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Top 30 Salary Cap Numbers - Left Wingers

Listed below are the Top 30 Salary Cap Hits for Left Wingers heading into the 2010-11 NHL Season. We’ve used the salary cap number over the total salary for this season, due to the front loading of contracts. If a free agent signs and makes the list, we’ll update accordingly, but that is unlikely to happen.

Take a look at Top 30 salary cap numbers by position:

Centers | Left Wingers | Right Wingers | Defenseman | Goaltenders

Rk. Player Team Age 2010-11 Cap Hit 2010-11 Salary
1 Alexander Ovechkin Washington 24 $9,538,000 $9,000,000
2 Rick Nash Columbus 26 $7,800,000 $7,500,000
T3 Marian Gaborik NY Rangers 28 $7,500,000 $7,500,000
Dany Heatley San Jose 29 $7,500,000 $8,000,000
5 Thomas Vanek Buffalo 26 $7,143,000 $6,400,000
6 Ryan Smyth Los Angeles 34 $6,250,000 $5,500,000
7 Daniel Sedin Vancouver 29 $6,100,000 $6,100,000
8 Henrik Zetterberg Detroit 29 $6,083,000 $7,750,000
T9 Patrick Elias New Jersey 34 $6,000,000 $5,000,000
Alexander Semin Washington 26 $6,000,000 $6,000,000
11 Simon Gagne Tampa Bay 30 $5,250,000 $5,250,000
12 Martin Havlat Minnesota 29 $5,000,000 $5,000,000
13 Kristian Huselius Columbus 31 $4,750,000 $4,750,000
T14 Martin Erat Nashville 28 $4,500,000 $5,250,000
Ryan Malone Tampa Bay 30 $4,500,000 $6,000,000
16 Milan Michalek Ottawa 25 $4,333,000 $4,250,000
17 Loui Eriksson Dallas 24 $4,267,000 $3,200,000
T18 Dustin Penner Edmonton 27 $4,250,000 $4,250,000
David Booth Florida 25 $4,250,000 $3,750,000
20 Brenden Morrow Dallas 31 $4,100,000 $4,100,000
21 Milan Lucic Boston 22 $4,083,000 $4,000,000
22 Jason Blake Anaheim 36 $4,000,000 $3,000,000
23 Sean Avery NY Rangers/Dallas 30 $3,875,500 $4,000,000
24 Wojtek Wolski Phoenix 24 $3,800,000 $3,600,000
25 Taylor Hall Edmonton 18 $3,750,000 $900,000
26 Chris Kunitz Pittsburgh 30 $3,725,000 $3,800,000
27 Cory Stillman Florida 36 $3,533,000 $3,500,000
28 Marco Sturm Boston 31 $3,500,000 $3,500,000
29 Rene Bourque Calgary 28 $3,333,000 $4,000,000
30 Andrei Kostitsyn Montreal 25 $3,250,000 $3,250,000

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Spezza for #2 “Outlandish” … Kovalchuk situation … Center options for Gaborik … Price for Penner?

  • Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe: Fluto calling Spezza to Bruins for the 2nd overall pick, “outlandish”.  He gives 5 reasons as to why it won’t happen. Do you think? Not a chance the Bruins would do that. That’s a Maple Leaf style rumor suggested by some crazed fan who calls in to a Fan 590 radio show (and starts off the call with “long time listener, first time caller”) or posted by some anonymous blogger.
  • Pierre LeBrun of ESPN: Ilya Kovalchuk and the New Jersey Devils are still talking, but appears he’ll test the market (which doesn’t mean he won’t return to the Devils). Kovalchuk’s agent wouldn`t comment on the reports out of Russia about the supposed KHL offers. LeBrun (and many others) think the LA Kings is the prime landing spot for Kovalchuk, as they have the cap room and are a team that is seriously close to contending. Brian Burke told ESPN that they are not going to be involved in Kovalchuk talks. 10 or more teams have contacted the Toronto Maple Leafs about trading for Tomas Kaberle, but nothing serious at this point, which will probably change by the draft.
  • Timo Seppa and E.J. Hradek of ESPN: The Rangers could use someone to play with Marian Gaborik, and it doesn’t look like anyone on their current rosters is able to fit the bill. One option could be trading for Tim Connelly, though Hradek doesn’t agree with that suggestion. If they could fit it into their cap situation, Patrick Marleau would be worth a look. Tomas Plekanec and Matthew Lombardi may be the best options for the Rangers.
  • Rob Rossi of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Penguins GM Ray Shero said talks with his free agents will increase this week. He has 8 UFA’s, with Sergei Gonchar and Matt Cooke drawing the most interest. He’s had preliminary talks with both, and both have shown an interest to return.
  • Tom Awad and E.J. Hradek of ESPN: Everyone and their mother knows that the Montreal Canadiens are a small team and need to get bigger. One off-season option would be for them to trade Carey Price for Oilers winger Dustin Penner (I’m not sure if straight up would work). The Oilers still have the Bulin wall but might be able to include him in a larger deal (I don’t see that happening as he’s a $4 million cap hit for 3 more years). 2 other options could be free agents Alexei Ponikarovsky or Freddy Modin.
  • Chris Vivlamore of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: After reviewing a contract offer from the Atlanta Thrashers, Maxim Aginogenov and his agent agree that they are not close on the terms of the deal. The Thrashers and Colby Armstrong are also not close on a deal. There were also reports that Atlanta had signed Swedish winger Fredrick Pettersson, but those are false for the moment at least.
  • Brad Ziemer of the Vancouver Sun: Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Burrows underwent shoulder surgery last week to repair a torn labrum, and may have to start next season without him. The shoulder started bugging him half way through the season, and affected his play down the stretch and in the playoffs.
  • Kevin Allen of the USA Today: Nothing is set in stone yet, but it appears that Doug Weight will be returning to the New York Islanders next season.

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Marian Gaborik Hurt at Practice

12:19: Steve Zipay via Twitter: Lundqvist’s skate hit Gaborik’s knee.

12:01: Steve Zipay of Newsday via Twitter: Zipay is reporting that Marian Gaborik was helped off the ice with an apparent leg injury. The injury occured during practice in a one-on-one drill, as Gaborik jumped over Lundqvist.

Ranger fans and fantasy owners will be holding their breath on this one.

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Around the Boards: Fri. Oct. 30th

  • Chris McCosky of the Detroit News: The Detroit Red Wings offense took another hit last night with Valtteri Filppula broke his right wrist. He’ll be out for 6 to 8 weeks. Darren Helm may be given the first chance to replace Filppula on the 2nd line with Cleary and Bertuzzi.
  • Michael Russo of the Star Tribune: It looks like Marian Gaborik’s return to Minnesota will have to be postponed as it doesn’t look like he’ll be returning to the New York Rangers lineup.
  • Sam Carchidi of the Philadelphia Inquirer: Randy Jones was claimed off re-entry waivers by the Los Angeles Kings. Jones was in the final year of a 2 year, $5.5 million deal. Both the Flyers and Kings will have a $1.375 cap hit for Jones.
  • Mark Zwolinski of the Toronto Star: Maple Leafs coach Ron Wilson said there is a good chance that Phil Kessel will make his Toronto debut on Tuesday versus Tampa Bay. Vesa Toskala was activated and may see action tomorrow. Joey MacDonald and rookie Viktor Stalberg were sent to the AHL’s Marlies. Jiri Tlusty was recalled to take Stalberg’s roster spot.
  • Pat Hickey of the Montreal Gazette: Carey Price will be making the start tonight, his first since October 17th. The Canadiens are also mixing up their top 2 lines: Andrei Kostitsyn, Scott Gomez and Brian Gionta; Mike Cammalleri, Tomas Plekanec and Maxim Lapierre.

There have been rumors floating around that the Canadiens and Blackhawks might be talking trade involving Carey Price and Cristobal Huet, but they don’t appear to be true.

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Around the Boards: Wed. Oct. 28th

  • Robert Tychkowski of the Edmonton Sun: Fernando Pisani, who’s had some tough luck with injuries the past couple seasons is close to returning to the Edmonton Oilers. It may not be the best time to return to the Oilers dressing room as players, staff and members of the media that follow the Oilers have been getting sick. Ladislav Smid was confirmed as having the Swine Flu (H1N1).
  • Terry Frei of the Denver Post: Coach Sacco confirmed that backup goalie, Peter Budaj, has been diagnosed with the Swine Flu. John-Michael Liles (shoulder) and Tom Preissing (knee) are both back skating with the club, but remain out.
  • Mark Emmons of the San Jose Mercury News: Joe Pavelski and Torrey Mitchell took part in their first practice yesterday. Setoguchi is doubtful for tonight’s game.
  • Don Brennan of the Ottawa Sun: Yesterday Brennan wrote that Erik Karlsson would most likely be sent back to Sweden, today Karlsson finds himself on his way to Binghamton, the Sens AHL club. They won’t lose a year on his contract by sending him to the AHL.
  • Steve Gorten of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: 2009 1st round pick Dmitry Kulikov’s solid play to start the season will keep him with the Panthers. Kulikov has been averaging over 17 minutes a game so far this season.
  • Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News: Philadelphia is going to miss Simon Gagne for an extended period of time as it was revealed that he has 2 small sports hernia’s. He’s been placed on IR and could be moved to LTIR. The course of action to fixed the injury has yet to be determined.
  • Chip Alexander of the Raleigh News & Observer: Eric Stall has been moved to the point in an attempt to kick start the Hurricanes powerplay. Rod Brind’Amour, Ray Whitney and Sergei Samsonov, are the 1st line powerplay forwards with Stall and Joni Pitkanen on the point.
  • David Satriano of the New York Post: It appears that Marian Gaborik will miss tonight’s game against the Islanders.
  • Jim Matheson of the Edmonton Journal: Answers a readers question about a Tom Gilbert to Buffalo for Drew Stafford trade rumor. Matheson says this rumor has been out there for a year.

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Marian Gaborik will test free agency

It appears that the Minnesota Wild will not be offering a contract to the often injured superstar. Marion Gaborik, the team’s top pick in its inaugural draft, is the last remaining original franchise member and its career scoring leader with 219 goals and 437 points. In 2007-08, he set single-season franchise and career marks with 42 goals and 83 points.

The flip side, of course, is the right wing’s injury problems. He has played just one full season since 2002-03, last year missing 63 games because of groin and hip injuries. Over the past year, he has had both hips surgically repaired.

The last procedure was in January, when surgeon Marc Philippon told him the procedure had a 93 percent chance to eradicate his chronic groin problems. Gaborik came back with 11 games left in the season and scored 10 goals as the Wild went 7-3-1. (source:TwinCities.com)

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