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NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman will discuss the salary cap and League revenues with the Board members during this meeting, as well. Although there have not been any official statements, multiple media outlets have reported League revenues are up, and as a result the salary cap will rise from its current $59.4 million. The increase could be as much as $2 million, according to reports.

Wings will have ~17mil in cap space next year.

23 man roster

UFA: Modano, Draper, Eaves, Miller, Lidstrom, Salei, Ericsson, Osgood, Howard

RFA: None

Minors/Current RFAs*:

UFA: Joey MacDonald, Meech.

RFA: Thomas McCollum, Jordan Pearce, Dick Axelsson, Logan Pyett, Emmerton, Mursak, Tardiff, Pare, Jordan Owens, Brian Lashoff, Brent Raedeke, Ilari Filppula, Sergei Kolosov, Daniel Larsson*, Ryno*, Evan McGrath*, Ryan Oulahen*

I think we replace Hudler with HTD by trading Hudler at the deadline this year or at the Draft, Modano with Emmerton, and Miller with Mursak. Replace Salei with Kindl. Re-sign Lidstrom to a lifetime deal. Let Ozzie retire a Wing. Have Larsson come back-up Howie. Re-sign Big E and Eaves.

So what's the plan LGW?

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Wings will have ~20mil in cap space next year.

23 man roster

UFA: Hudler, Modano, Draper, Eaves, Miller, Lidstrom, Salei, Ericsson, Osgood, Howard

RFA: None

Minors/Current RFAs*:

UFA: Joey MacDonald, Meech.

RFA: Thomas McCollum, Jordan Pearce, Dick Axelsson, Logan Pyett, Emmerton, Mursak, Tardiff, Pare, Jordan Owens, Brian Lashoff, Brent Raedeke, Ilari Filppula, Sergei Kolosov, Daniel Larsson*, Ryno*, Evan McGrath*, Ryan Oulahen*

I think we replace Hudler with HTD, Modano with Emmerton, and Miller with Mursak. Replace Salei with Kindl. Re-sign Lidstrom to a lifetime deal. Let Ozzie retire a Wing. Have Larsson come back-up Howie. Re-sign Big E and Eaves.

So what's the plan LGW?

Hes still got a year left.

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Draper, Osgood, Modano, and Lidstrom all retire I think. Re-sign Eaves and possibly Miller. Get Hudler out of town somehow for a gritty 3rd liner. Re-sign Howard and Ericsson, assuming he finishes the year strong and plays decent in the playoffs. Salei is a toss up for me right now. Could retire possibly, he's getting up there in age.

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Now, for the one or two open spots in the bottom 6, I want someone like David Clarkson, Dan Carcillo, Jason Chimera, Derek Dorsett, Brandon Prust, Brian Sutherby, Matt Hendricks, Ryan Jones, Zenon Konopka, Jared Boll, Mike Brown, Kyle Chipchura, Chris Thorburn, Nate Thompson, and the list goes on..a gritty guy who can put up a few points as well.

For a replacement if Nick does indeed retire, my top reasonable choices to take his spot are Ryan Suter, Keith Yandle, or Brent Seabrook. As far as the 3rd pairing defenseman, a stay at home guy like John Erskine, Jim Vandermeer, Mark Stuart, Matt Walker, Matt Carkner, Shane O'Brien, Sheldon Brookbank, and the list goes on.

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Am I the only one who doesn't even want to think about Howard's contract until after the playoffs? I'm all for signing him, but if he struggles to raise his game or even just maintain his regular season game again this year, i don't want to see him getting a big, long contract. Playoffs and regular season are just too different and he's still not a proven playoff performer yet.

If he does prove himself though, he'll likely be demanding at least $4 million. Hopefully he thinks team first, but in this crazy league, an agent could find a way to justify an even bigger contract and there'd probably be more than a few teams willing to take it on.

Either way, its going to be a very interesting situation.

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If he does prove himself though, he'll likely be demanding at least $4 million. Hopefully he thinks team first, but in this crazy league, an agent could find a way to justify an even bigger contract and there'd probably be more than a few teams willing to take it on.

Either way, its going to be a very interesting situation.

I'm sure he'll say all the right things to the media and then let his agent run wild and free just like anyone else.

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Modano, Draper and maybe Hudler will be coming off the books so that will cover Howard's raise. Of course those players will need to be replaced. The Wings will still be in great shape Cap wise next season. I also think Salei is gone and Kindl gets his spot. Lidstrom is playing too well to retire. He'll win his 7th Norris and be back.

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As naive as this may sound - J-Ho comes across as a pretty sincere/humble kind of guy...True he could command up to $4 mill per season, but I'm hoping he signs for a "reasonable" amount (whatever that may be - if $4 mill then so be it) for an extended period of time.

It's been a while since we've had a long-term netminder developed in our own system (other than Ozzie), and personally I like the idea of developing our own guys (especially our 'core' guys) instead of relying upon other teams to develope players for us, and then we sign them via UFA.

All I know is, that during training camp this fall, I met him at the bar and in a drunk conversation i asked him how has it been coming to TC for the past 5 years and he said it was great and he hopes to be here for another ten years lol. Oh drunk talks haha.

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Assuming a cap rise by 2 millions here is what we could see:

Acquisition of Brad Richards which stated he wants to play on a team with strong ownership. This guy want success and seems not that greedy. I ll come for the same amount as Dats

Raise for many players including Howard and Ericsson. Lidstrom is getting paid a little less.Miller is gone. Draper and Osgood retire. Larsson comes and Emmerton is traded. I Flip will definitively be a part of the team next year, as he s currently paying his dues.

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS

Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m)

Johan Franzen ($3.954m) / Brad Richards ($6.700m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m)

Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m)

Patrick Eaves ($0.750m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Jan Mursak ($0.646m)

/ / Ilari Filppula ($0.500m)

DEFENSEMEN

Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m)

Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Jakub Kindl ($0.883m)

Nicklas Lidstrom ($5.500m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($1.500m)

GOALTENDERS

Jimmy Howard ($3.400m) / Larsson ($0.700m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)

(these totals are compiled using the bonus cushion)

SALARY CAP: $61,500,000; CAP PAYROLL: $61,380,488; BONUSES: $0

CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $119,512

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Assuming a cap rise by 2 millions here is what we could see:

Acquisition of Brad Richards which stated he wants to play on a team with strong ownership. This guy want success and seems not that greedy. I ll come for the same amount as Dats

Raise for many players including Howard and Ericsson. Lidstrom is getting paid a little less.Miller is gone. Draper and Osgood retire. Larsson comes and Emmerton is traded. I Flip will definitively be a part of the team next year, as he s currently paying his dues.

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS

Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m)

Johan Franzen ($3.954m) / Brad Richards ($6.700m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m)

Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m)

Patrick Eaves ($0.750m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Jan Mursak ($0.646m)

/ / Ilari Filppula ($0.500m)

DEFENSEMEN

Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m)

Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Jakub Kindl ($0.883m)

Nicklas Lidstrom ($5.500m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($1.500m)

GOALTENDERS

Jimmy Howard ($3.400m) / Larsson ($0.700m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)

(these totals are compiled using the bonus cushion)

SALARY CAP: $61,500,000; CAP PAYROLL: $61,380,488; BONUSES: $0

CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $119,512

Love the addition of Brad Richards. Flip really is proving this season he IS NOT a second line center, time to look for someone for now to fill that spot.

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Love the addition of Brad Richards. Flip really is proving this season he IS NOT a second line center, time to look for someone for now to fill that spot.

Ewww no thanks. No way he should make as much as Datsyuk. Richards is a pure offensive player, no thanks. I know he's sexy from an offensive stand of point (75-90 points any given year), but he sucks defensively. I say we go hard after Parise for around 6 mil and force the Devils hands. Or with Andrew Ladd. But as UFAs, I would mind seeing Frolov or Gagne :blush:

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I dont think youll be seeing any big moves really. Might pick up another defensmen but no big moves. Kindl will be full time. Modano will return if wings invite him back. babs and holland seem to like huds so i see him staying. draper will retire, ozzie will retire. both replacements will probably be from the griffins

Ewww no thanks. No way he should make as much as Datsyuk. Richards is a pure offensive player, no thanks. I know he's sexy from an offensive stand of point (75-90 points any given year), but he sucks defensively. I say we go hard after Parise for around 6 mil and force the Devils hands. Or with Andrew Ladd. But as UFAs, I would mind seeing Frolov or Gagne :blush:

Praise f*** yeah!! but i dont see him moving. theyll find a way to sign him. Ive been watching frolov this year hes no good.

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CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS

Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m)

Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m)

Dick Axelsson ($0.850m) / Brooks Laich ($2.066m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.250m)

Jan Mursak ($0.646m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m)

Cory Emmerton ($0.821m) / Ilari Filppula ($0.600m)

DEFENSEMEN

Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) / Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.000m)

Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m)

Jonathan Ericsson ($1.500m) / Sean O'Donnell ($1.300m)

Jakub Kindl ($0.883m)

GOALTENDERS

Jimmy Howard ($3.516m) / Daniel Larsson ($0.700m)

SALARY CAP: $61,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $60,059,820; BONUSES: $0

CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $2,340,180

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CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS

Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Daniel Cleary ($2.800m)

Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m)

Dick Axelsson ($0.850m) / Brooks Laich ($2.066m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.250m)

Jan Mursak ($0.646m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m)

Cory Emmerton ($0.821m) / Ilari Filppula ($0.600m)

DEFENSEMEN

Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) / Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.000m)

Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m)

Jonathan Ericsson ($1.500m) / Sean O'Donnell ($1.300m)

Jakub Kindl ($0.883m)

GOALTENDERS

Jimmy Howard ($3.516m) / Daniel Larsson ($0.700m)

SALARY CAP: $61,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $60,059,820; BONUSES: $0

CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $2,340,180

The wings need a better second line center, sorry but Filppula isn't going to cut it, hes has no where near the offensive upside needed to keep the team balanced scoring. As I said he has not proved himself to be a top 6 player. I see the offseason brining the wings a third line winger, and a second line center.

PS with Big E playing better I vote give Kindl a chance as the 6th D-man.

Edited by Shaman464

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