In an offseason where the Blackhawks were flush with cap space, Stan Bowman used his space to address the team’s needs.
The Blackhawks have $1,961,539 in cap space remaining per PuckPedia. While CapFriendly has the Blackhawks remaining cap space at $2,036,539, the difference between the two numbers is that Puckpedia is making the assumption that both Domnik Kubalik ($925,000) and Anton Wedin ($925,000) make the NHL roster. Very likely, only time will tell. In addition, neither site is assuming that Alexander Nylander is making the roster. Remember, in most cases, only players on the NHL roster count against the salary cap. That is barring extenuating circumstances of an NHL player being sent to the AHL to give the team salary cap relief.
Now here is a snap shot of the Blackhawks’ roster moves based on their cap numbers.
Players retained:
- Dylan Sikura (forward) — Cap hit of $750,000 through 2020–21.
- David Kampf (forward) — Cap hit of $1 million through 2020–21.
Players added:
- Calvin de Haan (defenseman) — Cap hit of $4.5 million through 2021–22.
- Olli Maatta (defenseman) — Cap hit of $4,083,333 through 2021–22.
- Robin Lehner (goalie) — Cap hit of $5 million through 2019–20.
- Andrew Shaw (forward) — Cap hit of $3.9 million through 2021–22.
- John Quenneville (forward) — Cap hit of $750,000 through 2020–21.
- Ryan Carpenter (forward) — Cap hit of $1 million through 2021–22.
Players subtracted:
- Dominik Kahun (forward) — Cap hit of $925,000.
- John Hayden (forward) — Cap hit of $750,000.
- Gustav Forsling (defenseman) — Pending contract, restricted free agent.
Restricted free agent:
- Brendan Perlini (forward) — Pending contract.
With Perlini remaining unsigned, there could be more roster moves coming for the Blackhawks this offseason.