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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
While it shouldn't be the reason he stays or goes, the contract issue shouldn't be so quickly dismissed.
Contract renegotiations (just looking at young players):
1 year: Galiardi, Bouma (yes, no biggie there, but it all adds up)
2 years: Backlund, Brodie, Baertschi
3 years: Monahan and Gaudreau (if he signs after this season - it would be a 2-year ELC)
Then there is the chance that one or two of the following group takes a big step forward:
Sieloff, Wotherspoon, Ramage, Berra, Knight, Colborne, Agostino, Reinhart, Horak (of course they are not all going to be big contract guys - I am saying one or two of them might be though)
Then maybe 4 years out, you're looking at: Poirier plus this year's top pick
And a guy like Gillies could be in the mix by then
Of course, there is no worries on the cap front for 2 or 3 years, but it will come. And it will come quickly.
Some prudent consideation now wouldn't be the worst idea.
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Considering we'll be fighting to get to the cap floor for a few years it will be a nice change to have some players worth 6m+.
CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Sven Baertschi ($6.000m) / Sean Monahan ($7.700m) / Emile Poirier ($5.000m)
Johnny Gaudreau ($5.500m) / Mark Jankowski ($4.750m) / Jake Virtanen ($0.975m)
Joe Colborne ($2.500m) / Mikael Backlund ($4.000m) / Markus Granlund ($2.750m)
Ben Hanowski ($1.800m) / Lance Bouma ($1.500m) / Michael Ferland ($2.500m)
Max Reinhart ($0.878m) /
DEFENSEMEN
T.J. Brodie ($5.500m) / Mark Giordano ($4.020m)
Tyler Wotherspoon ($2.000m) / Patrick Sieloff ($3.000m)
Christopher Breen ($1.500m) / Mark Cundari ($0.965m)
John Ramage ($1.000m) /
GOALTENDERS
Laurent Broissoit ($4.750m)
John Gillies ($1.750m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000;
CAP PAYROLL: $70,338,333;
BONUSES: $260,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $221,667
No worries we'll have 220k cap space assuming a 70m cap!