Downtown Mike Brown said:
I've always liked Liles as well. How does this effect the cap situation?
As of right now, this is what the cap situation looks like:
FORWARDS
Joffrey Lupul ($5.250m) / Tyler Bozak ($4.200m) / Phil Kessel ($5.400m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Dave Bolland ($3.375m) / Nikolai Kulemin ($2.800m)
Mason Raymond ($1.000m) / Nazem Kadri ($2.900m) / Carter Ashton ($1.040m)
Frazer McLaren ($0.700m) / Jay McClement ($1.500m) / Colton Orr ($0.925m)
David Clarkson ($5.250m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Carl Gunnarsson ($3.150m) / Dion Phaneuf ($6.500m)
Jake Gardiner ($1.117m) / Cody Franson ($2.000m)
Mark Fraser ($1.275m) / Morgan Rielly ($1.744m)
Paul Ranger ($1.000m) /
GOALTENDERS
Jonathan Bernier ($2.900m)
James Reimer ($1.800m)
OTHER
Buyout: Darcy Tucker ($1.000m)
Buyout: Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
Buried: John-Michael Liles ($2.950m)
RETAINED SALARY TRANSACTIONS (0.778% of upper limit)
Matt Frattin ($0.437m?0.5%) Ben Scrivens ($0.062m?0.1%)
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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: $65,525,833; BONUSES: $1,350,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $124,167
drummond said:
This also means that Carter Ashton made the team (replacing suspended Clarkson on the third line) and Jamie Davane replacing injured Frazer McLaren on the fourth line. Rielly is 7th D-man.
No objection there, these guys were best during the camp and preseason.
There's only enough cap space for Ashton right now, as you can see above. Assuming McLaren isn't ready to start the season and isn't placed on LTIR, the team will have to open the season with just 11 forwards. After the first game if the situation hasn't changed, they'll be able to use an emergency recall on Bodie to bring them up to 12.
