Since there's been so much talk about cap space and cap hits, I wanted to look at the Eastern Conference contenders and see just where each team lies regarding filling its roster and cap room. I'm only going to consider their returning players from their current roster, since I'm not up-to-date on who's expecting to call up which prospects. For the sake of time and my sanity, I'll be looking at the teams that scored more than 80 regular-season points, which are the top ten teams (the playoff teams + NYR and Atlanta). Please note that some numbers may be off slightly due to bonuses (I tried to account for them as best I could); the differences shouldn't be more than $0.5MM or so for any given team.

Washington

Signed forwards: Ovechkin, Semin, Knuble, Backstrom, Laich, Chimera, Bradley, Steckel, Aucoin. $32.284MM

Signed defensemen: Green, Poti, Erskine, Sloan, Carlson. $11.383MM

Signed goalies: Varlamov, Holtby. $1.410MM

Total: 9 forwards, 5 defensemen, 2 goalies, $45.077MM

New Jersey

Signed forwards: Elias, Rolston, Zajac, Zubrus, Parise, Langenbrunner, Pandolfo, Zarkov, Letourneau-Leblond, Peters, Halischuk, Palmieri. $30.327MM

Signed defensemen: White, Salvador, Greene, Salmela, Davison. $7.751MM

Signed goalies: Brodeur. $5.2MM

Total: 12 forwards, 5 defensemen, 1 goalie, $44.974MM

Buffalo

Signed forwards: Vanek, Pominville, Connolly, Roy, Hecht, Gaustad, Stafford, Grier, Gerbe, Ennis. $31.793MM

Signed defensemen: Rivet, Montador, Myers, Sekera, Butler. $8.2MM

Signed goalies: Miller, Enroth. $7.1MM

Total: 10 forwards, 5 defensemen, 1 goalie, $47.093MM

Pittsburgh

Signed forwards: Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Kunitz, Dupuis, Tablot, Rupp, Godard, Kennedy, Adams, Letestu, Jeffrey. $31.433MM

Signed defensemen: Orpik, Goligoski, Letang, Engelland. $9.583MM

Signed goalies: Fleury, Johnson. $5.6MM

Total: 12 forwards, 4 defensemen, 2 goalies, $46.616MM

Ottawa

Signed forwards: Spezza, Kovalev, Alfredsson, Michalek, Fisher, Kelly, Cheechoo, Neil, Ruutu, Shannon, Smith, Daugavins. $35.578MM

Signed defensemen: Kuba, Phillips, Karlsson, Carkner, Lee, Cowen. $11.4MM

Signed goalies: Leclaire, Elliot. $4.625MM

Total: 12 forwards, 6 defensemen, 2 goalies, $51.603MM

Boston

Signed forwards: Savard, Bergeron, Ryder, Krejci, Sturm, Lucic, Thornton, Marchand, Nelson, Whitfield, Hamill. $27.591MM

Signed defensemen: Chara, Wideman, Hunwick, Ference, Seidenberg, Penner. $19.533MM

Signed goalies: Thomas, Rask. $6.25MM

Total: 12 forwards, 6 defensemen, 2 goalies, $53.374MM

Philadelphia

Signed forwards: Briere, Richards, Gagne, Carter, Van Riemsdyk, Laperriere, Giroux, Betts, Cote, Leino, Nodl, Kalinski. $33.955MM

Signed defensemen: Timonen, Pronger, Carle, Bartulis, Bourdon. $16.167MM

Signed goalies: Boucher. $0.925MM

Total: 12 forwards, 5 defensemen, 1 goalie, $51.047MM

Montreal

Signed forwards: Gomez, Cammalleri, Gionta, Kostitsyn, Moen, Fortier, Pacioretty, Maxwell, White. $26.557MM

Signed defensemen: Markov, Hamrlik, Spacek, Gill, Gorges, O'Byrne. $19.375MM

Signed goalies: None

Total: 9 forwards, 6 defensemen, no goalies, $45.932MM

New York (Rangers)

Signed forwards: Gaborik, Drury, Callahan, Avery, Dubinsky, Voros, Anisimov, Boyle, Weise. $23.685MM

Signed defensemen: Redden, Rozsival, Gilroy, Del Zotto, Sanguinetti. $15.192MM

Signed goalies: Lundqvist, Johnson. $7.725MM

Total: 9 forwards, 5 defensemen, 2 goalies, $46.602MM

Atlanta

Signed forwards: Antropov, Kane, White, Reasoner, Slater, Thorburn, Peverley, Krog, Machacek. $15.055MM

Signed defensemen: Hainsey, Enstrom, Bogosian, Oduya, Valabik, Kulda. $15.767MM

Signed goalies: None

Total: 9 forwards, 6 defensemen, no goalies, $30.822MM