Maybe I should rename this thread: If JL was the Habs' GM... :laugh:
Anyway, I was working on something here... which goes exactly with what Bob Gainey was saying yesterday about his Plan "B" having to do with the teams that are over the Cap, the teams in a bind, not in a good position to negotiate. First, let's recap...
If I'm not mistaken, the Cap is set at $56.7M and teams are allowed to be up to 5% ($59.535M) over the cap until the start of the season, then they all must be under the cap. All figures below were taken from nhlnumbers.com
Anaheim at $58.013M
Need to shed $1.313M by start of season, less what they'll pay Selanne. Trading Schneider would allow for about $4 million for Selanne
Todd Marchant C 34 2.518 UFA
75GP 9G 7A 16PTS -3 14:49TOI/G 49.2FO%
Mathieu Schneider D 39 5.625 UFA
65GP 12G 27A 39PTS +22 22:17TOI/G
To Montreal:
Mathieu Schneider
To Anaheim:
Mid range prospect and/or draft pick (they can't take on salary)
Calgary at $58.179M
Need to shed $1.479M by start of season
Adrian Aucoin D 34 4.0 UFA
76GP 10G 25A 35PTS +13 20:57TOI/G
Rhett Warrener D 32 2.35 UFA
31GP 1G 3A 4PTS -2 13:25TOI/G
To Montreal:
Adrian Aucoin
To Calgary:
Mathieu Dandenault $1.725M
Prospect or pick
Chicago at $59.208M
Need to shed $2.508M by start of season
Martin Havlat L 27 6.0 UFA
35GP 10G 17A 27PTS +4 18:35TOI/G
To Montreal:
Martin Havlat
To Chicago:
Chris Higgins $1.7M
OR
Robert Lang C 37 4.0 UFA
76GP 21G 33A 54PTS +9 18:25TOI/G 53.1FO%
To Montreal:
Robert Lang
To Chicago:
Kyle Chipchura $0.943M
Prospect and/or pick
Philadelphia at 61.217
Need to shed $1.682M by September, then an additional $2.835M by season start
Mike Knuble R 35 2.8 UFA
82GP 29G 26A 55PTS -3 18:54TOI/G
Derian Hatcher D 36 3.5 UFA
44GP 2G 5A 7PTS +4 21:05TOI/G
None of them address our lack of #4 defenseman or depth at center.
Washington at $58.955M
Need to shed $2.255M by season start
Michael Nylander C 35 4.875 3yrs
40GP 11G 26A 37PTS -19 19:09TOI/G 49.2FO%
Viktor Kozlov C 33 2.5 UFA
81GP 16G 38A 54PTS +28 17:34TOI/G 45.9FO%
Tom Poti D 31 3.5 3yrs
71GP 2G 27A 29PTS +9 23:28TOI/G
To Montreal:
Tom Poti
To Washington:
Prospect and/or pick (not much room to take on salary)
San Jose at $56.926M (assuming that Vlasic's $3M doesn't kick in until next year)
Need to shed $226,000 by season start
Kyle McLaren D 31 2.5 UFA
61GP 3G 8A 11PTS +3 18:21TOI/G
I don't feel that McLaren would be a #4 on our team.