Shaw in Montreal for a Stretch

Andrew Shaw... signed, sealed and stickin' around Montreal for six seasons.

One of the big deals at this year's entry draft saw the Blackhawks part ways with the gritty forward in an attempt to help their own salary cap causes.  Shaw, 24, signed a 6-year deal, reportedly worth $23.4 million (a $3.9 million cap hit per season) with his new club and plans to be part of the long-term solution for the Canadiens.

Shaw isn't exactly known for his offensive flair, but he did pot 14 goals and 34 points for the Blackhawks last season, ranking him 250th overall in pool scoring, 178th among all forwards.  He won't win any scoring titles, but he is useful in more than one situation, that's for sure.

Shaw's deal does carry a pretty long term, but his cap hit is quite comparable, especially to new teammate Brendan Gallagher, whose playing style is very similar to Shaw's.  The 17 roster-ready players I have for this team are coming in at a cap hit of $62 million, after buyout numbers on their books, so they still have a little bit of room to play with for their roster spots to be filled.

Forwards	Cap	Defense	Cap	Goalies	Cap
Tomas Plekanec	6.000	P.K. Subban	9.000	Carey Price	6.500
Max Pacioretty	4.500	Andrei Markov	5.750	Mike Condon	0.575
Andrew Shaw	3.900	Jeff Petry	5.500
Brendan Gallagher	3.750	Nathan Beaulieu	1.000
David Desharnais	3.500
Alex Galchenyuk	2.800
Torrey Mitchell	1.200	Alexei Emelin	4.100
Paul Byron	1.167	Greg Pateryn	0.750
Sven Andrighetto	0.650
Brian Flynn	0.950	Noah Juulsen	0.894	Charlie Lindgren	0.925
Jacob de la Rose	0.925	Mark Barberio	0.750	Zachary Fucale	0.714
Artturi Lehkonen	0.925	Thomas Parisi	0.718	Michael McNiven	0.623
Nikita Scherbak	0.863	Ryan Johnston	0.680
Michael McCarron	0.863	Dalton Thrower	0.647
Martin Reway	0.707	Brett Lernout	0.637
Mark MacMillan	0.665	Joel Hanley	0.633
Connor Crisp	0.647
Daniel Audette	0.643
Tim Bozon	0.640
Max Friberg	0.633
Charles Hudon	0.625
Stefan Matteau	0.613
Jeremy Gregoire	0.607

Pool worthy, non-pool roster players, injured/retired cap hits, in the system