With free agent frenzy day coming up on Sunday, I thought I'd take the opportunity to update the cap sheet. You'll note that I've added the 5 reported RFAs that the Avs extended QOs to on the depth chart, but did not add any money in. This should give a little bit of an idea of what the Avalanche are looking for in free agency (hint: A WINGER).
As of right now, the Avs have roughly 8 players to sign or promote (including the 5 RFAs) and and need to spend a bit over $18 million to get to the cap floor, although they can really spend up to $34 million. Yes, I laughed a little bit when I typed that.
Is anyone else worried about Erik Johnson? After hearing that Garth Snow may have offered his entire draft for Ryan Murray and that Mike Milbury very likely offered his entire draft for Erik Johnson AND given that the Avalanche probably aren't currently loading up a Brinks truck to sign EJ AND given that not every team will be able to sign Ryan Suter even though they would LOVE to add a big, talented defenseman...wouldn't it be feasible that some team might want to sign Johnson to a "modest" offer sheet of $5 to $6 million? Personally, I'm a little nervous.
Forwards | ||||||
Signed | Cap Hit | RFA | LY | QO | ||
C1 | Stastny | $ 6,600,000 | ||||
C2 | Duchene | $ 3,500,000 | O'Reilly | $ 900,000 | $ 810,000 | |
C3 | O'Reilly * | Olver | $ 850,000 | $ 577,500 | ||
C4 | McGinn | $ 680,000 | $ 714,000 | |||
W1 | Landeskog | $ 3,575,000 | ||||
W2 | Jones | $ 4,000,000 | ||||
W3 | Hejduk | $ 2,000,000 | ||||
W4 | Downie * | $ 2,650,000 | ||||
W5 | McGinn * | UFA | LY | |||
W6 | McClement | $ 1,450,000 | ||||
W7 | Olver * | Mueller | $ 2,000,000 | |||
W8 | McLeod | $ 1,150,000 | Porter | $ 850,000 | ||
F | Kobasew | $ 1,250,000 | ||||
Forwards (8): | $ 24,725,000 | |||||
AHL | Cap Hit | FA | LY | |||
Hishon | $ 1,200,000 | Stoa | $ 803,250 | |||
Connolly | $ 900,000 | Cohen | $ 735,000 | |||
Malone | $ 875,000 | Rissmiller | $ 525,000 | |||
Carey | $ 875,000 | Mauldin | $ 525,000 | |||
van der Gulik | $ 575,000 | Mercier | $ 525,000 | |||
Walker | $ 563,333 | Brophey | $ 525,000 | |||
Sgarbossa | $ 540,000 | |||||
Bordeleau | $ 525,000 | |||||
Departed | LY | |||||
Lindstrom | $ 600,000 | Skelleftea (SEL) | ||||
Defensemen | ||||||
Signed | Cap Hit | RFA | LY | QO | ||
D1 | Johnson * | Johnson *R* | $ 2,600,000 | $ 3,000,000 | ||
D2 | Hejda *L* | $ 3,250,000 | ||||
D3 | O'Byrne *R* | $ 1,800,000 | ||||
D4 | Elliott *R* | $ 900,000 | UFA | LY | ||
D5 | Wilson *L* | $ 2,250,000 | ||||
D6 | O'Brien *L* | $ 2,000,000 | ||||
D7 | Hunwick *L* | $ 1,600,000 | ||||
Defensemen (6): | $ 11,800,000 | |||||
AHL | Cap Hit | FA | LY | |||
Siemens *L* | $ 1,419,167 | Newton *L* | $ 900,000 | |||
Barrie *R* | $ 900,000 | Holos *R* | $ 785,000 | |||
Gaunce *L* | $ 845,833 | Liffiton *L* | $ 525,000 | |||
Chouinard *L* | $ 566,666 | |||||
Departed | LY | |||||
Richmond | $ 525,000 | Lahti (SM-ligga) | ||||
Goalies | ||||||
Signed | Cap Hit | |||||
G1 | Varlamov | $ 2,833,333 | ||||
G2 | Giguere | $ 1,250,000 | ||||
Goalies (2): | $ 4,083,333 | |||||
AHL | Cap Hit | FA | LY | |||
Pickard | $ 870,000 | Cann | $ 875,000 | |||
Aittokallio | $ 683,333 | Desjardins | $ 650,000 | |||
Patterson | $ 627,500 | |||||
Millan | $ 627,500 | |||||
Departed | LY | |||||
Forwards (8): | $ 24,725,000 | |||||
Defensemen (6): | $ 11,800,000 | |||||
Goalies (2): | $ 4,083,333 | |||||
Total (16): | $ 40,608,333 | |||||
Estimated Cap: | $ 70,200,000 | |||||
Cap Room: | $ 29,591,667 | |||||
Per Player: | $ 4,931,945 | |||||
Estimated Floor: | $ 54,200,000 | |||||
To Floor (6): | $ 13,591,667 | |||||
Per Player: | $ 2,265,278 |