TRADES- MDZ, Brian Boyle, Shane McColgan, 3rd (conditional 2013 or 2014) to COLORADO for ROR, Barrie, 5th (2013)
- Sign ROR for $4M per for 2 years
- C Thomas or MSC, Fla 3rd (2013) to LAKINGS for UFA Simon Gagne
- 3rd (Nash), Ceresnak to SANJOSE for UFA Douglas Murray
- Steve Eminger to OTTAWA for a 7th rounder & Hugh Jessiman
(Hartford - gotta luv this)
- Sign Mats Zuccarello as soon as he is out of KHL. Use him on the PP
Gagne - Richards - Gaborik
Hagelin - Stepan - Nash
Pyatt - ROR - Callahan
Powe - Halpern - Asham/Zuccarello
McD - Girardi
Staal - Stralman
Murray - Barrie
Gilroy/Bickel
- Kreider & Miller get more time in CT. Can be used as callups if injuries occur in Top 9.
- Ferriero, Haley, Palmieri, Thomas, Newbury and Segal other callup options
- Mashinter as a heavyweight callup option (release "The Mashin" - Torts) although Murray can go too.
- Use Zuccarello as a PP specialist
NEXT YEAR
FORWARDS
Chris Kreider ($1.325m) / Brad Richards ($6.667m) / Marian Gaborik ($7.500m)
Carl Hagelin ($2.000m) /
Derek Stepan ($2.500m) / Rick Nash ($7.800m)
J.T. Miller ($1.244m) /
Ryan OReilly ($4.000m) / Ryan Callahan ($4.275m)
Taylor Pyatt ($1.550m) / Darroll Powe ($1.067m) / Arron Asham ($1.000m)
Micheal Haley or Brandon Mashinter ($0.600m)
DEFENSEMEN
Ryan McDonagh ($4.200m) / Dan Girardi ($3.325m)
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Anton Stralman ($1.700m)
Tyson Barrie ($0.900m) /
Dylan McIlrath ($1.295m)
Stu Bickel ($0.750m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($6.875m)
Martin Biron ($1.300m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000;
CAP PAYROLL: $64,585,000
BONUSES: $2,110,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster):
$1,825,000
Qualify & Sign Mike Sauer to a 2 way 2 year deal hoping he can recover
Hrivik, MSC/Thomas, Fast, Lindberg are skill guys in CT waiting to develop
Yogan, Jean, Wilson, Palmieri, Ferriero also options
If Richards continues to show cliff fall demise - amnesty buyout will have to be used on him after NEXT SEASON
If so - hope to snag Malkin as a UFA