Monday, June 27, 2016

Shaw in Montreal for a Stretch



Andrew Shaw... signed, sealed and stickin' around Montreal for six seasons.

One of the big deals at this year's entry draft saw the Blackhawks part ways with the gritty forward in an attempt to help their own salary cap causes.  Shaw, 24, signed a 6-year deal, reportedly worth $23.4 million (a $3.9 million cap hit per season) with his new club and plans to be part of the long-term solution for the Canadiens.

Shaw isn't exactly known for his offensive flair, but he did pot 14 goals and 34 points for the Blackhawks last season, ranking him 250th overall in pool scoring, 178th among all forwards.  He won't win any scoring titles, but he is useful in more than one situation, that's for sure.

Shaw's deal does carry a pretty long term, but his cap hit is quite comparable, especially to new teammate Brendan Gallagher, whose playing style is very similar to Shaw's.  The 17 roster-ready players I have for this team are coming in at a cap hit of $62 million, after buyout numbers on their books, so they still have a little bit of room to play with for their roster spots to be filled.

Forwards Cap Defense Cap Goalies Cap
Tomas Plekanec 6.000 P.K. Subban 9.000 Carey Price 6.500
Max Pacioretty 4.500 Andrei Markov 5.750 Mike Condon 0.575
Andrew Shaw 3.900 Jeff Petry 5.500
Brendan Gallagher 3.750 Nathan Beaulieu 1.000
David Desharnais 3.500
Alex Galchenyuk 2.800
Torrey Mitchell 1.200 Alexei Emelin 4.100
Paul Byron 1.167 Greg Pateryn 0.750
Sven Andrighetto 0.650
Brian Flynn 0.950 Noah Juulsen 0.894 Charlie Lindgren 0.925
Jacob de la Rose 0.925 Mark Barberio 0.750 Zachary Fucale 0.714
Artturi Lehkonen 0.925 Thomas Parisi 0.718 Michael McNiven 0.623
Nikita Scherbak 0.863 Ryan Johnston 0.680
Michael McCarron 0.863 Dalton Thrower 0.647
Martin Reway 0.707 Brett Lernout 0.637
Mark MacMillan 0.665 Joel Hanley 0.633
Connor Crisp 0.647
Daniel Audette 0.643
Tim Bozon 0.640
Max Friberg 0.633
Charles Hudon 0.625
Stefan Matteau 0.613
Jeremy Gregoire 0.607

Pool worthy, non-pool roster players, injured/retired cap hits, in the system

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