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96	$999,999,999	$568,307,429	$0	$16,287,500	$431,692,570

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Landeskog, Gabriel $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 7	MacKinnon, Nathan $6,300,000$6,300,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Rantanen, Mikko $9,250,000$9,250,000 RW, C UFA - 3
Tkachuk, Matthew $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW UFA - 8	Barkov, Aleksander $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Reinhart, Sam $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW UFA - 2
Draisaitl, Leon $8,500,000$8,500,000 C, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 3	McDavid, Connor $12,500,000$12,500,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Puljujärvi, Jesse $3,000,000$3,000,000 RW UFA - 1
Bunting, Michael $950,000$950,000 LW UFA - 1	Matthews, Auston $11,640,250$11,640,250 C UFA - 2	Marner, Mitchell $10,903,000$10,903,000 RW UFA - 3
Stamkos, Steven $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 2	Point, Brayden $9,500,000$9,500,000 C, RW UFA - 8	Kucherov, Nikita $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 5
Tkachuk, Brady $8,205,714$8,205,714 LW UFA - 6	Norris, Joshua $7,950,000$7,950,000 C UFA - 8	DeBrincat, Alex $6,400,000$6,400,000 LW, RW UFA - 1
Holtz, Alexander $894,167$894,167 ($850,000$850K) RW, LW RFA - 3	Hughes, Jack $8,000,000$8,000,000 C UFA - 8	Bratt, Jesper $5,450,000$5,450,000 RW, LW UFA - 1
Svechnikov, Andrei $7,750,000$7,750,000 LW, RW UFA - 7	Aho, Sebastian $8,460,250$8,460,250 C UFA - 2	Teräväinen, Teuvo $5,400,000$5,400,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Connor, Kyle $7,142,857$7,142,857 LW UFA - 4	Scheifele, Mark $6,125,000$6,125,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Ehlers, Nikolaj $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 3
Gaudreau, Johnny $9,750,000$9,750,000 LW NMC UFA - 7	Johnson, Kent $925,000$925,000 ($925,000$925K) LW, C RFA - 2	Laine, Patrik $8,700,000$8,700,000 C, RW, LW UFA - 4
Huberdeau, Jonathan $5,900,000$5,900,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 1	Lindholm, Elias $4,850,000$4,850,000 C, RW UFA - 2	Toffoli, Tyler $2,125,000$2,125,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Panarin, Artemi $11,642,857$11,642,857 LW NMC UFA - 4	Zibanejad, Mika $8,500,000$8,500,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Lafrenière, Alexis $925,000$925,000 ($2,850,000$3M) LW, RW RFA - 1
Miller, J.T. $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Pettersson, Elias $7,350,000$7,350,000 C, LW UFA - 2	Boeser, Brock $6,650,000$6,650,000 RW UFA - 3
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW M-NTC UFA - 3	Bergeron, Patrice $2,500,000$2,500,000 ($2,500,000$2M) C NMC UFA - 1	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 1
Guentzel, Jake $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW M-NTC UFA - 2	Crosby, Sidney $8,700,000$8,700,000 C NMC UFA - 3	Rust, Bryan $5,125,000$5,125,000 RW, LW NMC UFA - 6
Ovechkin, Alex $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4	Kuznetsov, Evgeny $3,900,000$3,900,000 C M-NTC UFA - 3	Wilson, Tom $5,166,667$5,166,667 RW M-NTC UFA - 2
Bertuzzi, Tyler $2,375,000$2,375,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Larkin, Dylan $6,100,000$6,100,000 C NTC UFA - 1	Raymond, Lucas $925,000$925,000 ($2,500,000$2M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 3	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 8	Caufield, Cole $880,833$880,833 ($850,000$850K) LW, RW UFA - 1
Comtois, Maxime $2,037,500$2,037,500 LW RFA - 1	Zegras, Trevor $925,000$925,000 ($850,000$850K) C, LW RFA - 1	Terry, Troy $1,450,000$1,450,000 RW UFA - 1
Farabee, Joel $5,000,000$5,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 6	Couturier, Sean $7,750,000$7,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Konecny, Travis $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW UFA - 3
Marchessault, Jonathan $5,000,000$5,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2	Eichel, Jack $10,000,000$10,000,000 C NMC UFA - 4	Stone, Mark $9,500,000$9,500,000 RW NMC UFA - 5
Kaprizov, Kirill $9,000,000$9,000,000 LW UFA - 4	Eriksson Ek, Joel $5,250,000$5,250,000 C UFA - 7	Zuccarello, Mats $6,000,000$6,000,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2
Meier, Timo $3,000,000$3,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 1	Hertl, Tomas $6,750,000$6,750,000 C NMC UFA - 8	Barabanov, Alexander $2,500,000$2,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 2
Crouse, Lawson $4,300,000$4,300,000 LW, RW UFA - 5	Schmaltz, Nick $5,850,000$5,850,000 RW, C UFA - 4	Keller, Clayton $7,150,000$7,150,000 LW, RW UFA - 6
Benn, Jamie $9,500,000$9,500,000 LW, C NMC UFA - 3	Hintz, Roope $3,150,000$3,150,000 C UFA - 1	Marchment, Mason $4,500,000$4,500,000 LW, RW NMC UFA - 4
Buchnevich, Pavel $5,800,000$5,800,000 LW, RW, C M-NTC UFA - 3	O'Reilly, Ryan $1,875,000$1,875,000 C UFA - 1	Tarasenko, Vladimir $3,750,000$3,750,000 RW NTC UFA - 1
Olofsson, Victor $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Thompson, Tage $1,400,000$1,400,000 C UFA - 1	Tuch, Alex $4,750,000$4,750,000 RW, LW UFA - 4
Kempe, Adrian $5,500,000$5,500,000 LW, RW UFA - 4	Kopitar, Anze $10,000,000$10,000,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Fiala, Kevin $7,875,000$7,875,000 RW, LW UFA - 7
Domi, Max $3,000,000$3,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Toews, Jonathan $10,500,000$10,500,000 C NMC UFA - 1	Kane, Patrick $2,625,000$2,625,000 RW NMC UFA - 1
Burakovsky, André $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 5	Beniers, Matthew $897,500$897,500 ($925,000$925K) C RFA - 2	Bjorkstrand, Oliver $5,400,000$5,400,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Forsberg, Filip $8,500,000$8,500,000 LW NMC UFA - 8	Duchene, Matt $8,000,000$8,000,000 RW, C UFA - 4	Niederreiter, Nino $4,000,000$4,000,000 LW, RW UFA - 2
Lee, Anders $7,000,000$7,000,000 LW NTC UFA - 4	Barzal, Mathew $7,000,000$7,000,000 C, RW UFA - 1	Wahlstrom, Oliver $894,167$894,167 ($537,500$538K) RW RFA - 1

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FORWARDS (96)
Right Wing: Mikko Rantanen ($9,250,000) - Sam Reinhart ($6,500,000) - Jesse Puljujärvi ($3,000,000) - Mitchell Marner ($10,903,000) - Nikita Kucherov ($9,500,000) - Alex DeBrincat ($6,400,000) - Jesper Bratt ($5,450,000) - Teuvo Teräväinen ($5,400,000) - Nikolaj Ehlers ($6,000,000) - Patrik Laine ($8,700,000) - Tyler Toffoli ($2,125,000) - Alexis Lafrenière ($925,000) - Brock Boeser ($6,650,000) - David Pastrnak ($6,666,667) - Bryan Rust ($5,125,000) - Tom Wilson ($5,166,667) - Lucas Raymond ($925,000) - Cole Caufield ($880,833) - Troy Terry ($1,450,000) - Travis Konecny ($5,500,000) - Mark Stone ($9,500,000) - Mats Zuccarello ($6,000,000) - Alexander Barabanov ($2,500,000) - Clayton Keller ($7,150,000) - Mason Marchment ($4,500,000) - Vladimir Tarasenko ($3,750,000) - Alex Tuch ($4,750,000) - Kevin Fiala ($7,875,000) - Patrick Kane ($2,625,000) - Oliver Bjorkstrand ($5,400,000) - Nino Niederreiter ($4,000,000) - Oliver Wahlstrom ($894,167)
Centre: Nathan MacKinnon ($6,300,000) - Aleksander Barkov ($10,000,000) - Connor McDavid ($12,500,000) - Auston Matthews ($11,640,250) - Brayden Point ($9,500,000) - Joshua Norris ($7,950,000) - Jack Hughes ($8,000,000) - Sebastian Aho ($8,460,250) - Mark Scheifele ($6,125,000) - Kent Johnson ($925,000) - Elias Lindholm ($4,850,000) - Mika Zibanejad ($8,500,000) - Elias Pettersson ($7,350,000) - Patrice Bergeron ($2,500,000) - Sidney Crosby ($8,700,000) - Evgeny Kuznetsov ($3,900,000) - Dylan Larkin ($6,100,000) - Nick Suzuki ($7,875,000) - Trevor Zegras ($925,000) - Sean Couturier ($7,750,000) - Jack Eichel ($10,000,000) - Joel Eriksson Ek ($5,250,000) - Tomas Hertl ($6,750,000) - Nick Schmaltz ($5,850,000) - Roope Hintz ($3,150,000) - Ryan O'Reilly ($1,875,000) - Tage Thompson ($1,400,000) - Anze Kopitar ($10,000,000) - Jonathan Toews ($10,500,000) - Matthew Beniers ($897,500) - Matt Duchene ($8,000,000) - Mathew Barzal ($7,000,000)
Left Wing: Gabriel Landeskog ($7,000,000) - Matthew Tkachuk ($9,500,000) - Leon Draisaitl ($8,500,000) - Michael Bunting ($950,000) - Steven Stamkos ($8,500,000) - Brady Tkachuk ($8,205,714) - Alexander Holtz ($894,167) - Andrei Svechnikov ($7,750,000) - Kyle Connor ($7,142,857) - Johnny Gaudreau ($9,750,000) - Jonathan Huberdeau ($5,900,000) - Artemi Panarin ($11,642,857) - J.T. Miller ($5,250,000) - Brad Marchand ($6,125,000) - Jake Guentzel ($4,500,000) - Alex Ovechkin ($9,500,000) - Tyler Bertuzzi ($2,375,000) - Juraj Slafkovsky ($950,000) - Maxime Comtois ($2,037,500) - Joel Farabee ($5,000,000) - Jonathan Marchessault ($5,000,000) - Kirill Kaprizov ($9,000,000) - Timo Meier ($3,000,000) - Lawson Crouse ($4,300,000) - Jamie Benn ($9,500,000) - Pavel Buchnevich ($5,800,000) - Victor Olofsson ($4,750,000) - Adrian Kempe ($5,500,000) - Max Domi ($3,000,000) - André Burakovsky ($5,500,000) - Filip Forsberg ($8,500,000) - Anders Lee ($7,000,000)

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Roster Size: 96
Salary Cap: $999,999,999
Cap Hit: $568,307,429
Cap Space: $431,692,570

Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.

Bruins1054_gmb

Joined: Sep. 2020

Posts: 1,210

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You're all over the place here. So, I'll just ask one question. In what world is Brady Tkachuk better than Brad Marchand, Josh Norris better than Patrice Bergeron, and Alex DeBrincat better than David Pastrnak?

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Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:25 p.m.

gary_

Joined: Jun. 2022

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Drai-Mcdavid-Kane is the second best behind avs first line

Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:25 p.m.

villenash

Joined: May 2019

Posts: 10,247

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Forsberg - Johansen - Duchene is NSH's 1st line

not sure how it's 31/32 when it had two 40+ goal-scorers on it last season

Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:25 p.m.

raph222b

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SLAFKOVKSY

Joined: Dec. 2021

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Quoting: Bruins1054_gmb

Bergy, as good as he is, is expiring. This makes his line drop a lot. TKachuk, Norris, Cat are all growing and trending up. I could see them production a bigger combined point total than MBP

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Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:38 p.m.

Earth

Joined: Sep. 2018

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Huge Habs bias. Slaf hasn’t even played an NHL game yet. That line is too young. Their time will come. Taking Blues, Knights and quite a few others over them.

Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:44 p.m.

NHLfan10506

Joined: May 2019

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I don't think Holtz -- Hughes -- Bratt have ever taken a shift together

NJD's top line last year was Sharangovich -- Hughes -- Mercer
Bratt usually plays with Hischier
Holtz only played a handful of games, mostly in bottom-six

Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:51 p.m.

raph222b

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SLAFKOVKSY

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Quoting: NHLfan10506

Projecting that as line 1

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:03 p.m.

sabresparaavida

Joined: Aug. 2020

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Habs line should be bottom 3 if not the worst. They’ve got potential sure, but not gonna be a middle of the pack first line with a below average 1st line center and 2 guys with minimal NHL experience.

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:07 p.m.

vr1995

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Quoting: HiddenValley

Huge Habs bias. Slaf hasn’t even played an NHL game yet. That line is too young. Their time will come. Taking Blues, Knights and quite a few others over them.

habs bias? nooooo cant be

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:08 p.m.

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vr1995

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leafs line was the best first line last year and if im not mistkaen played together more than any of the lines ahead of them

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:08 p.m.

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raph222b

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SLAFKOVKSY

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Quoting: sabresparaavida

Id think Suzuki and Caufield are going to get 70-80 pts, and if slaf gets 1st line minutes, 40-60 pts

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:10 p.m.

#12

Caniac2000

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Teuvo doesn't play on Carolina's top line. Jarvis does. And he's arguably better

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:13 p.m.

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raph222b

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SLAFKOVKSY

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Quoting: Caniac2000

Teuvo doesn't play on Carolina's top line. Jarvis does. And he's arguably better

I tried my, best. Like everyone else, I don't watch every NHL team, so sorry, I messed up

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:15 p.m.

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CD282

Joined: Mar. 2017

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Quoting: gary_gobbler

Drai-Mcdavid-Kane is the second best behind avs first line

Nah, that line would be the best in the NHL by far.

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:16 p.m.

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Caniac2000

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Quoting: raph222b

I tried my, best. Like everyone else, I don't watch every NHL team, so sorry, I messed up

All good. Not criticizing. I'm a Canes fan, I'm more than used to knowing that no one watches us but Canes fans.

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Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:29 p.m.

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dk325

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There is no chance Johnson is playing 1C in Columbus.

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:41 p.m.

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sabresparaavida

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Quoting: raph222b

Id think Suzuki and Caufield are going to get 70-80 pts, and if slaf gets 1st line minutes, 40-60 pts

Very little chance that happens IMO. Suzuki got 61 was last year, so there’s a chance he hits 70, but Caufield had 43, there’s little chance he gets a 30 point jump in his second season. Slaf had 10 points in 31 liiga games last year. No way he gets anywhere near 60 in the NHL next year, if he makes the canadiens, I see a 25-40 point season.

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:47 p.m.

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Dekes

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Quoting: raph222b

Bergy, as good as he is, is expiring. This makes his line drop a lot. TKachuk, Norris, Cat are all growing and trending up. I could see them production a bigger combined point total than MBP

good thing hockey is about more then just offence
1st line is also marchand-bergeron-debrusk and i still bet money that they could lock up any 1st line ottawa lines up which btw batherson is their RW1

Aug. 12, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

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Claesson4Norris

Joined: Jan. 2018

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Stützle will be there, not Norris, but I agree with that placement. Also I think Cat is playing LW, so it'll be Giroux not Tkachuk

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