Canadiens : $1.7M in bonuses to their young players (on the ceiling of next season)
The fact that Carey Price’s contract is on the long-term injured list hurts the habs at several levels. Luckily, the contract is one year away from ending.
One of the levels is that when a player earns performance bonuses, they cannot be calculated on the current season’s cap (if the team is at the cap maximum, of course): they go on the next season’s cap.
Bonuses are given to players on their entry-level contract and to veterans 35 and over who have these clauses in their agre