Summer Wishlist Part 2: Let the UFA frenzy begin

[Ole Gil]

Islanders need D. Canes have at least one expendable Dman. Possible deal that would allow Canes to acquire either Bailey, Grabner or Clutterbuck?

Ideally, they'd trade the Dman who's expendable, and then go make another trade for a new dman that is an upgrade.

 

[Swag Surf Aho]

Thinking ahead here for 15-16 so ignore the "14-15", obviously. This is assuming we buyout Ward and resign our most recent acquisitions (and Dwyer) for the same prices. Plus, cap probably goes up another $2 million or so.

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
14-15
FORWARDS
Jiri Tlusty ($5.000m) / Eric Staal ($8.250m) / Alexander Semin ($7.000m)
Jeff Skinner ($5.725m) / Elias Lindholm ($0.925m) / Bobby Ryan ($5.800m)
Nathan Gerbe ($1.750m) / Jordan Staal ($6.000m) / Riley Nash ($0.575m)
Brad Malone ($0.650m) / Jay McClement ($1.000m) / Patrick Dwyer ($0.900m)
Zach Boychuk ($0.600m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Andrej Sekera ($5.125m) / Justin Faulk ($4.833m)
Ron Hainsey ($2.833m) / Marc Staal ($4.500m)
John-Michael Liles ($3.875m) / Ryan Murphy ($0.863m)
Tim Gleason ($1.200m) /
GOALTENDERS
Anton Khudobin ($2.250m)
Daniel Altshuller ($0.728m)
RETAINED SALARIES (1.38% of upper limit)
Tuomo Ruutu ($0.950m—20.00%)
BONUS OVERAGE
$0
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $69,000,000; CAP PAYROLL: $71,333,333; BONUSES: $1,346,667
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): -$2,333,333

No clue as to what Staal and Ryan will command at the trade deadline but they will be attractive options for any team gearing up for a Stanley Cup Run. Staal resigns at the same rate as Stralman and Ryan at Callahan's.

For Sekera, I took a hometown discount into account by averaging Stralman's and Niskanen's most recent contracts.

 

[DaveG]

if we were buying out Cam it would have been this year. The window to get an amnesty buyout in was this summer.