FunkedUp

Really pushing it to the limit with this lineup (cap-wise), but it's deep as can be - especially at the forward position. Pav, Z, Fil, and Helm down the middle is depth! Pav could break 100 points with these line-mates. I know Semin has his detractors, but if he was playing with Datsyuk and Parise, then he how could he not produce? Career season for all 3 if this lineup magically happens.

CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup

FORWARDS

Zach Parise ($7.000m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Alexander Semin ($6.500m)
Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m) / Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)
Danny Cleary ($2.800m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m)
Justin Abdelkader ($1.000m) / Darren Helm ($1.750m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)
Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) / Drew Miller ($0.838m)

DEFENSEMEN

Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Ryan Suter ($7.000m)
Ian White ($2.875m) / Kyle Quincey ($3.500m)
Brendan Smith ($0.875m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) /

GOALTENDERS

Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)
Joey MacDonald ($0.550m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $70,292,045; BONUSES: $37,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $57,955

If the Wings don't hit the jackpot and sign Parise and/or Suter, then they're better off waiting until the trade deadline, which is deeper than usual, and just adding pieces at that point.

The Wings need to add a top 3 forward and a top 2 defenseman to remain competitive. No exceptions.

The Wings really blew it this year; all of our biggest threats have bowed out in the first round (except Nashville, obviously).

Also, if Boston, New York, and Chicago get bounced, then the playoffs will have their best TV ratings ever!!!

I don't know why people think Suter will automatically sign here. There are 29 other teams in the league that want him and his current team just soundly beat us. Why not re-sign in Nashville? It's a team that has put together something solid, a great city, and a no-pressure atmosphere. Some guys like that kind of thing. Parise is a possibility; Semin less so.

People need to relax because there's a chance that this team doesn't get the overhaul that everyone thinks is coming. Hasty moves with a short-sighted time horizon are the exact kind of moves that we need to avoid. Also, 2013 is ridiculously deep. It might worthwhile to do some minor tweaks this summer, and then clean house at the deadline based on what is needed at that time.

2013 UFA's:

Player Pos Team Age Cap Hit Expiry
Crosby, Sidney » F PIT 24 $8,700,000 2013 (UFA)
Iginla, Jarome » F CGY 34 $7,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Timonen, Kimmo » D PHI 37 $6,333,333 2013 (UFA)
Backstrom, Niklas » G MIN 34 $6,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Elias, Patrik » F NJD 36 $6,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Visnovsky, Lubomir » D ANA 35 $5,600,000 2013 (UFA)
Gonchar, Sergei » D OTT 38 $5,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Perry, Corey » F ANA 26 $5,325,000 2013 (UFA)
Getzlaf, Ryan » F ANA 26 $5,325,000 2013 (UFA)
Ribeiro, Mike » F DAL 32 $5,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Thomas, Tim » G BOS 38 $5,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Alfredsson, Daniel » F OTT 39 $4,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Connolly, Tim » F TOR 30 $4,750,000 2013 (UFA)
McDonald, Andy » F STL 34 $4,700,000 2013 (UFA)
Hainsey, Ron » D WIN 31 $4,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Lupul, Joffrey » F TOR 28 $4,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Fisher, Mike » F NAS 31 $4,200,000 2013 (UFA)
Hartnell, Scott » F PHI 30 $4,200,000 2013 (UFA)
Morrow, Brenden » F DAL 33 $4,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Streit, Mark » D NYI 34 $4,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Bouchard, Pierre-Marc » F MIN 27 $4,080,000 2013 (UFA)
Antropov, Nik » F WIN 32 $4,062,500 2013 (UFA)
Regehr, Robyn » D BUF 32 $4,020,000 2013 (UFA)
Staal, Jordan » F PIT 23 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Zidlicky, Marek » D NJD 35 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Whitney, Ryan » D EDM 29 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Roy, Derek » F BUF 28 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Horton, Nathan » F BOS 26 $4,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Zajac, Travis » F NJD 26 $3,887,500 2013 (UFA)
Enstrom, Tobias » D WIN 27 $3,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Khabibulin, Nikolai » G EDM 39 $3,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Clowe, Ryane » F SAN 29 $3,625,000 2013 (UFA)
Lehtonen, Kari » G DAL 28 $3,550,000 2013 (UFA)
Lombardi, Matthew » F TOR 30 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Cullen, Matt » F MIN 35 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Ryder, Michael » F DAL 32 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Hamrlik, Roman » D WAS 38 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Gagne, Simon » F LAK 32 $3,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Zubrus, Dainius » F NJD 33 $3,400,000 2013 (UFA)
Scuderi, Rob » D LAK 33 $3,400,000 2013 (UFA)
MacArthur, Clarke » F TOR 27 $3,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Edler, Alexander » D VAN 26 $3,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Vlasic, Marc-Edouard » D SAN 25 $3,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Weiss, Stephen » F FLA 29 $3,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Filppula, Valtteri » F DET 28 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Armstrong, Colby » F TOR 29 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Lydman, Toni » D ANA 34 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Leopold, Jordan » D BUF 31 $3,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Poti, Tom » D WAS 35 $2,875,000 2013 (UFA)
White, Ian » D DET 27 $2,875,000 2013 (UFA)
Cleary, Danny » F DET 33 $2,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Nabokov, Evgeni » G NYI 36 $2,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Clarkson, David » F NJD 28 $2,666,667 2013 (UFA)
Babchuk, Anton » D CGY 27 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Malhotra, Manny » F VAN 31 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Handzus, Michal » F SAN 35 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Murray, Douglas » D SAN 32 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Prospal, Vinny » F CLB 37 $2,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Purcell, Teddy » F TBL 26 $2,362,500 2013 (UFA)
Brouwer, Troy » F WAS 26 $2,350,000 2013 (UFA)
Smid, Ladislav » D EDM 26 $2,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Ference, Andrew » D BOS 33 $2,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Howard, Jimmy » G DET 28 $2,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Pardy, Adam » D DAL 27 $2,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Smith, Mike » G PHO 30 $2,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Burrows, Alexandre » F VAN 31 $2,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Neil, Chris » F OTT 32 $2,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Higgins, Chris » F VAN 28 $1,900,000 2013 (UFA)
Quick, Jonathan » G LAK 26 $1,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Cooke, Matt » F PIT 33 $1,800,000 2013 (UFA)
O'Byrne, Ryan » D COL 27 $1,800,000 2013 (UFA)
Torres, Raffi » F PHO 30 $1,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Sutton, Andy » D EDM 37 $1,750,000 2013 (UFA)
Walker, Matt » D PHI 32 $1,700,000 2013 (UFA)
Larose, Chad » F CAR 30 $1,700,000 2013 (UFA)
Bozak, Tyler » F TOR 26 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Theodore, Jose » G FLA 35 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Jones, Ryan » F EDM 27 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Dupuis, Pascal » F PIT 33 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Erskine, John » D WAS 31 $1,500,000 2013 (UFA)
Nystrom, Eric » F DAL 29 $1,400,000 2013 (UFA)
Miettinen, Antti » F WIN 31 $1,351,293 2013 (UFA)
Klein, Kevin » D NAS 27 $1,350,000 2013 (UFA)
Reasoner, Marty » F NYI 35 $1,350,000 2013 (UFA)
Gordon, Boyd » F PHO 28 $1,325,000 2013 (UFA)
Garon, Mathieu » G TBL 34 $1,300,000 2013 (UFA)
Kobasew, Chuck » F COL 30 $1,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Clitsome, Grant » D WIN 27 $1,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Giguere, Jean-Sebastien » G COL 34 $1,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Labarbera, Jason » G PHO 32 $1,250,000 2013 (UFA)
Alberts, Andrew » D VAN 30 $1,225,000 2013 (UFA)
Richardson, Brad » F LAK 27 $1,175,000 2013 (UFA)
Budaj, Peter » G MTL 29 $1,150,000 2013 (UFA)
Emery, Ray » G CHI 29 $1,150,000 2013 (UFA)
Steckel, David » F TOR 30 $1,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Shelley, Jody » F PHI 36 $1,100,000 2013 (UFA)
Bergeron, Marc-Andre » D TBL 31 $1,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Lapierre, Maxim » F VAN 27 $1,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Crombeen, B.J. » F STL 26 $1,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Orr, Colton » F TOR 30 $1,000,000 2013 (UFA)
Boucher, Brian » G CAR 35 $950,000 2013 (UFA)
Bradley, Matt » F FLA 33 $950,000 2013 (UFA)
Thompson, Nate » F TBL 27 $900,000 2013 (UFA)
Stewart, Anthony » F CAR 27 $900,000 2013 (UFA)
Stalberg, Viktor » F CHI 26 $875,000 2013 (UFA)
Khudobin, Anton » G BOS 25 $875,000 2013 (UFA)
Karlsson, Henrik » G CGY 28 $862,500 2013 (UFA)
Miller, Drew » F DET 28 $837,500 2013 (UFA)
Hendricks, Matt » F WAS 30 $825,000 2013 (UFA)
Smithson, Jerred » F FLA 33 $800,000 2013 (UFA)
Brent, Tim » F CAR 28 $750,000 2013 (UFA)
Lilja, Andreas » D PHI 36 $737,500 2013 (UFA)
Godard, Eric » F DAL 32 $725,000 2013 (UFA)
Yonkman, Nolan » D FLA 31 $700,000 2013 (UFA)
Harrison, Jay » D CAR 29 $700,000 2013 (UFA)
Adams, Craig » F PIT 34 $675,000 2013 (UFA)
Boulton, Eric » F NJD 35 $662,500 2013 (UFA)
Letestu, Mark » F CLB 27 $625,000 2013 (UFA)
Dwyer, Patrick » F CAR 28 $625,000 2013 (UFA)
Drewiske, Davis » D LAK 27 $616,667 2013 (UFA)
Drouin-Deslauriers, Jeff » G ANA 27 $612,500 2013 (UFA)
Bagnall, Drew » D MIN 28 $612,500 2013 (UFA)
Strachan, Tyson » D FLA 27 $600,000 2013 (UFA)
Hensick, T.J. » F STL 26 $600,000 2013 (UFA)
Tardif, Jamie » F BOS 27 $600,000 2013 (UFA)
Ford, Matt » F PHI 27 $600,000 2013 (UFA)
Joudrey, Andrew » F CLB 27 $587,500 2013 (UFA)
Greiss, Thomas » G SAN 26 $587,500 2013 (UFA)
Whitfield, Trent » F BOS 34 $575,000 2013 (UFA)
Carson, Brett » D CGY 26 $575,000 2013 (UFA)
Gagnon, Aaron » F WIN 25 $562,500 2013 (UFA)
MacDonald, Joey » G DET 32 $550,000 2013 (UFA)
Wilson, Kyle » F NAS 27 $550,000 2013 (UFA)
Cracknell, Adam » F STL 26 $550,000 2013 (UFA)
Bickell, Bryan » F CHI 26 $541,667 2013 (UFA)
Walter, Ben » F CGY 27 $537,500 2013 (UFA)
Gordon, Andrew » F VAN 26 $537,500 2013 (UFA)
Wilson, Clay » D CGY 29 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Wiseman, Chad » F NJD 31 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Kolanos, Krys » F CGY 30 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Ellis, Matt » F BUF 30 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Morin, Travis » F DAL 28 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Lovejoy, Ben » D PIT 28 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Guenin, Nate » D ANA 29 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Labrie, Pierre-Cedric » F TBL 25 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Piskula, Joe » D CGY 27 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Potulny, Ryan » F WAS 27 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Kolarik, Chad » F NYR 26 $525,000 2013 (UFA)
Anderson, Matt » F NJD 29 $525,000 2013 (UFA)