St. Louis Blues: Cap Situation and Free Agents
David Backes
2016-17 Cap Situation

Roster Size: 18
Standard Player Contracts: 25
Projected Cap Hit: $59,252,084
Projected Cap Space:  $14,747,916
Estimated Salary Expenditure:  $61,762,500

2016 Unrestricted Free Agents

David Backes (32), Troy Brouwer (30), Steve Ott (33), Kyle Brodziak (31), Scottie Upshall (32), Chris Butler (29), Andre Benoit (32), Danny Kristo (25), Peter Harrold (32), Jeremy Welsh (28), Patrick Cannone (29)

2016 Restricted Free Agents

Jaden Schwartz (23), Anders Nilsson (26), Zack Phillips (23), Dmitrij Jaskin (23), Ty Rattie (23), Pheonix Copley (24), Magnus Paajarvi (25), Yannick Veilleux (23), Jordan Binnington (22), Ryan Tesink (22), Jacob Doty (22), Richard Nedomlel (22), Jordan Caron (25), Cody Beach (23)

2017-18 Cap Situation

Roster Size: 10
Standard Player Contracts: 16
Projected Cap Hit: $37,916,667
Projected Cap Space: $36,083,333
Estimated Salary Expenditure: $38,582,500

2017 Unrestricted Free Agents

Alexander Steen, Kevin Shattenkirk, Patrik Berglund, Brian Elliott, Robert Bortuzzo

2017 Restricted Free Agents

Jake Allen, Colton Parayko, Zachary Pochiro, Petteri Lindbohm