If the Canes want to resign Guentzel, Necas, Jarvis, Pesce, Skjei, Teräväinen, Noesen, Martinook and Chatfield or any replacement player, they will have a hard time!
RFA YEARS CAP HIT
Jarvis, Seth 8 $8,000,000
Necas, Martin 8 $7,850,000
Drury, Jack 5 $5,850,000
Suzuki, Ryan 1 $800,000
Smith, Ty 1 $800,000
UFA YEARS CAP HIT
Guentzel, Jake 7 $9,800,000
Pesce, Brett 5 $6,800,000
Skjei, Brady 5 $6,800,000
Teräväinen, Teuvo 5 $6,800,000
With those signature, you are -$16,550,000 over the cap.
Even if you don't resign Guentzel and you get good AAV deals... You are still over the cap.
As a habs fan who was witness to the game yesterday, I would be VERY inclined to purchase one of your fine young forward. You have 2 juicy RW I'd like to acquire in Necas and Jarvis.
I understand that Jarvis is untouchable (for good reasons), same probably for Necas, but I'm sure we could shake him loose with the correct price.