CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
James Van Riemsdyk ($1.654m) / Mike Richards ($5.750m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m)
Simon Gagne ($3.000m) / Jeff Carter ($5.272m) / Kris Versteeg ($3.083m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m) / Daniel Briere ($6.500m) / Matt Read ($0.900m)
Darroll Powe ($1.000m) / Blair Betts ($0.700m) / Andreas Nodl ($1.000m)
Ben Holmstrom ($0.750m)

DEFENSEMEN
Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m) / Chris Pronger ($4.921m)
Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m) / Erik Gustafsson ($0.900m)
Braydon Coburn ($3.200m) / Oskars Bartulis ($0.600m)

GOALTENDERS
Sergei Bobrovsky ($1.750m) / Ilya Bryzgalov ($6.000m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $62,500,000; CAP PAYROLL: $61,644,988; BONUSES: $1,825,000
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $855,012

That's my new roster. With Bryzgalov wanting a huge contract, it's almost a foregone conclusion that Carle and Hartnell are on their ways out. I would rather not see Carle get traded, but couldn't care less if Hartnell did. This is close to the best case scenario (unless Carter gets traded to either Columbus or Toronto. Not that they're the only two interested, but they're the two big ones. I like this because it's incorporating some of our young talent while keeping most of our depth at the forward and defense positions. Cons include: Gagne because who knows what he's going to do. Wellwood on our third line. I liked what he did when he was up here, but third line is some responsibility. This is also assuming that Read will be NHL ready after playing in the Phantoms for 10+ games.