Nope. This summer will decide if it is or not. I think with a little but impacting changes this team could get back on track. First of all Av and or Mike Gillis need to go. Our pp guy needs to get canned as well.
Booth and Ballard traded for picks, if not then buy them out
Luongo/Bieksa + need to be traded for a legit top 6 winger or picks not necessarily in one trade though
Sign Lapierre, Weise, Pinnizotto, Sestito for close to what they are getting right now or they can get the boot.
Re-sign Schroeder to be our 3rd C. Sign Tanev for about $1.5-2 million.
So it'll look something like this
FORWARDS
Daniel Sedin ($6.100m) / Henrik Sedin ($6.100m) / Alexandre Burrows ($4.500m)
Chris Higgins ($2.500m) or Hansen / Ryan Kesler ($5.000m) / xxxxxxxxxx
Jannik Hansen ($1.350m) or Higgy/ Jordan Schroeder ($1.000m) / Zack Kassian ($0.870m)
Steve Pinizzotto ($0.750m) / Maxim Lapierre ($1.100m) / Dale Weise ($0.950m)
Tom Sestito ($0.850m)
DEFENSEMEN
Alexander Edler ($5.000m) / Dan Hamhuis ($4.500m)
Jason Garrison ($4.600m) / Chris Tanev ($1.600m)
xxxxxxxxx / Frank Corrado ($0.599m)
Kevin Bieksa ($4.600m) /
Andrew Alberts ($1.225m)
GOALTENDERS
Cory Schneider ($4.000m)
Eddie Lack ($0.750m)
Roberto Luongo ($5.333m)
OTHER
Buyout: David Booth ($0.000m)
Buyout: Keith Ballard ($0.000m)
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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: $63,277,778; BONUSES: $0
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $1,022,222
This is with Luongo and Bieksa so if you take them out it gives us $11,000,000 in cap space. The top six winger lets say comes with a $ 5,000,000 cap hit which leaves us with $6,000,000. That can be used to sign another third liner (lets say around $ 2,000,000) and another defenceman (around $ 2,000,000). Then sign a couple depth dmen and forwards.
Not too mention, I think I'm being generous with some of the contracts the fourth liners and Alberts have.
The question is who will be our gm, coach, players that we acquire? moves we make etc.
