’s not including the vets and whatever Connor ends the season with?
Glad to see the team is playing well and having great periods against some solid teams. Seems like every game lately, we have at least one period where we dominate and overall we seem to be playing teams more even 5v5. The standings are so tight, the few blown calls by the refs and a minor mistakes have been the difference from this team being around the top 10 vs being 21st in the league.
I know the goaltending has been huge, but if they can just tighten the screws a little more defensively and find one more star forward, this team is going to start to be a problem.
I like Rinzel’s game, but man he has been getting caught a half step behind a bit too much lately and taking penalties or just barely getting away with infractions because he is trying to keep up. Last night vs Vegas he probably could have been called a couple more times for getting his stick in the hands because he was beat. I’m wondering if the NHL grind is wearing on him a bit.
Overall, really like the position we are in. Cap space is looking good. Young players growing into bigger roles. Prospects excelling in various leagues right now. 5 more draft picks this year in the first 2 rounds. We could be in for a really fun next 5-10+ years or more depending how they manage these assets.
I do notice he gets caught flat footed at times at the blue line, i think one of his off season workouts will be to improve the first step backwards. I do agree they could of called some on him but if they did LVGK would of been in the box all night. I’m really not complaining i want them to have to battle through the infractions it’s only going to make them better, just an observation of how many teams are having to play this style to compete and beat us.
<p class=”userway-s15-active” data-userway-s15-styled=”true” style=”font-family: UDF, serif !important; transition: all;”>Glad to see the team is playing well and having great periods against some solid teams. Seems like every game lately, we have at least one period where we dominate and overall we seem to be playing teams more even 5v5. The standings are so tight, the few blown calls by the refs and a minor mistakes have been the difference from this team being around the top 10 vs being 21st in the league.
<p class=”userway-s15-active” data-userway-s15-styled=”true” style=”font-family: UDF, serif !important; transition: all;”>I know the goaltending has been huge, but if they can just tighten the screws a little more defensively and find one more star forward, this team is going to start to be a problem.
<p class=”userway-s15-active” data-userway-s15-styled=”true” style=”font-family: UDF, serif !important; transition: all;”>I like Rinzel’s game, but man he has been getting caught a half step behind a bit too much lately and taking penalties or just barely getting away with infractions because he is trying to keep up. Last night vs Vegas he probably could have been called a couple more times for getting his stick in the hands because he was beat. I’m wondering if the NHL grind is wearing on him a bit.
<p class=”userway-s15-active” data-userway-s15-styled=”true” style=”font-family: UDF, serif !important; transition: all;”>Overall, really like the position we are in. Cap space is looking good. Young players growing into bigger roles. Prospects excelling in various leagues right now. 5 more draft picks this year in the first 2 rounds. We could be in for a really fun next 5-10+ years or more depending how they manage these assets.
I can’t wait until we dominate the Preds. I hate those mother )(&^$#@×/_>.
Glad to see the team is playing well and having great periods against some solid teams. Seems like every game lately, we have at least one period where we dominate and overall we seem to be playing teams more even 5v5. The standings are so tight, the few blown calls by the refs and a minor mistakes have been the difference from this team being around the top 10 vs being 21st in the league.
I know the goaltending has been huge, but if they can just tighten the screws a little more defensively and find one more star forward, this team is going to start to be a problem.
I like Rinzel’s game, but man he has been getting caught a half step behind a bit too much lately and taking penalties or just barely getting away with infractions because he is trying to keep up. Last night vs Vegas he probably could have been called a couple more times for getting his stick in the hands because he was beat. I’m wondering if the NHL grind is wearing on him a bit.
Overall, really like the position we are in. Cap space is looking good. Young players growing into bigger roles. Prospects excelling in various leagues right now. 5 more draft picks this year in the first 2 rounds. We could be in for a really fun next 5-10+ years or more depending how they manage these assets.
