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According to Washington Capitals senior writer Mike Vogel, the team has been charged $472,972 against their salary cap for the 2021-22 season after defenseman Zdeno Chara and goaltender Ilya Samsonov achieved bonuses this past season. In that instance, the Capitals currently have $9,018,695 in salary cap space for next season.
The two (Samsonov – restricted free agent, Chara – unrestricted free agent) in addition to captain Alex Ovechkin (UFA) and left wing Michael Raffl (UFA) are in need of new contracts.
The team will lose a player in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft, which should help gain some more cap relief.
Some salary cap news: The #Caps‘ 20-21 salary cap performance bonus overage which will be charged to the team’s 2021-22 salary cap is $472,927, due to bonuses achieved by Zdeno Chara and Ilya Samsonov.
— Mike Vogel (@VogsCaps) June 25, 2021
By Harrison Brown
Is Samsonovs bonus for the most games missed due to Covid?
Na, I think it is for not getting aught using nose candy!
I think Chara’s bonus was he beat goalies skating forward at a practice & Samsonov’s was for not testing positive for something 3 weeks consecutively!! Apparently Caps capologist was asleep that day in class when they taught that bonus’ will be included!! Better hope every Rfa & Hfa are going to take “HUGE Hometown Discounts” or team will be more screwed! But good GM would’ve already know that.
Yeah, if they could only include contract penalties/deductions for certain events. Paying him a bonus that hits our tight salary cap situation is a punch to the gut.
Chara’s Bonus was Games Played & Playoff qualification. He also had a winning Cup bonus. Can’t find what Sami got
Good question. Cap Friendly is somewhat vague with that specific information.
https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/capitals/performance-bonus
Every penny counts with a flat cap.