UPDATE: Jason Smith retires; door open for Erik Karlsson?

The Alfredsson thingy is a technicality; it's based on his contract being grandfathered in the new CBA.

SensGirl11 wrote:

jamvan wrote:

FORWARDS
Dany Heatley	—	$7,500,000
Jason Spezza	—	$7,000,000
Alexei Kovalev	—	$5,000,000
Daniel Alfredsson	—	$4,875,000
Mike Fisher	—	$4,200,000
Chris Kelly	—	$2,125,000
Chris Neil	—	$2,000,000
Jarkko Ruutu	—	$1,300,000
Nick Foligno	($65,000)	$850,000
Shean Donovan	—	$625,000
Ryan Shannon	—	$600,000
Jesse Winchester	—	$550,000
DEFENSEMEN
Filip Kuba	—	$3,700,000
Chris Phillips	—	$3,500,000
Anton Volchenkov	—	$2,500,000
Erik Karlsson	($425,000)	$1,300,000
Brian Lee	($425,000)	$1,275,000
Alexandre Picard	—	$800,000
Chris Campoli	—	$633,333
GOALTENDERS
Pascal Leclaire	—	$3,800,000
Brian Elliott	—	$850,000
BUYOUTS
Ray Emery	—	$229,167
Daniel Alfredsson	—	$700,000 ?? What does that mean

The foligno fisher shannon line should not be broken up. They showed real chemistry last year. That said, they should not be our second line.

It should be something like:

Alfie Spezza Smith
Regin Comrie Kovalev
Foligno Fisher Shannon
Rutuu Kelly Neil

Obviously if Heatley is gone, Smith and Regin could be replaced with proven scorers but, even that line up doesn't look half bad.
There is nothing to say your second and third lines cant have the same amount of ice time.

So if Heatley is gone you take out Regin and Smith, but if Heatley is still here, he's a bench warmer? I don't get it.

So, with Smith out and no more changes by Murray and if we assume both Regin and Karlsson can crack the line-up (meaning Lee goes back down)... we'll look like this with $1.16M in cap space:

shabbs wrote:So, with Smith out and no more changes by Murray and if we assume both Regin and Karlsson can crack the line-up (meaning Lee goes back down)... we'll look like this with $1.61M in cap space:

Kablam!

shabbs wrote:So, with Smith out and no more changes by Murray and if we assume both Regin and Karlsson can crack the line-up (meaning Lee goes back down)... we'll look like this with $1.61M in cap space:

very nice work shabbs and capgeek, like the looks of that line up to be honest with you.

My only concern would be does Murray feel that's enough cap space? That's tight.

shabbs wrote:My only concern would be does Murray feel that's enough cap space? That's tight.

I look at 1.61 as "nearly 2 million"

for injury callups, that should be plenty. I personally don't care if we stand pat at the deadline this year with that lineup.

True... I guess between $1.5M and $2.0M is a good area to be in to start with.

If Regin does not make the roster... Murray could bring Lee back up and slot Schubert in as a forward. That would put our cap space at under $1M though... very tight.

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:My only concern would be does Murray feel that's enough cap space? That's tight.

I look at 1.61 as "nearly 2 million"

for injury callups, that should be plenty. I personally don't care if we stand pat at the deadline this year with that lineup.

Actually, it's $1.16M. Typo.

111519 wrote:The foligno fisher shannon line should not be broken up. They showed real chemistry last year. That said, they should not be our second line.

It should be something like:

Alfie Spezza Smith
Regin Comrie Kovalev
Foligno Fisher Shannon
Rutuu Kelly Neil

Obviously if Heatley is gone, Smith and Regin could be replaced with proven scorers but, even that line up doesn't look half bad.
There is nothing to say your second and third lines cant have the same amount of ice time.

You dealing Heatley for air buddy? Comrie sucks dude, there is a reason no team in the NHL has signed the guy yet. Get over it, he isnt coming back.

I have a question: Why are we buying out Daniel Alfredsson?

shabbs wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

shabbs wrote:My only concern would be does Murray feel that's enough cap space? That's tight.

I look at 1.61 as "nearly 2 million"

for injury callups, that should be plenty. I personally don't care if we stand pat at the deadline this year with that lineup.

Actually, it's $1.16M. Typo.

okay not as comfortable as we could be, Schubert may be dealt for a late pick or something like that to help us breathe a bit easier.

Sens19 wrote:I have a question: Why are we buying out Daniel Alfredsson?

that was a buyout of his earlier contract, since they renegotiated another extension, his previous contract had to be bought out.

SensFan71 wrote:

Sens19 wrote:I have a question: Why are we buying out Daniel Alfredsson?

that was a buyout of his earlier contract, since they renegotiated another extension, his previous contract had to be bought out.

Oh ok thanks for clearing that up

Sens19 wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

Sens19 wrote:I have a question: Why are we buying out Daniel Alfredsson?

that was a buyout of his earlier contract, since they renegotiated another extension, his previous contract had to be bought out.

Oh ok thanks for clearing that up

no problem at all.

Philips
Volchenkov
Campoli
Kuba
Picard
Schubert
Karlsson

With the retirement of Smith the Sens blueline looks a little soft to me. Philips, Volchenkov and Schubert are the only physical and punishing defencemen on the team. And with Schubert not even guaranteed a spot on the team - either as a forward or a defenceman - Is Murray now in the market for a big physical type defenceman? I can't think of anyone from Bingo who fits the bill.