Re: The Official NHL 2012 Off-Season Thread
Alright, going off of Cap Geek:
Forwards:
Datsyuk, $6.7M
Zetterberg, $6.0M
Franzen: $3.95M
Filppula, $3.0M
Cleary, $2.8M
Bertuzzi, $2.075M
Eaves, $1.2M
Nyquist, $875K
Miller, $837K
Mursak, $550K
Emmerton, $533K
That's around 28.6 million right there.
Defensemen:
Kronwall, $4.75M
Ericsson, $3.25M
White, $2.875M
Kindl, $883K
Smith, $875K
12.6 million on defense.
And goalies:
Howard, $2.25M
MacDonald, $550K
2.8 million in goal, for a total of 44 million, meaning the Wings have 21-25 million in cap space (using Doc's estimate as the floor and the current projected cap for next season before the new CBA as the ceiling).
Helm and Abdelkader are restricted FAs and shouldn't make much more than say, Patrick Eaves. Say, 1.5 million for each. 18-22 million left.
The only UFA forwards are Hudler and Holmstrom. If Holmstrom's decrepit, decomposing corpse comes back, it'll be for like, a million, max. And Hudler had a nice bounceback season, but he's not going to be paid more than Filppula. If the Wings feel confident about landing Parise, I can't imagine they'd be sad to see Hudler walk away.
As for Quincey....ugh. I can't even begin to predict how much the Wings will pay him after they gave Jonathan Ericsson over three million dollars last year. Let's assume they do something similarly puzzling and give Quincey three million. Assuming Hudler and Holmstrom are gone in this hypothetical, that's 15-19 million left for free agency. I'm not familiar with the cap situations of other teams who will be in the Parise and Suter sweepstakes, but I do know a bit about the Red Wings and how they operate. When they approached Brian Rafalski they made sure he knew he wouldn't be making more than Lidstrom; I could see them wanting to take a similar approach towards Parise in regards to Datsyuk's 6.7M. But if Minnesota or New York or someone can offer 7+, I imagine the Wings would do the same. Considering some of the other players in that price range (Gaborik 7.5, Heatley 7.5, Lecavalier 7.7, SCOTT GOMEZ 7.3 (!!!!!!) ), 7.5M for Parise sounds right, leaving the Wings with 10.5-14.5 in cap space.
On defense, Suter can basically name his price. Top 2 star defenseman under 30 and the Wings are desperate for help now. Brian Campbell has the highest cap hit for defensemen next season at 7.14, followed by 7.0 by Drew Doughty, 6.9 for Chara, 6.68 for Bouwmeester, 6.67 for Dan Boyle, 6.5 for Phaneuf and 6.3 for Timonen. Those are the only seven defensemen currently with cap hits over six million for next season, and I see maybe two out of the six that I'd take over Ryan Suter. Seven million for Suter is probably conservative.
Parise (7.5) - Datsyuk (6.7) - Franzen (3.95)
Filppula (3.0) - Zetterberg (6.0) - Bertuzzi (2.075)
Eaves (1.2) - Helm (1.5) - Cleary (2.8)
Miller (837K) - Abdelkader (1.5) - Nyquist (875K)
Suter (7.0) - White (2.875)
Kronwall (4.75) - Quincey (3.0)
Ericsson (3.25) - Kindl (883K)
Howard (2.25)
MacDonald (550K)
That's 62.5 million, which is less than even this year's cap.
Alright, going off of Cap Geek:
Forwards:
Datsyuk, $6.7M
Zetterberg, $6.0M
Franzen: $3.95M
Filppula, $3.0M
Cleary, $2.8M
Bertuzzi, $2.075M
Eaves, $1.2M
Nyquist, $875K
Miller, $837K
Mursak, $550K
Emmerton, $533K
That's around 28.6 million right there.
Defensemen:
Kronwall, $4.75M
Ericsson, $3.25M
White, $2.875M
Kindl, $883K
Smith, $875K
12.6 million on defense.
And goalies:
Howard, $2.25M
MacDonald, $550K
2.8 million in goal, for a total of 44 million, meaning the Wings have 21-25 million in cap space (using Doc's estimate as the floor and the current projected cap for next season before the new CBA as the ceiling).
Helm and Abdelkader are restricted FAs and shouldn't make much more than say, Patrick Eaves. Say, 1.5 million for each. 18-22 million left.
The only UFA forwards are Hudler and Holmstrom. If Holmstrom's decrepit, decomposing corpse comes back, it'll be for like, a million, max. And Hudler had a nice bounceback season, but he's not going to be paid more than Filppula. If the Wings feel confident about landing Parise, I can't imagine they'd be sad to see Hudler walk away.
As for Quincey....ugh. I can't even begin to predict how much the Wings will pay him after they gave Jonathan Ericsson over three million dollars last year. Let's assume they do something similarly puzzling and give Quincey three million. Assuming Hudler and Holmstrom are gone in this hypothetical, that's 15-19 million left for free agency. I'm not familiar with the cap situations of other teams who will be in the Parise and Suter sweepstakes, but I do know a bit about the Red Wings and how they operate. When they approached Brian Rafalski they made sure he knew he wouldn't be making more than Lidstrom; I could see them wanting to take a similar approach towards Parise in regards to Datsyuk's 6.7M. But if Minnesota or New York or someone can offer 7+, I imagine the Wings would do the same. Considering some of the other players in that price range (Gaborik 7.5, Heatley 7.5, Lecavalier 7.7, SCOTT GOMEZ 7.3 (!!!!!!) ), 7.5M for Parise sounds right, leaving the Wings with 10.5-14.5 in cap space.
On defense, Suter can basically name his price. Top 2 star defenseman under 30 and the Wings are desperate for help now. Brian Campbell has the highest cap hit for defensemen next season at 7.14, followed by 7.0 by Drew Doughty, 6.9 for Chara, 6.68 for Bouwmeester, 6.67 for Dan Boyle, 6.5 for Phaneuf and 6.3 for Timonen. Those are the only seven defensemen currently with cap hits over six million for next season, and I see maybe two out of the six that I'd take over Ryan Suter. Seven million for Suter is probably conservative.
Parise (7.5) - Datsyuk (6.7) - Franzen (3.95)
Filppula (3.0) - Zetterberg (6.0) - Bertuzzi (2.075)
Eaves (1.2) - Helm (1.5) - Cleary (2.8)
Miller (837K) - Abdelkader (1.5) - Nyquist (875K)
Suter (7.0) - White (2.875)
Kronwall (4.75) - Quincey (3.0)
Ericsson (3.25) - Kindl (883K)
Howard (2.25)
MacDonald (550K)
That's 62.5 million, which is less than even this year's cap.
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