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Originally Posted by Dienasty
Stajan/Wideman/Hudler/Jones/Raymond and Smid contracts will come off the books...
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Stajan 3.125 until 2018
Wideman 5.250 until 2017
Hudler 4.000 until 2016 (worth keeping?)
Jones 4.000 until 2016
Raymond 3.150 until 2017
Smid 3.500 until 2017
So by the 2017-18 season, excluding Hudler because I'd like to keep him if he remains to be a top 6 player and a key locker room presence, we'll have about 10M off the books. Currently 13M in capspace.
Things to account for
Backlund RFA 2015
Monahan RFA 2016
Gaudreau RFA 2016
Bouma RFA 2015
Bennett RFA 2018
Giordano UFA 2016
Russell UFA 2016
Brodie new contract +2.5M next season
Between Backlund, Monahan, and Gaudreau, we're looking at upwards of an extra 10M depending on how Treliving decides to bridge these guys, plus an extra season to consider before any final numbers.
Gio will probably get an extra high cap, short contract like 8mx4, Russell will command close to 4M if not more. Another 8 total including Brodie's new extension kicking in. Suddenly we've already eaten the extra capspace from the older bodies leave and into our current cap space. This doesn't take into consideration the need to replace the players we've lost through the odd UFA as well as increasing our defensive depth.