pei#1habfan

lets take a look at the players we have signed forwards (10) sure bets to make the team C koivu 4 750 000 C plekance rfa 1 500 000 / 2 000 000 C smolinski 2 000 000 w kovalev 4 500 000 w ryder rfa 3 300 000 w higgins 1 700 000 w begin 1 058 000 w latendresse 850 000 w kostitsyn 786 000 c/w maxim 583 000 total salary for the 10 forwards signed $ 21 million 3-4 forwards from this group will make the team c chipchura 1 000 000 c locke rfa 500 000 / 800 000 c grabovski 725 000 f murray 600 000 w ferland rfa * 500 000 / 800 000 w milroy rfa * 600 000 / 800 000 w salmelain 700 000 w lathi * 850 000 so lets say the 3 with the * make the team that would bump the salary up to 23,250 000 ( 13 FORWARDS) NOW THE DEFENSE ( 7 d men) total $ 17 850 000 1 markov 5 750 000 2 hamerlik 5 500 000 3 bouillon 1 875 000 4 dandy 1 725 000 5 komisarek 1 700 000 6 striet 600 000 7 georges rfa 700 000 GOAL ( 2 ) TOTAL $ 3 375 000 1 huet 2 750 000 2 halak 500 000 so the total salary of the team of 13 forwards 23 250 000 7 d men 17 850 000 2 goaltenders 3 375 000 1 buy out cullimore 620 000 totaL $$$$$$ 45 095 000 so that gives gainey around 5 - 6 million he can spend . here are a few forwards we could add to help score some goals. 1 forsberg 5 million ? 2 selanne 5 million ? 3 shanahan 4-5 million 4 kozlov 4 million 5 guerin 4 million 6 yashin 2 million 7 lindros 2 million so if you sign 1 of these free agents that would mean one of the 13 players listed above would then go to the ahl and there salary would not count against the cap. so u sign shanahan for 4.5 million it would only be costing the habs about 3.8 million so gainey we need 1 more offensive player lets go get 1 please.