Let's assume the cap goes up to 78.5m and then to 82m the following year. I will round numbers slightly.
Wheeler 5.6
Scheif 6.125
Laine 1.0
Little 5.3
MP 4.125
Connor 1.0
Copp 1.0
Ehlers 6.0
Lowry 2.75
Armia 2.0
Lemieux 1.0
Roslo 1.0
Dano 1.0
Tanev 1.0
38.9m for forwards.
Buff 7.6
Kuli 4.33
Chiarot 1.4
Trouba 6.5
Poolman 1.0
Morrissey 5.75m
Enstrom 2.5
29.08m for D men.
Mason 4.1
Helle 4.5
8.6 for goalies.
76.58 or about 2m under but bonuses cap us out. Notice I don't have Myers on the team.
Did I do this right or am I missing someone or something?
Lemieux & Roslovic are still under contract so let's go with their literal salaries in your projection for next year, but leave all the RFA & UFA contracts as you project for the time being.
Using exactly the numbers you quoted AND placing Myers back on the roster would give us a cap hit of $82,41,655 with another $3,912,500 in potential bonuses. If the cap goes to $80 million as projected your suggestions plus Myers have the Jets over the cap by $2,241,665 . Factor in potential bonuses of $3,912,500 & that's $6,154,165 over the projected cap.
It's no wonder you removed Myers. With that said the above is a 24 man man roster:
-lets begin by placing Lemieux back on the Moose so the roster is at 23.
$839,167.00 taken away.
-despite Morrissey's play, I would suggest it's unrealistic to think Chevy would give him that kind of raise. Trouba's 2nd contract was a bridge deal paying him $2.5 million last season & $3.5 this season. Simply for the sake of argument lets assume Morrissey gets the same deal. $
3.25 million taken away.
-Hellebuyck is having a hell of a year, but by comparison John Gibsons recent 2nd contract was $2.3 million & Matt Murray's even more recent 2nd contract was $3.75 million. I'll meet you halfway & say $3 million.
$1.5 million taken away.
That shaves off $5,589,167 & gives us a cap hit of $76,652,498, well under the $80 million and still has Myers on the team.
Potential bonuses are a $3,712,500 which would at worst take the team $364,998 over the cap. Some minuscule adjustments to each of Lowry, Armia, Tanev & Poolman's new deals & we beat the cap even with bonuses factored in while still giving Trouba $6.5 million.
Granted bridge deals involving Morrissey & Hellebuyck could bite the team in the ass a few years down the road & perhaps buying UFA years now would have future benefit.