Traded for a conditional 2nd rounder (either this year or 2008, Panthers choice).

 

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=210735&hubname=

 

Clears $1.5 million in salary. Seems like a move by a team gearing up to spend a lot of $$$ on free agents. :mischief2

why'd we have to send him to Tampa. Oh well, Gratton didn't really WOW me this year.

Traded for a conditional 2nd rounder (either this year or 2008, Panthers choice).

 

http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=210735&hubname=

 

Clears $1.5 million in salary. Seems like a move by a team gearing up to spend a lot of $$$ on free agents. :mischief2

 

lets hope that is the case

So the team with the most cap room gains more cap room, hopefully that means a huge spending spree in the near future.

So the team with the most cap room gains more cap room, hopefully that means a huge spending spree in the near future.

 

 

how much are we under?

So the team with the most cap room gains more cap room, hopefully that means a huge spending spree in the near future.

 

 

how much are we under?

 

Somewhere in the $30-32 million range after the trade and Allen signing. Plus we have 6 RFA's remaining unsigned. Depending on what Horton and Wiess command, we'll probably have somewhere in the low to mid 20's to spend. More than enough for a goalie and top line forward with money left over to re-sign Stumpel and/or Gelinas.

Good. I liked Gratton a lot as a person and he was a hard nosed player but he just didn't fit into our plans. We have too much depth at center where his best position is and that was apparent over the past few years.