With the NHL salary cap expected to raise only $1 million in the 2023-24 season, the Boston Bruins are one of several teams that will face overages, and it's significantly more than the next closest.
However, Bergeron's salary is split into $1 million in signing bonuses and $1.5 million in base salary, while Krejci's comes with a $2 million performance bonus.
Due to the Bruins utilizing LTIR to exceed the cap during the regular season temporarily, the final team cap hit was over the maximum of $82.5 million. One of the negative consequences is those performance bonuses have to carry over to the next season.
BOS: $4,500,000
PHI: $1,187,500
MTL: $1,170,000
EDM: $850,000
VAN: $850,000
COL: $637,500
NYR: $610,891
CAR: $450,000
NJD: $422,500
DAL: $372,829
FLA: $212,500
SEA: $129,910
SJS: $25,000
STL: $20,000
WSH: $20,000
Sweeney was forced to use long-term injured reserve multiple times this season. But it also allowed him to add Tyler Bertuzzi, Dmitry Orlov and Garnet Hathaway, without sacrificing much from his roster.