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
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