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July 4, 2006
Bottom line for Leafs
By STEVE SIMMONS -- Toronto Sun
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. |