A look at the Bruins Salaries

The Bruins blogger Fluto Shinzawa has a break down of the Boston Bruins salaries for the season. Interesting: former Minnesota Gopher Phil Kessel is due to make 2.2 million dollars this season. The Bruins are right up against the salary cap and don't have any room to add anymore players.

Forwards

Marc Savard, $5 million
Patrice Bergeron, $4.75 million
Michael Ryder, $4 million
Marco Sturm, $3.5 million
Chuck Kobasew, $2.33 million
Phil Kessel, $2.2 million
Peter Schaefer, $2.1 million
P.J. Axelsson, $1.85 million
**Glen Murray, $1,383,333 million**
David Krejci, $883,000
Petteri Nokelainen, $850,000
Milan Lucic, $850,000
Vladimir Sobotka, $750,000
Shawn Thornton, $517,000
Jeremy Reich, $487,500

Defensemen

Zdeno Chara, $7.5 million
Dennis Wideman, $3.875 million
Aaron Ward, $2.5 million
Andrew Ference, $1.4 million
Mark Stuart, $1.3 million
Andrew Alberts, $1.25 million
Shane Hnidy, $757,000

* Matt Lashoff and Matt Hunwick will contend for NHL jobs next year. But for this model, their salaries are not included.

Goalies

Manny Fernandez, $4.33 million
Tim Thomas, $1.1 million

* Tuukka Rask will most likely spend another season in Providence.

Current cap hit: $55,469,999

Notes: If Murray goes unclaimed and the Bruins complete the buyout, they will be $1.23 million below the $56.7 million cap ceiling.