Re: Salary Cap - Isles near floor (corrected)

Quick correction--with thanks to Peter Botte -- the floor is $48.3m  (so they are still 2.3 million shy).   Nino's cap hit would be 2.795m if he is on the roster, while deHaan's hit would be 1.47M.

 

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(Corrected)
With the signing of Blake Comeau yesterday (1 year, 2.5 million), the Isles are within 2.3 m  of the salary cap floor ($48.3 million).

Note that capgeek does count Nabokov as one of the goalies but does not count Bailey (RFA), Niederreiter, deHaan or any of the young goalies (Nilsson, Koskinen and Poulin)


Brian Rolston is the highest paid player on the roster; Frans Nielsen, who will be do a big raise next summer remains the biggest bargain on the Isles, if not in the entire NHL -- he is at the NHL minimum of $525,000.

Capgeek is showing 12 forwards, 8 defensemen and 3 goalies on the 23-man roster as opposed to the 13/7/3 the Isles would likely carry at the start of the season.

FWIW, the Isles now have 9 players on the roster with cap hits of at least 2.5 million (see cap hits below); by comparison the Flyers and Devils each have 11, the Penguins have 10 while the Rangers have only eight.



CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Brian Rolston ($5.062m) / John Tavares ($3.750m) / Matt Moulson ($3.133m)
Michael Grabner ($3.000m) / Kyle Okposo ($2.800m) / Blake Comeau ($2.500m)
Marty Reasoner ($1.350m) / Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau ($1.250m) / Matt Martin ($0.852m)
Trevor Gillies ($0.625m) / Micheal Haley ($0.550m) / Frans Nielsen ($0.525m)

DEFENSEMEN
Mark Streit ($4.100m) / Mark Eaton ($2.500m)
Milan Jurcina ($1.600m) / Travis Hamonic ($0.875m)
Ty Wishart ($0.803m) / Mike Mottau ($0.800m)
Dylan Reese ($0.635m) / Andrew MacDonald ($0.550m)

GOALTENDERS
Rick DiPietro ($4.500m) / Al Montoya ($0.601m) / Evgeni Nabokov ($0.570m)

BUYOUTS: Alexei Yashin ($2.204m) / Brendan Witt ($0.833m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $45,970,166; BONUSES: $3,087,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $18,329,834

 
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Larry Brooks on The Vote

Larry claims that "Monday might have been a bad day for Wang, it was not a bad day for Long Island, and it was not a bad day for the Islanders."

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/islanders/it_your_move_wang_5nLz9fqUV4yzo7YxAmm18I#ixzz1TynvVdEp

Of course, Mangano said it was a "great day".

 
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Salary Cap - Isles near floor

With the signing of Blake Comeau yesterday (1 year, 2.5 million), the Isles are within rounding error of the salary cap floor ($46.3 million).

Note that capgeek does count Nabokov as one of the goalies but does not count Bailey (RFA), Niederreiter, deHaan or any of the young goalies (Nilsson, Koskinen and Poulin)

Brian Rolston is the highest paid player on the roster; Frans Nielsen, who will be do a big raise next summer remains the biggest bargain on the Isles, if not in the entire NHL -- he is at the NHL minimum of $525,000.

Capgeek is showing 12 forwards, 8 defensemen and 3 goalies on the 23-man roster as opposed to the 13/7/3 the Isles would likely carry at the start of the season.

FWIW, the Isles now have 9 players on the roster with cap hits of at least 2.5 million (see cap hits below); by comparison the Flyers and Devils each have 11, the Penguins have 10 while the Rangers have only eight.

CAPGEEK.COM CAP CALCULATOR

FORWARDS
Brian Rolston ($5.062m) / John Tavares ($3.750m) / Matt Moulson ($3.133m)
Michael Grabner ($3.000m) / Kyle Okposo ($2.800m) / Blake Comeau ($2.500m)
Marty Reasoner ($1.350m) / Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau ($1.250m) / Matt Martin ($0.852m)
Trevor Gillies ($0.625m) / Micheal Haley ($0.550m) / Frans Nielsen ($0.525m)

DEFENSEMEN
Mark Streit ($4.100m) / Mark Eaton ($2.500m)
Milan Jurcina ($1.600m) / Travis Hamonic ($0.875m)
Ty Wishart ($0.803m) / Mike Mottau ($0.800m)
Dylan Reese ($0.635m) / Andrew MacDonald ($0.550m)

GOALTENDERS
Rick DiPietro ($4.500m) / Al Montoya ($0.601m) / Evgeni Nabokov ($0.570m)

BUYOUTS: Alexei Yashin ($2.204m) / Brendan Witt ($0.833m)

CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled without the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $64,300,000; CAP PAYROLL: $45,970,166; BONUSES: $3,087,500
CAP SPACE (23-man roster): $18,329,834

 
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No Sim for you

Every once in a while, an e-mail system has a mind of its own...

<<
Jon Sim, Isles don't have deal
Associated Press

UNIONDALE, N.Y. -- The New York Islanders sent out a press release Tuesday night saying that they had re-signed forward Jon Sim. The only problem was that the signing happened last summer.

On Wednesday, the Islanders said that their AHL
affiliate, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, had experienced an email glitch
and had mistakenly sent out the press release. The Islanders had not
re-signed Sim.

Sim had one goal and three assists in 34 games last season for the
Islanders. He had 22 points (13 goals, nine assists) in 77 games in the
2009-10 season.
He was a third-round selection of the Dallas Stars in the 1996 draft.>>

 
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Mangano Tweeting Up a Storm

The County Executive sent out about 20 tweets in a very short time -- they're all reproduced below. I've added ===>  in front of a few of interest

@ltsunis Again, that is something we will have to deal with when we come to it.

@cjm427 The people have spoken. They want it privately funded. I can't force companies to build something

===> @cjm427 If no one comes forward and wants to build a coliseum and keep the Islanders here there is nothing else I can do.

@cjm427 The people of Nassau are first and foremost. They always have been and always will be.

===> @eddevil24 I can't really speak for what the Islanders will or will not do. I'm sorry

===> @nyifancentral This is not a RFP request. We just want ideas submitted so we can create the RFP. The 12th is a loose deadline

@HockeyRanter I understand and that is why we want all proposals. The day of the critic is over. You are either helping or your not.

@cjm427 They were not a pawn but they aren't everything. We lose not only them but the $ that building generates. We need to make that money

===> @cjm427 The critics have said for weeks that the whole project could be privately financed. Now is the time for them to come forward

@cjm427 If I demand a coliseum and no proposals come forward at all we're is no better shape. It's time to move forward

@EFMathieu Thank you for your confidence

===> @eddevil24 A new arena is something I prefer but, no, it is not a must.

===> @cjm427 Its up to the people who make the proposals. If anyone proposes a privately financed arena we will listen. I want the Islanders here

@The_Resonator I am calling on everyone who said that they have a private sector solution for the Hub to come forward as soon as possible

===> @BM_Dubbs @jayjacobs28 I am will to sit hear any proposal. If someone has a private sector solution, they need to bring it forward now

===> @cjm427 I want the Islanders to stay. Critics claim that there are privately financed solutions. Now is the time for them to bring them

@HockeyRanter Believe me, that is the last thing we want. However, we need to redevelop this land so we will be entertaining all proposals

===> @bigwaltdiesel I personally want to see an arena built and the Islanders kept but we are not requiring that, no

===> The day of the critic is over. We are now accepting all proposals for a privately funded hub redevelopment plan yfrog.com/gyq4cxufj

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Hello, Plan B

From EdMangano's twitter feed:

Today at 2 I will be holding a press conference to make an announcement regarding the solicitation of proposals for the Nassau Coliseum site.

 

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Once again, the final score....

or in this case, nearly final (1158/1160 precincts):

                                           VOTES PERCENT

           PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 1160)  .  .  .  .     1,158   99.83
           REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL .  .  .  .  .         0
           BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL.  .  .  .  .  .  .   154,549
           BALLOTS CAST - BLANK.  .  .  .  .  .  .       175     .11

          REFERENDUM QUESTION:
          (VOTE FOR)  1
              (WITH 1158 OF 1160 PRECINCTS COUNTED 99.83%)
           YES/SI  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    66,829   43.05
           NO/NO.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    88,389   56.95

 

Forever1940 is the nom de plume of Eric Hornick, statistician on Islander home telecasts since 1982. Visit my blog: forever1940.blogspot.com and follow me on Twitter @ehornick