63 millions CAP SPACE
Trade Spacek for an also 7th round pick
Signs RFA: Gorges 1,75m, Pacio 900k, Desharnais 700k, Pyaat 600k, White 850k, Weber 875k,
Pouliot: 850k (less than last year, he accept or GTFO). Plan B: Chad Larose (1,5m); Plan C: Max Talbot (1,1m)
Kostistyn 2,5m (-750k, accept or GTFO). Plan B: Erik Cole: 3,2m
UFA in MTL : Markov, same salary (5,75m), Hamrlik 4 years: 3m; 2,3m ; 1,6m ; 900k = (1,95m on the cap) . Darche 550k. I would sign Gill but not at the price he demand... so we go on the market:
UFA:
DEFENSE
1.Plan A: Erhoff (4m) ; Plan B: Montador (2,5m) ; Plan C: Anton Babchuck (1,75m)
2. A: Wizz (4m) ; B: Bieska (3,9m), C: Brewer (3,4m).
GOALIE
A: Garon (850k) ; B Hedberg (850k); C : whanever...
OFFENSE:
Plan A: Brooks Laich: 2,6m ; B: Erik Cole: 3,2m
Plan A: M. Rupp (950k) ; B: Steve Macintyre (550k) [for kick ass to Chara] ; C: whanever
MINOR,. waiting for injuries: White, Diazz (better than Weber I think), Yemelin.
POSSIBLE LINE-UP:
CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR
FORWARDS
Mike Cammalleri ($6.000m) / Tomas Plekanec ($5.000m) / Max Pacioretty ($0.900m)
Erik Cole ($3.200m) / Scott Gomez ($7.357m) / Brian Gionta ($5.000m)
Brooks Laich ($2.600m) / Lars Eller ($1.270m) / Chad Larose ($1.500m)
Mathieu Darche ($0.550m) / David Desharnais ($0.700m) / Travis Moen ($1.500m)
Tom Pyatt ($0.600m) / Michael Rupp ($0.950m)
DEFENSEMEN
Christian Ehrhoff ($4.000m) / P.K. Subban ($0.875m)
Andrei Markov ($5.750m) / Josh Gorges ($1.750m)
Roman Hamrlik ($1.950m) / James Wisniewski ($4.000m)
/ Yannick Weber ($0.875m)
GOALTENDERS
Carey Price ($2.750m) / Mathieu Garon ($0.850m)
BUYOUTS: Georges Laraque ($0.500m)
CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $63,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $61,027,976; BONUSES: $400,000
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $1,972,024