I expect we ship out Meszaros, cover half, and get a third line winger in the process.
That's probably accurate. I wouldn't mind claiming Powe off waivers if there is caproom to play on the 3rd or 4th line.
EDIT: Or maybe the Downie rumors were accurate...
CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Vincent Lecavalier ($4.500m) / Matt Read ($0.900m)
Steve Downie ($2.650m) / Sean Couturier ($1.375m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) / Scott Laughton ($1.107m) / Maxime Talbot ($1.750m)
Jay Rosehill ($0.675m)
DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.000m) / Mark Streit ($5.250m)
Luke Schenn ($3.600m) / Braydon Coburn ($4.500m)
Erik Gustafsson ($1.000m) / Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m)
Bruno Gervais ($0.825m) /
GOALTENDERS
Ray Emery ($1.650m)
Steve Mason ($1.500m)
OTHER
Buyout: Oskars Bartulis ($0.100m)
Buyout: Chris Pronger ($0.000m)
RETAINED SALARY TRANSACTIONS (3.110% of upper limit)
Andrej Meszaros ($2.000m—50.0%)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,649,594; BONUSES: $2,800,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $3,450,406
I did a compliance buy-out for Pronger because I couldn't figure in the LTIR so I don't know how that affects the outcome. Also I recalled Gervais but I guess Gil could get a contract or someone else maybe comes back in the Colorado deal but I wasn't sure who that was.