Pens 2011-12 Salary Commitments
Pittsburgh (KDKA)- Ray Shero and the Penguins have plenty of interesting off-season moves to make? Here's a look at some of the tough decisions and how much money they'll have to spend.
Here are some of the questions Shero will have to answer?
*Which of these unrestricted free agents will return? Max Talbot, Pascal Dupuis, Mike Rupp, Arron Asham, Craig Adams, Alex Kovalev, Eric Godard and Chris Connor.
*Restricted Free Agents: Tyler Kennedy, Dustin Jeffrey and Eric Tangradi
*Will the Pens add another top scoring winger?
*Will they decide to pair Evgeni Malkin and Jordan Staal together?
*Will the team be constructed assuming Sidney Crosby will be in the lineup?
*Is $9 million too much to spend on Paul Martin and Zbynek Michalek?
Pens 2011-12 Salary Commitments:
Sid Crosby: $8.7 million
Jordan Staal: $4 million
Chris Kunitz: $3.75 million
James Neal: $2.875 million
Matt Cooke: $1.8 million
Mark Letestu: $625,000
Evgeni Malkin: $8.7 million
Paul Martin: $5 million
Zbynek Michalek: $4 million
Brooks Orpik: $3.75 million
Kris Letang: $3.5 million
Matt Niskanen: $1.5 million
Ben Lovejoy: $525,000
Deryk Engelland: $566,667
Marc-Andre Fleury: $5 million
Brent Johnson: $600,000
ACTUAL PAYROLL: $48,675,000
SALARY CAP PAYROLL: $46,166,667
