![]() ![]() We will explore the ins and outs of a Suter buyout later this week but for the purposes of this exercise, a Suter buyout would create $2,866,667 in cap space this summer. The first is through buyouts, for which there is one logical candidate. The Stars do have a couple of avenues to creating some more cap space. Additionally, Pavelski did the Stars a solid by taking a $3.5 million cap hit for next season and allowing the rest of his money to come on an easily attainable performance bonus, which can roll over to the 2024-25 season, when the cap is expected to make a larger leap. They could only bury $1.125 million of his $3.33 million AAV in the minors. For the past two seasons, the Stars have had to work with Anton Khudobin’s $2.208 million counting against the cap even though he was in the AHL. Can the Stars create more space?Īlthough the Stars are tight against the cap, they are positioned nicely this season in the sense that they don’t have any wasted cap space. To summarize, based on the current state of the roster and payroll alone, this leaves the Stars with about $6 million to fill four spots - all up front - for a 22-man roster of 13 forwards, seven defensemen and two goaltenders. That current cap hit does not include the approximately $1 million figure for Dellandrea. The Stars’ current cap hit is $76,105,329 and their ceiling, after accounting for the Pavelski overage, is just over $83 million. A more substantial rise in the cap is expected next year. Though it hasn’t been finalized yet, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has said the expected cap ceiling for this season is $83.5 million, a $1 million raise from last year, as the players continue to pay back debt to the owners in the fallout from the pandemic. The goaltenders are both locked in and that position actually is set in stone. They also have seven defensemen under contract, which makes their biggest area of need for an upgrade seemingly set already (we’ll get to that). Including Dellandrea, the Stars have nine forwards in the mix for next season already. Dellandrea’s qualifying offer as an RFA is $874,125 so his next contract will be a short-term (maybe one or two years) at around $1 million. ![]() For example, after Seguin’s total salary last season was $13 million, it’s $8.45 million this upcoming season but his cap hit in both seasons is $9.85 million.Īs you can see, the Stars have most of their roster filled out and most of their cap space occupied. Performance bonus overage: $372,829 (Pavelski)Ī housekeeping note: The figure in parenthesis is each player’s cap hit for the 2023-24 season, which is what matters as it pertains to the salary cap and considerations for roster construction. Under contract: Jake Oettinger ($4 million), Scott Wedgewood ($1 million) Unrestricted free agent: Joel Hanley Goaltenders Under contract: Miro Heiskanen ($8.45 million), Esa Lindell ($5.8 million), Ryan Suter ($3.65 million), Colin Miller ($1.85 million), Jani Hakanpää ($1.5 million), Nils Lundkvist ($925,000), Thomas Harley ($863,333). ![]() Unrestricted free agents: Max Domi, Evgenii Dadonov, Luke Glendening, Joel Kiviranta, Fredrik Olofsson Defensemen Under contract: Tyler Seguin ($9.85 million), Jamie Benn ($9.5 million), Roope Hintz ($8.45 million), Jason Robertson ($7.75 million), Mason Marchment ($4.5 million), Joe Pavelski ($3.5 million), Radek Faksa ($3.25 million), Wyatt Johnston ($894,167) So, before we explore potential moves the Stars can make this summer, let’s set the table by looking at the Stars’ salary cap situation so that conversations from this point forward can be grounded in a sense of reality.Īll figures used in this piece are courtesy of CapFriendly. Arguably the biggest obstacle for teams in this regard is the salary cap. Like most things, the answer to the question is usually easier said than done. ![]()
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