Looking at our current situation and trying to see the movement we have both in the cap and with internal roster improvements. Now, with neither a coach or a general manager, I have little idea the direction the leafs will be going, but as it stands now, down maybe the only way.
Currently players who are signed into next season are:
MCCABE, BRYAN D TOR 5,750,000
BLAKE, JASON L TOR 4,000,000
KUBINA, PAVEL D TOR 5,000,000
KABERLE, TOMAS D TOR 4,250,000
TUCKER, DARCY R TOR 3,000,000
BELL, MARK L TOR 2,166,667
RAYCROFT, ANDREW G TOR 2,000,000
ANTROPOV, NIKOLAI C TOR 2,050,000
PONIKAROVSKY, ALEXEI L TOR 2,105,000
TOSKALA, VESA G TOR 4,000,000
COLAIACOVO, CARLO D TOR 1,283,333
STEEN, ALEXANDER C TOR 900,600
KULEMIN, NIKOLAI L TOR 1,487,500
TLUSTY, JIRI C TOR 855,000
WHITE, IAN D TOR 850,000
POGGE, JUSTIN G TOR 683,333
BATTAGLIA, BATES (JON) L TOR 650,000
EARL, ROBERT L TOR 600,000
STRALMAN, ANTON D TOR 731,667
DEVEREAUX, BOYD C TOR 575,000
BOYCE, DARRYL C TOR 525,000
AUBIN, BRENT R TOR 491,667
ORESKOVIC, PHIL D TOR 508,333
KRONVALL, STAFFAN D TOR 487,500
NEWBURY, KRIS C TOR 475,000
WALSER, DERRICK D TOR 512,500
WILLIAMS, JEREMY R TOR 487,500
Up and coming RFAs being:
Stajan, Wellwood, Harrison, Mitchell, Ondrus, Harrington, Sifers, Cashman, Foster,
Up and Coming FAs being:
Sundin, Moore, Cleemson, Wozniewski, Ling, Pohl,
With the current signed players if we made a roster it would be something a long the lines of:
Forwards:
Steen 0.9 million
Antropov 2 million
Devereaux .575 million
Tlusty .855 million
Tucker 3 million
Blake 4 million
Bell 2.2 million
Ponikarski 2.1 million
Williams .5 million
Earl .6 million
Newbury .475 million
Battaglia .650
Kuleimen 1.478 million
19.33 million
Defence
McCabe 5.75
Kaberle 4.25
Kubinia 5
Coliacovo 1.3
White .85
Stralman .75
17.9
Goalies
Toskala 4
Raycroft 2
6
Total Cap 43.23 million
Current cap 50.3 million
Currently have 7.07 million under cap
So we have to resign Stajan and Wellwood, Stajan will most likely run about 1.2-1.8 million where Wellwood will be around 1 million. With any luck we will have shed Kubinia in the off season during his No-Trade recess, and I would be in favour of sending Raycroft to the minors, with any luck he will be taken up in waivers, if these two things have we clear up 7 million more in the cap, and what I suggest we do with that is… nothing! If we sign some minor third liners and such , and bomb the season and grab a good pick here or there, this team might be able to make a legit movement in two or three years when some bigger name contracts expire. On the brighter side of live though, I would be delighted to see Williams, Earl, and Stralman come out of camp this off season with legit spots on the roster, and with any luck Coli can go for over 40 games this season.
All cap info from
http://www.nhlscap.com/salarynumbers/toronto.htm