You're the GM!!

[elocomotive]

CapGeek lets you go in and sign/trade players to construct a lineup that fits under the projected cap and then allows you to save it. It's pretty fun. To do it....
(1) Go to this link.
(2) Click on your favorite team.
(3) Click the "Cap Calculator" button.
(4) When you are done, hit "Publish Roster" and copy/paste the link in your post.

Only rules are that (1) your salaries need to be reasonable to what the market will likely afford and (2) if you trade for a guy, also try to be reasonable for what that team would need. To avoid basically a mock draft, let's cap the number of NEW players you can sign or trade for from other teams at 5 (since most teams usually only change rosters by 2-4 guys each year).

Then post the link for your new lineup for us to all celebrate with praise or obliterate with criticism. Put a brief summary of your moves.

 

[elocomotive]

Here's my 2012-2013 Capitals.

-I re-signed Knuble, Beagle, Perreault, Carlson, and Green.
-I also re-signed Semin and then traded him to Columbus for Rick Nash for Semin, Johansson, and a 1st round pick.
-I signed the following UFAs previously on other teams - Matt Carle, Paul Gaustad, and Shane Doan.
-Poti goes on LTIR again and I traded Roman Hamrlik for a crabcake sandwich or a 7th round pick - whatever I could get.

This is one bruising lineup.

 

[awaz]

i'd be all over this if it wasn't blocked at work.. damn work..

 

[dash]

I can't wait to see jstew's Canucks...

 

[beantownmaniac]

CapGeek lets you go in and sign/trade players to construct a lineup that fits under the projected cap and then allows you to save it. It's pretty fun. To do it....
(1) Go to this link.
(2) Click on your favorite team.
(3) Click the "Cap Calculator" button.
(4) When you are done, hit "Publish Roster" and copy/paste the link in your post.

Only rules are that (1) your salaries need to be reasonable to what the market will likely afford and (2) if you trade for a guy, also try to be reasonable for what that team would need. To avoid basically a mock draft, let's cap the number of NEW players you can sign or trade for from other teams at 5 (since most teams usually only change rosters by 2-4 guys each year).

Then post the link for your new lineup for us to all celebrate with praise or obliterate with criticism. Put a brief summary of your moves.

 

[puckhead]

I can't wait to see jstew's Canucks...

should probably tell him he can only use ONE Shea Weber.


Nucks are tough to do because it all depends on what they could possibly get back for Luongo (or Schneider?)
- Gardiner + high pick? (and Schultz to come on his own)
- low pick and bad salary in return?
- a pepperoni pizza and fettuccine alfredo?

 

[forty_three]

CapGeek.com :: It's a numbers game :: Cap Calculator Roster

That can't be right.

- I have sent Mason and Colton Gillies away for Robin Lehner (go ahead and yell, Kenny it could be a three way deal with Edmonton that gets you someone else. Leave me alone.)
- Re-signed Nikitin, Russell, Lebda and Sanford
- Signed Doan at a 2m per season raise (yeah, he'll probably get more)
- Made the assumption that we'll draft Yakupov and Golubef will get the call up this year.

That gives me 3 decent forward lines, 8 D men and 3 serviceable goalies. In fact, I am kind of drooling at the prospect of a Yakupov - Atkinson - Mayorov line...

11 mil left over to get someone else somewhat unnecessarily, IMO. Even bringing up Calvert and Savard that leaves me 9m+

 

[banditshcky11]

Interesting game...

Things I would do in an ideal world. I'm not going in the whole if there's an amnesty buy-out since I'm sure this will be implausable if not impossible to accomplish as it is.

1. Shop Briere. I personally hate the guy, but he's $ come the playoffs so there are a lot of teams that could use a guy to put them over the hump. I'd be looking for a mid tolate 1st/early 2nd(depends on how good the prospect is) and a solid defensive d-man prospect.
2. Re-sign Carle to a 4-5 year deal at 4-4.5m a year & put Pronger on Ltir
3. Trade Carle, Bob & our 1st(prob another pick or prospect) for Weber & lock him up long term and yes circumvent the cap while I still could to get him at a cap hit of like 6m a year for 10-12 years.
4. I'd use trading for Weber as incentive to get Suter to sign a similar contract to Weber at slightly less say 10-12 years at 5.5m a year cap hit.
5. Sign a back-up like Hedberg, he's solid and would be an ideal guy to have in the back-up spot(I'd almost sign any veteran G with the exception of Brion & Leighton as I think they may be the 2 worst G's to ever wear a Flyers uniform during their time here).
6. Re-sign Jagr for the same cap hit(3.3m) for a year.
7. Re-sign Sestito and Bourdon.


That'd leave me with 6 top 4 d-men, 3 lines that could each contribute at least 65 goals, 1 G who's lights out when not lost in space and a back-up who can play at a high level for stretches if needed. & almost 3m in cap space. My roster would look like this...


My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jaromir Jagr ($3.300m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Wayne Simmonds ($1.750m)
Matt Read ($0.900m) / Sean Couturier ($1.375m) / Jakub Voracek ($3.500m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m) / Maxime Talbot ($1.750m) / Zac Rinaldo ($0.544m)
Tom Sestito ($0.605m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Shea Weber ($6.000m) / Ryan Suter ($5.500m)
Braydon Coburn ($4.500m) / Kimmo Timonen ($6.333m)
Nicklas Grossmann ($3.500m) / Andrej Meszaros ($4.000m)
Marc-Andre Bourdon ($1.000m)
GOALTENDERS
Ilya Bryzgalov ($5.667m)
Johan Hedberg ($1.250m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $67,364,444; BONUSES: $2,705,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $2,935,556


Yea that would be freaking amazing and I think the only thing left woudl be a rental with size and good defensive ability(like Gaustad was this year for Nashville) but since I can't predict standings I won't speculate that now. I tired to be reasonable with trade value and contracts(as far as cap hit per year goes), not with getting guys we won't get.

 

[pixburgher66]

Gah...this is hard.

 

[Slimpikins]

Sign Brad Stuart
Sign Chris Kelly
Resign Winnik
Resign Wingles (I think he is RFA, not sure & lazy)
Dump Handzus on who ever will take him
Trade picks for another solid depth scorer who can hit a little


Don't trade for Nash('s contract).
Keep Marleau and Pavelski.
Have Havlat use the door to get onto the ice next season

Fin.

 

[Eddie_Shack]

FORWARDS
Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)
Zach Parise ($7.000m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m)
Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m) / Darren Helm ($1.000m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)
Drew Miller ($0.838m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.866m) / Danny Cleary ($2.800m)
Jan Mursak ($0.550m) / Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Ryan Suter ($7.000m)
Ian White ($2.875m) / Kyle Quincey ($3.250m)
Barret Jackman ($3.625m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m)
GOALTENDERS
Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)
Scott Clemmensen ($1.200m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $67,433,295; BONUSES: $37,500
CAP SPACE (24-man roster): $2,866,705


BOIOIOIOIOIIONG!!

 

[Eddie_Shack]

I know Helm, Aliababwah, and Quincey are a little low... take it out of my almost three million in cap space...

 

[elocomotive]

CapGeek.com :: It's a numbers game :: Cap Calculator Roster

That can't be right.

- I have sent Mason and Colton Gillies away for Robin Lehner (go ahead and yell, Kenny it could be a three way deal with Edmonton that gets you someone else. Leave me alone.)
- Re-signed Nikitin, Russell, Lebda and Sanford
- Signed Doan at a 2m per season raise (yeah, he'll probably get more)
- Made the assumption that we'll draft Yakupov and Golubef will get the call up this year.

That gives me 3 decent forward lines, 8 D men and 3 serviceable goalies. In fact, I am kind of drooling at the prospect of a Yakupov - Atkinson - Mayorov line...

11 mil left over to get someone else somewhat unnecessarily, IMO. Even bringing up Calvert and Savard that leaves me 9m+

Interesting stuff, 43. But you need to take Nash off your roster and add Semin and Johansson on there since I already traded them to the Jackets.

I don't see Doan getting anything north of $5.5 million per though.

 

[Wingingit]

FORWARDS
Henrik Zetterberg ($6.083m) / Pavel Datsyuk ($6.700m) / Johan Franzen ($3.955m)
Zach Parise ($7.000m) / Valtteri Filppula ($3.000m) / Todd Bertuzzi ($2.075m)
Gustav Nyquist ($0.875m) / Darren Helm ($1.000m) / Patrick Eaves ($1.200m)
Drew Miller ($0.838m) / Justin Abdelkader ($0.866m) / Danny Cleary ($2.800m)
Jan Mursak ($0.550m) / Cory Emmerton ($0.533m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Niklas Kronwall ($4.750m) / Ryan Suter ($7.000m)
Ian White ($2.875m) / Kyle Quincey ($3.250m)
Barret Jackman ($3.625m) / Jonathan Ericsson ($3.250m)
Jakub Kindl ($0.883m) / Brendan Smith ($0.875m)
GOALTENDERS
Jimmy Howard ($2.250m)
Scott Clemmensen ($1.200m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $67,433,295; BONUSES: $37,500
CAP SPACE (24-man roster): $2,866,705


BOIOIOIOIOIIONG!!

I ain't even going to try, get this fucking done Eddie!!!

 

[ritari330]

-Re-signed Beagle, Perreault, Carlson and Green
-Sign Parise, Aucoin and Doan
-Traded Hamrlik, Chimera, Johansson for Briere (likely? no but shutup)
-Poti on LTIR

Going to happen? No chance in hell, but shutup



CAPGEEK.COM USER GENERATED ROSTER
My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Alex Ovechkin ($9.538m) / Nicklas Backstrom ($6.700m) / Shane Doan ($6.000m)
Zach Parise ($7.500m) / Danny Briere ($6.500m) / Troy Brouwer ($2.350m)
Mathieu Perreault ($1.000m) / Brooks Laich ($4.500m) / Joel Ward ($3.000m)
Matt Hendricks ($0.825m) / Jay Beagle ($1.501m) / Mattias Sjogren ($0.900m)
Cody Eakin ($0.638m) /
DEFENSEMEN
John Carlson ($2.300m) / Karl Alzner ($1.285m)
Mike Green ($5.000m) / Adrian Aucoin ($2.000m)
Dmitry Orlov ($0.900m) / Jeff Schultz ($2.750m)
John Erskine ($1.500m) /
GOALTENDERS
Braden Holtby ($0.638m)
Michal Neuvirth ($1.150m)
BUYOUTS
Tyler Sloan ($0.233m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $68,707,849; BONUSES: $320,000

 

[ritari330]

Here's my 2012-2013 Capitals.

-I re-signed Knuble, Beagle, Perreault, Carlson, and Green.
-I also re-signed Semin and then traded him to Columbus for Rick Nash for Semin, Johansson, and a 1st round pick.
-I signed the following UFAs previously on other teams - Matt Carle, Paul Gaustad, and Shane Doan.
-Poti goes on LTIR again and I traded Roman Hamrlik for a crabcake sandwich or a 7th round pick - whatever I could get.

This is one bruising lineup.

He's not coming back...Made official a few days ago

 

[elocomotive]

My Custom Lineup
FORWARDS
Scott Hartnell ($4.200m) / Claude Giroux ($3.750m) / Jaromir Jagr ($3.300m)
James Van Riemsdyk ($4.250m) / Brayden Schenn ($3.110m) / Wayne Simmonds ($1.750m)
Matt Read ($0.900m) / Sean Couturier ($1.375m) / Jakub Voracek ($3.500m)
Eric Wellwood ($0.580m) / Maxime Talbot ($1.750m) / Zac Rinaldo ($0.544m)
Tom Sestito ($0.605m) /

If you can get Voracek to sign for that cheap, I'll offer to trade Shane Doan for Voracek.

 

[elocomotive]

He's not coming back...Made official a few days ago

The game isn't what would George McPhee do... it's what would I do!

 

[ritari330]

The game isn't what would George McPhee do... it's what would I do!

just saying. Not sure he'd want to come back anyway

 

[puckhead]

hmmm.... not entirely thrilled with the bottom 6 yet
- trade Luongo to leafs for Gardiner and #5 pick. We had to take Komisarek back, but he's buried in minors.
- scooped Weber of course (long term $6.5m, hometown discount to be in line w/ the Sedins),
- and scooped Jessie Schultz, which was helped out by the Gardiner trade. $975k salary is his max, assume another $5-600k in attained bonuses.
- dumped Ballard for picks, to make room for the new meat.
- put Amex line back together - and they had better be MUCH improved this year.
- not sure about malhotra / raymond, but we can start with them.

FORWARDS
Daniel Sedin ($6.100m) / Henrik Sedin ($6.100m) / Alexandre Burrows ($2.000m)
David Booth ($4.250m) / Ryan Kesler ($5.000m) / Chris Higgins ($1.900m)
Zack Kassian ($0.870m) / Manny Malhotra ($2.500m) / Jannik Hansen ($1.350m)
Mason Raymond ($2.600m) / Maxim Lapierre ($1.000m) / Steve Pinizzotto ($0.600m)
Mike Duco ($0.605m)
DEFENSEMEN
Kevin Bieksa ($4.600m) / Dan Hamhuis ($4.500m)
Shea Weber ($6.500m) / Alexander Edler ($3.250m)
Jessie Schultz ($1.500m) / Jake Gardiner ($1.117m)
Aaron Rome ($0.750m) / Chris Tanev ($0.900m)
GOALTENDERS
Cory Schneider ($4.000m)
Eddie Lack ($0.660m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $62,651,667; BONUSES: $212,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $7,648,333