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4/23/2012

Who will be back next year?


Ray Shero has his work cut out for him this off season.

In yet another first round Stanley Cup Playoff exit, it's obvious the Pittsburgh Penguins needs a roster shakeup. Names like Jordan Staal, Paul Martin, Brooks Orpik and Kris Letang have been tossed around as potential targets.

Here's a list of players who are UFA for 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. What does the Penguins' front office need to do to make it out of the first round, let alone another run at a Stanley Cup?

2012 UFA

Steve Sullivan - F - $1.5m cap hit
Aaron Asham - F - $775K cap hit
Brent Johnson - G - $600K cap hit
Jason Williams - F - $600K cap hit
Steve MacIntyre - F - $600K cap hit
Richard Park - F - $550K cap hit
Scott Munroe - G - $525K cap hit
Colin McDonald - F - $525K cap hit
Ryan Craig - F - $525K cap hit

2013 UFA

Sidney Crosby - F - $8.7M cap hit
Jordan Staal - F - $4M cap hit
Matt Cooke - F - $1.8M cap hit
Pascal Dupuis - F - $1.5M cap hit
Craig Adams - F - $675K cap hit
Ben Lovejoy - D - $525K cap hit

2014 UFA

Evgeni Malkin - F - $8.7M cap hit
Brooks Orpik - D - $3.75M cap hit
Chris Kunitz - F - $3.725M cap hit
Kris Letant - D - $3.5M cap hit
Deryk Engelland - D - $566K cap hit
Joe Vitale - F - $550K cap hit

2015 UFA

Marc-Andre Fleury - G - $5M cap hit
Paul Martin - D - $5M cap hit
Zbynek Michalek - D - $4M cap hit

1 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hope BIG MAC is back. If he had played against silly PHILLY and BYLSMA cut him loose, just once, there would have been NO NONSENSE and a whole different outcome!!!!!! Send him back to Edmonton - WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HIM BACK!!!!!- especially when Brent SUTTER is named head coach. YOU HEARD IT HERE FROM THE WONGER FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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