2009 NHL Free Agency / Teams by Cap Space / Unsigned UFA's and RFA's
by Robert L on Jul 4, 2009 3:19 PM EDT
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This is a listing of NHL teams by order of remaining cap space as of July 4. The Islanders top the list with approximately $23M left to spend. The Sharks have just under $2M remaining. The list is helpful in determining which team are closest to filling out their 2009-10 lineup. As one can see, there is much work to be done at both ends of the spectrum. The numbers figures are based on totals given by NHL Numbers.com.
1 - New York Islanders: $23.265 (18)
UFA: Andy Hilbert C 28, Dean McAmmond C 36, Mike Sillinger C 38, Thomas Pock D 27, Yann Danis G 28, Joey MacDonald G 29.
RFA: Nate Thompson C 24, Jeremy Colliton C 24, Jamie Fraser D 23, Jack Hillen D 23.
2 - Phoenix Coyotes: $21.972 (18)
UFA: Brian McGrattan R 27, Dmitri Kalinin D 29, Ken Klee D 38.
RFA: Nigel Dawes L 24, Joakim Lindstrom C 25, Enver Lisin R 23, Scottie Upshall R 25, Daniel Winnik C 24, Keith Yandle D 22.
3 - Atlanta Thrashers: $19.599 (15)
RFA: Eric Perrin C 33.
UFA: Kari Lehtonen G 25, Colby Armstrong R 26, Jim Slater C 26, Boris Valabik D 23.
4 - Nashville Predators: $17.913 (16)
UFA: Radek Bonk C 33, Scott Nichol C 34, Greg de Vries D 36.
RFA: Ryan Jones R 25, Antti Pihlstrom L 24,.
5 - New York Rangers: $16.436 (13)
UFA: Blair Betts C 29, Mark Bell L 28, Patrick Rissmiller C 30, Paul Mara D 29, Derek Morris D 30.
RFA: Christopher Higgins R 26, Ryan Callahan R 24, Brandon Dubinsky C 23, Lauri Korpikoski L 22, Nikolai Zherdev L 24, Corey Potter D 25.
6 - Anaheim Ducks: $14.295 (17)
UFA: Rob Niedermayer F 34, Todd Marchant C 33, Francois Beauchemin D 29, Bret Hedican D 38.
RFA: James Wisniewski D 25.
7 - Tampa Bay Lightning: $14.295 (17)
UFA: Matt Pettinger L 28, Wade Brookbank L 31, Jason Ward R 30, Marek Malik D 34, Josef Melichar D 30, Cory Murphy D 31, Noah Welch D 26.
RFA: Martins Karsums R 23, Radek Smolenak L 22, Matt Lashoff D 22, Matt Smaby D 24, Mike Lundin D 24, Karri Ramo G 22, Mike McKenna G 26.
8 - Columbus Blue Jackets: $13.313 (20)
UFA: Chris Gratton C 33, Manny Malhotra C 29, Michael Peca C 35, Jason Williams C 28, Christian Backman D 29.
RFA: Jiri Novotny C 25, Marc Methot D 24, Ole-Kristian Tollefsen D 25.
9 - Dallas Stars: $13.193 (19)
UFA: Sergei Zubov D 38, Brendan Morrison C 33, Joel Lundqvist C 27, Mark Parrish R 32, Landon Wilson R 34, Tobias Stephan G 25, Darryl Sydor D 37.
RFA: Mark Fistric D 23.
10 - St. Louis Blues: $12.295 (22)
UFA: Trent Whitfield C 32, Dan Hinote R 32, Jay McKee D 31, Manny Legace G 36.
RFA: Brandon Crombeen R 23, Chris Porter C 25, Steve Regier L 24, Roman Polak D 23, Jeff Woywitka D 25, Marek Schwarz G 23.
11 - New Jersey Devils: $12.129
UFA: Brendan Shanahan L 40, Kevin Weekes G 34, Niclas Havelid D NJ.
RFA: Travis Zajac C 24.
12 - Toronto Maple Leafs: $12.022 (20)
UFA: Brad May L 37, Bates Battaglia L 33, Andre Deveaux C 25, Boyd Devereaux C 31, Jeff Hamilton C 31, Kris Newbury C 27, Ben Ondrus R 27, Jay Harrison D 26, Jamie Heward D 38, Martin Gerber G 34, Olaf Kolzig G 39, Curtis Joseph G 42.
RFA: Jeremy Williams R 25, Justin Pogge G 23, Jaime Sifers D 26, Ryan Hollweg C 26.
13 - Chicago Blackhawks: $11.797
UFA: Aaron Johnson D 26.
RFA: Cam Barker D 23, Troy Brouwer R 23, Ben Eager L 25, Colin Fraser C 24, Kris Versteeg R 23.
14 - Colorado Avalanche: $11.654 (15)
UFA: Joe Sakic F 39, Ben Guite R 30, Brian Willsie R 31, Andrew Raycroft G 29.
RFA: Kyle Cumiskey D 22, David Jones R 24, Cody McCormick C 26.
15 - Montreal Canadiens: $10.454 (16)
UFA: Alexei Kovalev F 36, Saku Koivu C 34, Alex Tanguay L 29, Robert Lang C 38, Mathieu Schneider D 40, Tom Kostopoulos R 30, Mathieu Dandenault D 33, Patrice Brisebois D 38, Francis Bouillon D 33, Marc Denis G 31.
RFA: Tomas Plekanec C 26, Matt D'Agostini R 22, Guillaume Latendresse R 22, Kyle Chipchura C 23, Gregory Stewart L 23.
16 - Los Angeles Kings: $10.285 (21)
UFA: Derek Armstrong F 36, Denis Gauthier D 32, Kyle Calder L 30.
RFA: Jack Johnson D 22, Teddy Purcell R 23.
17 - Washington Capitals: $9.720 (15)
UFA: Viktor Kozlov C 34, Alexandre Giroux C 28, Bryan Helmer D 26, Brent Johnson G 32.
RFA: Jeff Schultz D 23, Shaone Morrisonn D 26, Milan Jurcina D 26, Eric Fehr R 23, Boyd Gordon R 25.
18 - Buffalo Sabres: $8.976 (16)
UFA: Matt Ellis L 24, Dominic Moore C 28, Andrew Peters L 29, Teppo Numminen D 40, Maxim Afinogeno F 29,
RFA: Andrej Sekera D 23, Drew Stafford R 23, Clarke MacArthur L 24, Patrick Kaleta R 23.
19 - Florida Panthers: $8.405 (18)
UFA: Ville Peltonen L 36, Richard Zednik L 33, Jassen Cullimore D 36, Nick Boynton D 30.
RFA: Anthony Stewart C 24, Steve Eminger D 25, Tanner Glass L 25.
20 - Carolina Hurricanes: $8.083 (18)
UFA: Ryan Bayda L 28, Dennis Seidenberg D 27.
RFA: Tuomo Ruutu C 26, Anton Babchuk D 25.
21 - Vancouver Canucks: $7.282 (18)
UFA: Mats Sundin C 38, Jason Krog C 33, Rob Davison D 29, Ossi Vaananen D 28, Curtis Sanford G 29, Michel Ouellet R 27.
RFA: Shane O' Brien D 25. Kyle Wellwood C 26, Jannik Hansen R 23.
22 - Minnesota Wild: $6.296 (20)
UFA: Stephane Veilleux L 27, Krys Kolanos C 27, Marc-Andre Bergeron D 28, Kurtis Foster D 27, Martin Skoula D 29.
RFA: Dan Fritsche C 23, Benoit Pouliot L 22, Kyle Brodziak C 25, Josh Harding G 25.
23 - Edmonton Oilers: $6.404 (20)
UFA: Ales Kotalik R 30, Dany Sabourin G 28.
RFA: Liam Reddox L 23, Gilbert Brule C 22, Ryan Potulny C 24, Rob Schremp C 22, Denis Grebeshkov D 25, Ladislav Smid D 23.
24 - Detroit Red Wings: $5.554 (16)
UFA: Darren McCarty R 37, Aaron Downey R 34, Chris Chelios D 47.
RFA: Jiri Hudler C 25, Ville Leino L 25.
25 - Boston Bruins: $5.340 (18)
UFA: Stephane Yelle F 35, P.J. Axelsson L 34, Manny Fernandez G 34.
RFA: Phil Kessel F 21, Matt Hunwick D 24.
26 - Ottawa Senators: $4.649 (22)
UFA: Mike Comrie C 28.
RFA: Brendan Bell D 26, Brian Elliott G 24.
27 - Pittsburgh Penguins: $3.137 (19)
UFA: Mike Zigomanis C 28, James Connor L 26, Miroslav Satan L 34, Petr Sykora R 32, Janne Pesonen L 27, Philippe Boucher D 36.
RFA: Paul Bissonnette R 24, Tim Wallace R 24, Ben Lovejoy D 25, John Curry G 25.
28 - Calgary Flames: $3.053 (19)
UFA: Todd Bertuzzi R 34, Andre Roy R 34, Rhett Warrener D 33.
RFA: Dustin Boyd C 22.
29 - Philadelphia Flyers: $2.125 (20)
UFA: Josh Gratton L 26, Boyd Kane L 31, Andrew Alberts D 28, Lasse Kukkonen D 27, Martin Biron G 31, Antero Niittymaki G 29.
RFA: Jared Ross C 26, Danny Syvret D 24.
30 - San Jose Sharks: $1.774 (16)
UFA: Claude Lemieux R 43, Jeremy Roenick C 39, Tom Cavanagh R 27, Alexei Semenov D 28, Mike Grier R 34, Marcel Goc C 25, Tomas Plihal L 26, Lukas Kaspar L 23.
RFA: Torrey Mitchell C 24, Thomas Greiss G 23, Brad Staubitz R 24.
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The Habs cap space is really lower once you factor in their bonus cushion as well as the point that they have to leave some room for injuries and late season trades. Gainey has blown the bundle on his new players so what you see is what you get for the next few years.
by 24 Cups on Jul 4, 2009 3:59 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The only Habs players with bonuses that I know of would be SK74 and Price. Price’s games played bonus has been factored into the total, but SK’s points bonus was not, from what I could tell. There would also be bonuses for Maxwell, Weber and Carle should they play full NHL seasons. As per the current CBA, only players on entry level contracts and veterans 35 and over signing one year contracts are eligible for bonuses.
by Robert L on Jul 4, 2009 4:44 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Robert – I have the 16 signed players at 47,962,000 which includes the full bonus packs for SK74 and Price. Based on last year’s cap hits, Dags, Lats, Pkeks, MaxPac, Weber and a combined Chipchura/Stewart salary would come in at 5.5M. That obviously would have to be higher with some anticipated raises. I don’t see a hell of a lot of extra cap space floating around, especially if you are putting some aside for injuries and late season trades. BYW, next year isn’t any better.
by 24 Cups on Jul 5, 2009 4:08 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
I used these numbers Steve. I guess they are the same.
http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=MTL&season=0910
The Habs are cooked for two years, until 2011-12, when only $22M is signed. Start over agin then?
by Robert L on Jul 5, 2009 4:24 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Leafs
All that cap room they had and now they are inthe middle of the pack after signing/trading for players that had a combined 3 goals and 400+ minutes in penalties (stats are just a guesstimate)….
Atta boy Brian Burke…Meanwhile their “goalie of the future” was used/treated poorly by the organization last year and is an RFA…
by yathehabsrule on Jul 4, 2009 6:11 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
I know there are cap issues
But isn’t it good to be in the middle of the pack?
So couldn’t we cut Tomas loose and re-sign Saku at this point? Just offer thomas the minimum and if he takes it, we can re-sign Saku, if he doesn’t, we can re-sign Saku!
Really, with all the complaining (and rightly so, to a point) about the cap space…we are only in the middle of the NHL! WOW!
Thanks for pulling that out of the woodwork Robert. I know there are still some players to sign, but it’s nice to see where we stand in comparison.
by blockersave93 on Jul 4, 2009 7:03 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
The middle is somewhat deceptive. It’s the number of players signed related to available cash that’s the concern. That 10.4M has to be spead over four RFA’s, an additional 7th D and maybe two more roster players at least. That number also does not include the salaries of Pacioretty and Weber. If the Canadiens wished to resign either Koivu or Kovalev, they would need to clear close to 4M to make room.
by Robert L on Jul 4, 2009 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Think the Habs should go after one of the Chicago free agents? That Versteeg kid is good, I hear.
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by Doogie2K on Jul 4, 2009 9:16 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
If they could somehow fit him in, why not?
by Robert L on Jul 4, 2009 11:27 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cap room vs Budget
This is my first time posting here, but I have been a fan of the blog for a while, so please be gentle.
Thanks so much for posting this info.
One thing I would note, while this chart notes the amount of space/$$$ available under the league salary cap, not all teams can (or choose) to afford to spend to the cap. For example, down here in Carolina, the Hurricanes operate under their own self-imposed budget/cap, so while they have over $8 million in cap space, they actually only have around $3 maybe $4 million left over in their self-imposed budget. And that with Ruutu still waiting to be signed as a RFA. I’m sure the same is true of other “small market” teams such as Atlanta, Nashville, Phoenix, Columbus, etc.
Just something to consider when anticipating moves.
Of course you probably already know that.
-m
by UTTRmartin on Jul 6, 2009 11:07 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs
Thanks UT, I considered adding such a disclaimer about individual team cap spaces, but was unsure what the floor was this year in relation to last. I believe it is still in the $40M range.
I must admit, I used to be dubious about the hockey market in Raleigh. Not so much anymore. I’m starting to see the relation between speed on a track and speed on ice being an allure. Still, the "Canes ought to have been called the Carolina or Raleigh Racers. The logo would be da bomb!
by Robert L on Jul 6, 2009 11:41 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs
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