The Maple Leafs currently have committed about $38 million US toward their $42-million salary cap (including Tie Domi/Ed Belfour buyouts) for 19 players. They have about $4 million left to sign four more players to reach their 23-man roster limit:
10 FORWARDS (10)
(SALARIES: $16 MILLION)
Mats Sundin $6.33 million
Darcy Tucker 1.596 million
Jeff O'Neill 1.5 million
Chad Kilger 1.2 million
*Nik Antropov 1 million
Alex Steen 900,000
**Matt Stajan 900,000
Kyle Wellwood 750,000
A. Ponikarovsky 712,000
**John Pohl 450,000
Tie Domi buyout 610,000
* -- Antropov offered two-way contract. Leafs can walk away from arbitration award.
** -- Unsigned forwards who have limited ability to increase salary.
GOALIES (2)
(SALARIES: $3 MILLION)
A. Raycroft $1.38 million
*J.S. Aubin 500,000
*Mikael Tellqvist 589,000
Ed Belfour buyout 750,000
* -- Both goalies are signed to NHL contracts but only one is likely to play for Leafs
DEFENCEMEN (7)
(SALARIES: $19 MILLION)
Bryan McCabe $5.75 million
Pavel Kubina 5 million
Tomas Kaberle 4.25 million
Hal Gill 2.1 million
Wade Belak 670,000
* -- Need two other defencemen from pool of Jay Harrison, Staffan Kronvall, Ian White, Carlo Colaiacovo, Brendan Bell and Andy Wozniewski. Estimated cost $1.5 million.
