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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
That is with 8 forwards (including Gaudreau), 5 D and 1 goalie (and SOB buried).
That would leave at least 5 forwards, 2 d and 1 goalie open and they'd need to average $1.6M to hit the floor. Should be doable without a strain even if you assume some rookies make the team.
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It'd be very few rookies. We have 4 RFA's that spent significant time in the NHL last year (Byron, Colborne, Galiardi, and Bouma) and I figure all or almost all of them will be qualified and resigned for close to what they made last year (and you want to keep them cost controlled). After presumeably signing some guy to a big money short term deal I figure we'll have space for maybe 1 rookie to break camp next year (Probably Sven or Johnny would be my guess) unless we end up drafting Ekblad then it might be two.