MacK_Attack

He spent most of last season in rehab.

Gonna go out on a limb that it's the Newbury/Williams/Ehrhardt signing posted for the third time.

Hopefully he's over his blow habit.

It's a lot easier to score when there's very little in the way of pressure or expectations. I think they'll find it harder to score this year with at least the expectations of being in the playoff race.

Add Rickard Wallin. Signed today with the Leafs.

He just wasn't quite ready. But he tore it up in the AHL and should be on the club this year.

On the back-end, you forgot Van Ryn & Stralman. Up front, I'd be shocked if Jiri Tlusty wasn't on the team after how he performed for the Marlies last year.

They'll be one of those fringe teams that have to battle for one of the last playoff spots.

TSN's story is worded incorrectly. http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=284213

Three years, $1 million per year. Pretty good bargain.

He'd be good for the first couple games that he'd be called up, then he'd completely disappear. He doesn't do anything at all that you need out of 3rd or 4th liners, so unless he's playing top-six minutes and scoring, he's useless.

You can't buy anybody out because you won't get a second buyout window now that Hudler is not going to arbitration.

No, but what I'm trying to tell you is that the NHL is right now trying to collect money from corporations while the economy is at rock bottom. The last time they did this was last summer before things had fallen apart. The NHL collects most of its revenue during the summer and early fall. It seems pretty obvious why there's going to be a lot less money available this time around.

It will drop again because now they're trying to collect all these corporate dollars in a much different economic setting. Revenues dropped last year even though they collected a vast majority of their corporate money (season ticket/private box renewals, advertising dollars) before the recession hit. If you think they're going to collect same amount of money in much worse conditions, you are sadly mistaken.

The problem is that they're trying to collect money from corporations right now.....and where do you think these companies are going to cut corners first during these kinds of times? Luxury things like sports tickets/private boxes first. Then they look at cutting back on advertising. That's pretty much the NHL's revenue right there. I think if I were to put a number on it, I think we'll be looking at a salary cap at around $52 million as the NHLPA can't inflate it by 5% again. Look, the NHL revenue from this past season would've dropped the cap to the $54 million range. Now the revenues are going to drop again, so I don't see there being anything less than a $4 million cap drop.

The economic conditions essentially guarantee that there's going to be some regression in the salary cap. An awful lot of corporate dollars won't be available this time around. Advertising fees have dropped dramatically. There isn't nearly as much money out there for luxury things like private boxes and premium season tickets. The cap would've dropped by $2 million for this upcoming season had it not been for the NHLPA 5% inflator, and that was with accouting for 95% of the total revenue before the recession hit.

By a quick count, approx. $41 million committed to 13 players. Assuming the cap drops in the lower $50-million range, that leaves about $10-12 million for 10 players. That's not a lot to go around.

I think you're going to be disappointed by how much Detroit doesn't have to spend next summer.

And Gomez lit the world on fire last year? There's always a GM out there that's desperate to save his job and will take a chance on a player like Campbell. Hawks will ditch Sopel in Rockford, so that's $2.5 million right there.

People always say that, and then some sucker steps up and takes them. If the Rangers could move Gomez, the Hawks can move Campbell. Not saying they will, but there would be takers.

Not a terribly large amount. You've got around $41 million committed to 13 players. That's approx. $10-12 million to spend on 9-10 spots, assuming the cap drops to the $50-53 million range.

Heatley is not going to Toronto. The Leafs & Sens just do not trade together. Plus, Burke's not a fan of him.

Well, time to see what "The Monster" is made of.

Not unless he decides there is. Ever since junior, he's not made much of an attempt to add other dimensions to his game. He demanded a trade from the Leafs late last season, but there was no takers. Plus, he cleared waivers twice.

Looking at the numbers, I'd say Sopel is easily the odd-man out.