Ok here we go for mr "We have to sign 15 players for 15 mil"


Let's look at this:

Signed players:

Luongo: 6.75
Naslund: 6
Ohlund: 3.5
Morrison: 3.2
Salo: 1.5
Cooke: 1.5
Bourdon: 0.85
Santala: 0.5
Reid: 0.5
Moran: 0.5
Burrows: 0.45
Bieksa: 0.45

Total players: 12
Total Salary: 25.7 mil

That's leaves us $14.3 to sign 12 players (and the 4 mil buffer will be used to keep 1 or 2 extras kicking around... 1 may be Moran, Santal, Bieksa etc at any given time), so on a 22 man roster we could go to $41 to $42 mil or so.

Linden is not signed (contrary to popular belief), Cloutier will be gone (despite what the skeptics think)... so don't even attempt to include them because I garauntee Nonis isn't.


Now we take care of RFAs:

Noronen: 1 year, $700,000
Kesler: 1 year, $900,000
H. Sedin: 3 years, $3.25 mil
D. Sedin: 3 years, $3.25 mil
Krajicek: 1 year, $0.7

Resign FA:

Linden: 0.65

Total Players: 17
Total Salary: $34.45 mil

So we have 4 or 5 spots left... and $6.55 mil, realistically, to spend.

Let's figure we can get Witt for $2 mil, Frolov for $2 mil.


Roenick, $1.5 mil
McCauley, $1.5 mil

Total Players: 22
Total Salary: $41.65 mil

Team:

Naslund-Morrison-Frolov
Sedin-Sedin-Roenick
Cooke-Kesler-Reid
Burrows-McCauley-Linden
Santala/Moran

Ohlund-Bourdon
Salo-Bieksa
Witt-Krajicek

Luongo/Noronen

I like the Idea of Roenick and Frolov joinin the Canucks, but I believe that Nonis ain't taking Linden back, I read it on TSN. But even so, I'd say he'll still get him. He's a great PK man, and we can get him for cheap.

id like roenick for the 3rd line but i dont know if he still had enough left in him for 2nd, the sedins need a speedy tough linemate to battle infront of the net, and roenick is to injury prone to stick out there.

Frolov will cost a heck of a lot more than $2 million dollars,hes already a first line winger.