FORWARDS
Tomas Fleischmann ($4.500m) / Claude Giroux ($8.275m) / Matt Read ($3.625m)
Scott Hartnell ($4.750m) / Sean Couturier ($1.750m) / Jakub Voracek ($4.250m)
Michael Raffl ($1.100m) / Brayden Schenn ($2.500m) / Wayne Simmonds ($3.975m)
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare ($0.600m) / Scott Laughton ($0.863m) / Jason Akeson ($0.715m)
Zac Rinaldo ($0.750m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Mark Streit ($5.250m) / Andrew MacDonald ($5.000m)
Braydon Coburn ($4.500m) / Luke Schenn ($3.600m)
Kimmo Timonen ($2.000m) / Tom Gilbert ($1.250m)
Chris Pronger ($4.941m) /
GOALTENDERS
Steve Mason ($4.100m)
Al Montoya ($1.000m)
BUYOUTS
Daniel Briere ($0.000m)
Ilya Bryzgalov ($0.000m)
RETAINED SALARIES (1.90% of upper limit)
Vincent Lecavalier ($1.350m—30.00%)
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(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $70,644,762; BONUSES: $1,712,500
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $455,238
- mochoson

Vinny>thomas

The best move for the defense is to make the forward more balanced and better two-way.
- PhillySportsGuy

I agree with this approach. It's not that improvements can't be made on the defense, but maybe the team could improve defensively more by strengthening the speed and defensive ability of their forwards while not costing them much in the way of assets

Coburn >>>>>>>> Streit, Amac, Grossmann, Schenn
- PhillySportsGuy

I say it again: Grown men will weep very real tears of sorrow if they trade Coburn and don't replace him

There would be nights when this fanbase would be in the fetal position for two-plus hours

Can we please stop reaping defense from the worst teams in the league?
- mayorofangrytown

Please god, this.

Say what you want, I'd kill to have Tyler Myers
- mochoson

The only thing you'd be killing by bringing in Myers and getting rid of Coburn is our PO chances for the next couple of seasons.

Have to like the off season so far however small the moves seem. Nice contract with Kimo, added Bellemare and in it for Sekac. Gillick was the master at getting small pieces to make up a team. Let's hope Hextall can do the same. One thing RAJ never understood. It doesn't have to be a monster deal to help the club.

I say it again: Grown men will weep very real tears of sorrow if they trade Coburn and don't replace him

There would be nights when this fanbase would be in the fetal position for two-plus hours
- AllInForFlyers

Hey look, MacDonald played 28 minutes vs the Kings...and Steve Mason's in the locker room with a rifle named Charlene yelling out his general orders in his underwear

Please god, this.
- Tomahawk

Erhoff isn't a replacement for Coburn, either; he'd fit nicely on the second pair, but really, you hit the nail on the head:

How in the world are we getting better by dealing our best defenseman, then replacing him with a guy who "led" the Sabres to the worst record in the league?

Sooner or later, this stuff does come back to bite you in the ass -- Coburn is just being undervalued for the hellacious minutes he eats so Mark Streit -- who I do like -- doesn't have to

Have to like the off season so far however small the moves seem. Nice contract with Kimo, added Bellemare and in it for Sekac. Gillick was the master at getting small pieces to make up a team. Let's hope Hextall can do the same. One thing RAJ never understood. It doesn't have to be a monster deal to help the club.
- jstross

Sekac's really a sasquatch, living in the mountains of Germany. He doesn't really exist.

Sekac's really a sasquatch, living in the mountains of Germany. He doesn't really exist.
- Jsaquella

LOL. it's funny though, several teams think they're in the lead to get him most notably the NJ and Philly.

The only thing you'd be killing by bringing in Myers and getting rid of Coburn is our PO chances for the next couple of seasons.
- Tomahawk

I disagree. I think it's a lateral move and were not really much better in the short term.

However, thats a move you make for the long term.

Hey look, MacDonald played 28 minutes vs the Kings...and Steve Mason's in the locker room with a rifle named Charlene yelling out his general orders in his underwear


- Jsaquella

That first sentence makes me want to cry right now -- and I don't hate MacDonald

But let's call a spade a spade -- we move Coburn and eff up the return, that defense is gonna be sieve-like and the playoffs would be REAALY REALLY REALLY challenging to make

I disagree. I think it's a lateral move and were not really much better in the short term.

However, thats a move you make for the long term.
- mochoson

Myers is the Chris Gratton of defense.

If the flyers trade coburn, the only prize the flyers have a chance of winning is Connor McDavid.
- FlyersSteve118

On the one hand, we wont find someone good enough to replace Coburn's Minutes... On the other he doesn't really play his minutes it that well. His playoff performance was a pretty good indication.

LOL. it's funny though, several teams think they're in the lead to get him most notably the NJ and Philly.
- jstross

Bill said he was a bottom six guy. Maybe he'll be more, but outside of some highlights I haven't seen much of him.

Myers is the Chris Gratton of defense.
- Tomahawk

That's wrong on so many levels

You've just been elected Mayor of Inebriated Town. Congratulations.

Rob Ford says, "Hi".
- Doc_Sarcasm

Man, I can't balance two schedules and party with Bobby too. What're you , trying to kill me?

That first sentence makes me want to cry right now -- and I don't hate MacDonald

But let's call a spade a spade -- we move Coburn and eff up the return, that defense is gonna be sieve-like and the playoffs would be REAALY REALLY REALLY challenging to make
- AllInForFlyers

I don't think it's a knock to call MacDonald a 4/5 guy. I don't hate him, I just think he took advantage of a situation and got a contract that is more than he is worth(if not in "market value" than in real value, remember the market value once said Jeff Finger was a $3mm a year defenseman). I think there are similar guys who they could have gotten more cheaply (contract wise, not trade wise).

I don't think he played especially bad overall, but he did struggle in the playoffs. With the right partner & some adjustments he can be a decent 4th defenseman who can be used on the PK, PP and play 16-18 minutes a night without killing a team.

Prior to the playoffs, I felt Stralman would have been a better choice in UFA, and possibly could have been signed for less. Now, he's a key UFA for the Rangers to keep and almost certainly will command a big contract. The key is to find the next Stralman and get him signed for a smaller deal, not to reward a guy with a 6 year $30mm deal for being a solid guy for 14 games or so.

Bill said he was a bottom six guy. Maybe he'll be more, but outside of some highlights I haven't seen much of him.
- Jsaquella

Every article I read says the same thing. However if you upgrade your bottom six then maybe you can move Read onto the top 2 lines and Raffl can stay on the 3rd or 4th line for now. No more Rosehill!

Hockey Prospect "NHL Scout comments" on Ho-Sang

"I'll be shocked if he goes in the 1st round"

"If he goes in the 1st round, that team gets what they deserve"

"I don't think we are interviewing him at the combine"

andy macdonald is going to emerge into a superstar
just wait

Every article I read says the same thing. However if you upgrade your bottom six then maybe you can move Read onto the top 2 lines and Raffl can stay on the 3rd or 4th line for now. No more Rosehill!
- jstross

I agree, but I'd like to avoid a big deal for an unknown. If he signs for $900K, great. If he wants all sorts of potentially damaging bonuses and other perks, go find another Bellemare.

Hockey Prospect "NHL Scout comments" on Ho-Sang

"I'll be shocked if he goes in the 1st round"

"If he goes in the 1st round, that team gets what they deserve"

"I don't think we are interviewing him at the combine"
- ob18

- Jsaquella

I'm laughing as well, this was a worthwhile purchase.

Wouldnt mind flipping Grossmann for a pick and then flipping the pick to the Hawks for Oduya. Hawks blogger says they're shopping him. Presumably trying to clear cap space for Towes and Kane. I like what Oduya brings.