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General manager Peter Chiarelli has said that his primary job leading up to final cuts is to put forth the best team possible. But while player evaluation is the most significant factor in roster-building, the salary cap is the framework around which the Bruins base their decisions - specifically, the performance bonuses that entry-level players carry.
In the first three years of the post-lockout NHL, bonuses (available to youngsters on first contracts and players 35 and older) could be counted toward a 7.5 percent cushion over the cap. But this season, because the NHL Players Association has the option of terminating the CBA, the cushion has been eliminated and all potential bonuses, even the ones unlikely to be achieved, must count toward the cap number.

Wrinkle in salary cap squeezes Bruins - The Boston Globe

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