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THE DEPTH CHART
The Wild's depth chart for next season as it stands today. The Wild has 17 of a possible 23 players. The team is in the market this summer for forwards and one more defenseman. In parentheses is the players' 2008-09 salary, then their hit against the salary cap, which is the average per year salary of their entire contract:
LEFT WING
Mark Parrish ($2.85M, $2.65M)
Stephane Veilleux ($601,370, $601,370)*
Derek Boogaard ($850,000, $875,000)
CENTER
Mikko Koivu ($3.3M, $3.25M)
James Sheppard ($765,000, $1.4M)
Eric Belanger ($1.75M, $1.75M)
RIGHT WING
Marian Gaborik ($7.5M, $6.33M)
Pierre-Marc Bouchard ($2.6M, $2.6M)*
DEFENSE
Brent Burns ($3M, $3.55M)
Kim Johnsson ($5.25M, $4.85M)
Nick Schultz ($3.2M, $3.6M)
Martin Skoula ($1.9M, $1.8M)
Marc-Andre Bergeron ($1.653M, $1.653M)
Kurtis Foster ($1.025M, $1.025M)*
Erik Reitz ($500,000, $500,000)
GOALTENDER
Niklas Backstrom ($3.1M, $3.1M)
Josh Harding ($750,000, $725,000)
TOTALS
$40,594,370 in salary; $40,259,370 against expected $54 million to $56 million cap
ROSTER CONTENDERS
C/LW Benoit Pouliot
RW Cal Clutterbuck
LW/RW Colton Gillies
UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS WITH CHANCE OF RETURNING
LW Brian Rolston
LW Todd Fedoruk
LW Aaron Voros
LW Pavol Demitra
*-This salary and cap hit is the price of the qualifying offer tendered to retain them. Those figures could increase.
MICHAEL RUSSO
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