Who Has What left?

1) With the inevitable continuation of trade rumors, we thought we'd look at each team and what cap space they had left to add additional salary/players prior to the start of the 2007-08 season. Unlike in the pre-cap days, any trade partner has to take into consideration what the salary ramifications will be for their team once a deal is consummated. It seems that the usual rumor sites repeatedly fail to look at the feasibility of some of their 'rumored' trades. Such as the Jovanovski to the Rangers trade rumor from last month. We even fell into that trap when we discussed possible destinations for Peter Forsberg.

2) Anyway, here are approximate cap space for all 30 teams as of today. We say approximate because there can be differences depending upon what the final make up is of a teams' roster. Some teams are set, while others have a RFA or two to sign. Most won't be huge impact signings. We used various sources to get these numbers and they DO included cap space lost by contract buy-outs,etc. That said, here is the list first the East then West. Numbers in millions:

• Atlanta: 8.75


• Boston: 2.75


• Buffalo: 5.25


• Carolina: 4.50


• Florida: 7.75


• Montreal: 5.00


• New Jersey:5.00


• NYI: 9.25


• NYR: -1.75


• Ottawa: 4.5


• Philadelphia:1.25


• Pittsburgh: 9.00


• Tampa Bay: 7.50


• Toronto: 1.25


• Washington:17.25

3) Now the West:

• Anaheim: 1.25 (Ofcourse thats WITH Niedermayer)


• Calgary: 5.00


• Chicago: 10.25


• Colorado: 6.75


• Columbus: 11.00


• Dallas: 5.75


• Detroit: 5.00


• Edmonton: 5.25


• LA: 6.25


• Minnesota: 3.75


• Nashville: 17.00


• Phoenix: 20.50


• St. Louis: 5.50


• San Jose: 14.25


• Vancouver: 4.50