RedWingsFan1003 1 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 Okay, how about this trade: D Derek Meech, RW Dan Cleary, RW Jan Mursak, and our first and second round picks in 2011 for Patrick Sharp and a 2011 1st or 2nd Round Pick? Dan Cleary: $2,800,000 Jan Mursak: $646,111 Derek Meech: $500,000 ----------------- $3,946,111 Detroit would then have 20 players under contract for $56,742,045. The salary cap in 2010-11 is $59.4 Million. They would have $2,657,955 left to sign Helm and Abdelkader. With that, here's the proposed roster: Line 1: Datsyuk -- Franzen -- Sharp Line 2: Zetterberg -- Holmstrom -- Filppula Line 3: Hudler -- Bertuzzi -- Abdelkader Line 4: Helm -- Eaves -- Draper 13th Forward: Miller Pairing 1: Lidstrom -- Rafalski Pairing 2: Krowall -- Stuart Pairing 3: Ericsson -- McKee 7th Defenseman: Kindl Goalie 1: Jimmy Howard Goalie 2: Chris Osgood The problem is the Wings would be left with just $32,955 cap space if they also signed Jay McKee. Their roster would be stacked and filled out, but with that slim amount of cap space, it almost warrants another trade. And would Ken Holland be willing to take that gamble to land Sharp and sign McKee. Now if they don’t sign McKee, then the Wings will go into camp with Kindl as their 6th Dman and $857,955 of cap space left. Ken Holland always likes to keep a cushion of $500,000-$750,000 under the cap. The Wings will go into camp with their top five defensemen set with Lidstrom, Rafalski, Krowall, Stuart, and Ericsson. They are expected to carry seven defensemen with the final two spots going to Meech, Brendan Smith, Doug Janik, or Jakub Kindl. Salaries of those four Defensemen: Meech: $500,000 Smith: $875,000 Kindl: $883,333 Janik: $512,500 We shall wait and see Kenny work his magic, but damn would it be nice to land Patrick Sharp. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WingsallTheway 383 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 I would do it, but chicago wouldnt. They don't need cleary and the only reason they would trade sharp is to get rid of cap space, which bringing in cleary doesnt do. I also don't see the point of the picks being in there, as we are just swapping 1st and 2nd round picks, which will probably be 3-5 spots apart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
