Some updated numbers

[CrazyCanuck]

Originally Posted by DCopper04

How significant would you expect our cap purge to be next year? I'll assume that Barrow and Brunell will be June 1st cuts next season, so that will save us some $$. If Ramsey plays well this year, then he will likely sign an extension, and that will save some more $$ as well. But after that, I can't think of any more obvious ways to save us money. I would think that Springs might be asked to restructure slightly, since his deal will be a few years old. Any other ideas?

Because of the restrucutres, etc. some assumptions had to made, so the 2006 number might be off by a mill or 2. But it should be in the ballpark and will become more accurate as time goes on.

At first glance I do see about $15M in 2006 savings by cutting guys like:

Brunell $3M
Barrow $2M
Noble $1.5M
Daniels $800K
Hall $1.2M
Bowen $2M
McCants $1.5M
Raymer $1M
Morton $1.3M
Thrash $1M
Friedman $1M

Ramsey is already cheap for 2006. A new contract might save us a little money in the short term but not much.