For reference sake, here is where I see the team next year, as potential roster players. Don't get worked up about lines, I just put together a roster, with no intent on creating lines at all.
This is 23 bodies already. Our needs will be a second goalie, two top 4 D, and perhaps another 2/3 C... 4 bodies listed here, will be moved out, or Marlies bound. I see approximately $15-17 million in cap space available, to sign these four bodies, depending on who we move on from.
Free Agent Signings
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[TH]YEARS[/TH]
[TH]CAP HIT[/TH]
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[TD]
Grebenkin, Nikita[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]$800,000[/TD]
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[TH]RFA[/TH]
[TH]YEARS[/TH]
[TH]CAP HIT[/TH]
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[TD]
Benoit, Simon[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]$1,200,000[/TD]
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[TD]
Lajoie, Maxime[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]$800,000[/TD]
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[TD]
Liljegren, Timothy[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]$3,000,000[/TD]
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[TD]
Robertson, Nicholas[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]$1,200,000[/TD]
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[TH]UFA[/TH]
[TH]YEARS[/TH]
[TH]CAP HIT[/TH]
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[TD]
McMann, Bobby[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]$1,200,000[/TD]
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[TD]
Lagesson, William[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]$900,000[/TD]
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[TH]ROSTER SIZE[/TH]
[TH]SALARY CAP[/TH]
[TH]CAP HIT[/TH]
[TH]OVERAGES
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[TH]BONUSES[/TH]
[TH]CAP SPACE[/TH]
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[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]$87,700,000[/TD]
[TD]$77,251,333[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$0[/TD]
[TD]$10,448,667[/TD]
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[TD]Delete Player[/TD]
[TD]Buyout[/TD]
[TD]Add to Trade[/TD]
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Prorated Cap Hit
Roster
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[TH]Left Wing[/TH]
[TH]Centre[/TH]
[TH]Right Wing[/TH]
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[TD]
Knies, Matthew
$925,000
LW, RW
RFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]Matthews, Auston
$13,250,000
C
NMC
UFA - 4[/TD]
[TD]Marner, Mitchell
$10,903,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 1[/TD]
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[TD]
Robertson, Nicholas
$1,200,000
LW, RW
RFA[/TD]
[TD]Tavares, John
$11,000,000
C, LW
NMC
UFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]Nylander, William
$11,500,000
RW
NMC
UFA - 8[/TD]
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[TD]Järnkrok, Calle
$2,100,000
RW, C, LW
M-NTC
UFA - 2[/TD]
[TD]Kämpf, David
$2,400,000
C
M-NTC
UFA - 3[/TD]
[TD]Reaves, Ryan
$1,350,000
RW
UFA - 2[/TD]
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[TD]
Cowan, Easton
$935,833
C, RW
RFA - 2[/TD]
[TD]
Holmberg, Pontus
$800,000
C, LW
RFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]McMann, Bobby
$1,200,000
RW, LW
UFA[/TD]
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[TD]LW5[/TD]
[TD]
Minten, Fraser
$845,833
C, LW
RFA - 2[/TD]
[TD]
Grebenkin, Nikita
$800,000
RW
RFA[/TD]
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[TD]RW6[/TD]
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[TD]Roster created at CapFriendly.com | Follow on Twitter
@CapFriendly[/TD]
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[TH]Left Defense[/TH]
[TH]Right Defense[/TH]
[TH]Goaltender[/TH]
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[TD]Rielly, Morgan
$7,500,000
LD
NMC
UFA - 6[/TD]
[TD]Liljegren, Timothy
$3,000,000
RD
RFA[/TD]
[TD]Woll, Joseph
$766,667
G
RFA - 1[/TD]
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[TD]McCabe, Jake
$2,000,000
LD/RD
M-NTC
UFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]Benoit, Simon
$1,200,000
LD
RFA[/TD]
[TD]G2[/TD]
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[TD]
Rifai, Marshall
$775,000
LD
UFA - 1[/TD]
[TD]Lajoie, Maxime
$800,000
LD
RFA[/TD]
[TD]G3[/TD]
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[TD]Lagesson, William
$900,000
LD/RD
UFA[/TD]
[TD]Timmins, Conor
$1,100,000
RD
RFA - 1[/TD]
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