As we all know, these next two offseasons will be huge for Ken Holland and the Detroit Red Wings. The core is getting a little bit older, Lidstrom will most likely retire, the Wings are starting to give up as many shots as I can remember, etc. It will be huge for Holland to firstly, rebuild the defense, and also find some forwards to support Datsyuk, Zetterberg, and Franzen as the get older. Luckily, we will have some expiring contracts over the next two seasons, and the cap will likely grow, so Holland will have some flexibility. 2011-12 - Estimated cap increase of $4million - Lidstrom resigns at 1 year, $6million - Ericsson resigns at 3 years, $4.5million - Eaves resigns at 3 years, $2.7million - Mursak added to roster - Osgood or any backup goalie sings for $750k - Draper resigns at 1 year, $650k - Trade Hudler for a bag of pucks Outside the organization - Sign D Kevin Bieksa at 5 years, $25million (hopefully makes it hard for Vancouver to sign him) - Sign F Cody McCormick at 2 years, $1.4million - Sign F Erik Cole at 2 years, $6million CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR FORWARDS Tomas Holmstrom ($1.875m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) Erik Cole ($3.000m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m) Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) / Darren Helm ($0.912m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($1.937m) Jan Mursak ($0.550m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.787m) / Patrick Eaves ($0.900m) / Kris Draper ($0.650m) / Cody McCormick ($0.700m) DEFENSEMEN Nicklas Lidstrom ($6.000m) / Kevin Bieksa ($5.000m) Niklas Kronwall ($3.000m) / Brad Stuart ($3.750m) Brian Rafalski ($6.000m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($1.500m) / Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($2.250m) / Chris Osgood ($0.750m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter) (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion) SALARY CAP: $63,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $62,983,711; BONUSES: $0 CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $416,289 2012-13 Estimated cap increase of $2million Losses = D Nick Lidstrom, D Brian Rafalski, F Tomas Holmstrom, F Todd Bertuzzi, F Kris Draper - Tatar added to roster - Nyquist added to roster - Brendan Smith added to roster - Sign D Ryan Suter at 5 years, $35million (signing either Ryan Suter or Brent Burns has to be #1 priority to this offseason) - Sign F Shane Doan at 2 years, $8million (a guy you love to hate. comes for a shot at the cup) - Sign D Barrett Jackman at 2 years, $6million (or any defenseman we can lock up at around $3million. Hard to project who we could grab at that price range) CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR FORWARDS Tomas Tatar ($0.870m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Shane Doan ($4.000m) Gustav Nyquist ($0.762m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Johan Franzen ($3.954m) Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Darren Helm ($2.000m) / Erik Cole ($3.000m) Daniel Cleary ($2.800m) / Justin Abdelkader ($1.750m) / Jan Mursak ($0.550m) / Patrick Eaves ($0.900m) / Cody McCormick ($0.700m) DEFENSEMEN Ryan Suter ($7.000m) / Barret Jackman ($3.000m) Niklas Kronwall ($5.000m) / Kevin Bieksa ($5.000m) Brendan Smith ($0.875m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.500m) / Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) GOALTENDERS Jimmy Howard ($2.250m) / Chris Osgood ($0.750m) CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter) (these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion) SALARY CAP: $65,400,000; CAP PAYROLL: $65,257,000; BONUSES: $210,000 CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $143,000