Salary Cap Situation – source Cap Friendly
Projected Cap Hit: $82,772,044
Projected Cap Space: $0
Projected LTIR Used: $3,272,044
Current Cap Space: $0
Deadline Cap Space: $0
Todays Cap Hit: $82,772,044
Roster: 20/23
Contracts: 43/50
Offseason Moves – In/Out – source Sports Forecaster
In – Harri Sateri, G – FA – Fla
Jake Chelios, D – FA – Car
Wade Megan, C – FA – StL
Chris Terry, LW/RW – FA – Mtl
Jonathan Bernier, G – FA – Col
Thomas Vanek, LW/RW – FA – CBJ
Patrik Rybar, G – FA
Out –Zach Nastasiuk, RW/C – FA-Minors
Eric Tangradi, LW – FA – NJ
Tom McCollum, G – FA-Minors
Ben Street, C – FA – Ana
Dan Renouf, D – FA – Car
Matt Lorito, LW/RW – FA – NYI
Jared Coreau, G – FA – Ana
Xavier Ouellet, D – FA – Mtl
Robbie Russo, D – T – Ari
Turner Elson, LW – FA-Minors
Brooks Macek, RW/C – FA – VGK
Depth Chart –
2018 Free Agents
Unrestricted – Jake Chelios, Jimmy Howard, Nick Jensen, Niklas Kronwall, Brian Lashoff, Dylan McIlrath, Wade Megan, Gustav Nyquist, Harri Säteri, Thomas Vanek, Luke Witkowski
Restricted – Martin Frk, Joe Hicketts, Axel Holmström, Patrik Rybár, Dylan Sadowy, Libor Sulak, Dominic Turgeon
2018 Draft Picks
1st – DET
2nd – DET and NYI
3rd – DET
4th – DET
5th – DET, BUF and CBJ
6th – DET
7th – DET and ARI*
Top 10 Prospects – source McKeen’s Hockey
1. Filip Zadina – RW/LW
2. Joe Veleno – C
3. Michael Rasmussen – C
4. Jared McIsaac – D
5. Jonatan Berggren – RW/LW
6. Evgeni Svechnikov – LW
7. Dennis Cholowski – D
8. Filip Hronek – D
9. David Pope – LW
10. Ryan O’Reilly – C/RW
Red Wings projections by Dom Luszczyszyn