On the Boston Bruins and the Pittsburgh Penguins …
Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: The Bruins have about $66 million committed towards the cap, and could they be looking to build some space for Jimmy Vesey when he becomes a free agent in mid-August?
Vesey will have a $925,000 base salary, but potentially up to $2.85 million in performance bonuses. Teams like the Bruins will be cautious with their salary cap ceilings as they may not want to risk bonus overages for next season.
The Penguins will need to shed some salary as they are $2 million over the $73 million salary cap ceiling. The Penguins have until the start of the season to get under the cap. (They can LTIR Pascal Dupuis)
On the Toronto Maple Leafs …
Lance Hornby: Maple Leafs Peter Holland cleared waivers yesterday and he’s lost some bargaining power for his arbitration hearing with the Leafs. The Leafs are offering $900,000 and Holland is asking for $2.1 million.
On the Arizona Coyotes …
General Fanager: Luke Schenn signed a two year deal with the Coyotes with a cap hit of $1.25 million. With 23 players under contract, the Coyotes have approximately $12.84 million cap space.
Craig Morgan: Luke Schenn: “I’m looking forward to coming to a market where I can just worry about playing hockey and not outside added pressure.”
On the Minnesota Wild …
Tim Wharnsby: The Wild and Jordan Schroeder agreed to a one year deal worth $650,000 in the NHL, $275,000 in the AHL, with $300,000 guaranteed.
On the Nashville Predators and P.K. Subban …
Adam Vingan of the Tennessean: P.K. Subban thinks there will be less distractions playing in Nashville than in Montreal.
“I think there’s just less distractions,” Subban said of his expectations of playing in Nashville. “I think in Montreal, things can become distractions for a team, and for us, I think that here, there’s going to be less distractions for sure.”
Predators GM David Poile said that Subban is “probably the biggest” persona that the Predators have ever had. Poile said he knows what they are getting in Subban and are okay with it.
“I told him the same thing — I traded for P.K. Subban, the player and the person,” Poile said. “I could say there’s going to be things that we’re going to find out about him as a player that he can do or can’t do or other things that will come up over time, but I don’t want him to change. We want different players.
“I guess sometimes whether it be a team or a business or whatever walk of life you’re in, you want everybody to sort of march to the same beat. We don’t want that. We can’t win with 20 players that are exactly the same, either skill-wise or personality-wise. I want different types of players and I want different personalities.”