Canadiens : $1.7M in bonuses to their young players (on the ceiling of next season)

Aside from the St. Louis Blues, whose amount will be over two million dollars, it’s a peak in the league. Note that 11 teams (12 if Ryan Leonard wins the Conn Smythe) will have to report bonuses across the nhl.

Here is the complete picture for the habs.

• Lane Hutson: $750,000 (you won’t be surprised to learn that he maxed out his bonuses)
• Juraj Slafkovsky: $500,000
• Kaiden Guhle: $420,000
• Jayden Struble: $57,500

Last year, Slaf made headlines by scoring his 20th goal of the season in game #82, which allowed him to get an extra $250,000 – an amount that counts on the 2024-2025 total.

That made headlines.

This year, his 18 goals and 33 assists mean that he is two goals and two assists away from having an extra $500,000 ($250,000 for 20 goals and the same amount for 35 assists) in his account.

It’s not as bad, though: last year, at the same time, he hadn’t signed long-term yet… and he wasn’t in the playoffs.

Also note that the $1.7275 million amount could increase if the habs were to make a run in the playoffs. Why? Because Ivan Demidov has bonuses linked to the playoffs in his contract.

If the Russian plays five playoff games, he’ll get $25,000. If he plays 10 playoff games, he’ll get $30,000. And if he wins the Conn Smythe, he’ll get $525,000 in bonuses.

in overtime

– Wow.

– To note.

– He’s doing well.

– To watch.

– Stanley Cup: the habs are heavily underdogs. [98.5 Sports]

– Reminder: the most likely scenario for the habs is to pick 16th and 17th. #FlamesPicks