Just to set the table, here’s what the Kings’ financial situation looks like at the moment. If they had to fill a 23-man roster, at the moment, with only the players under contract, it might look something like this. The following 23 players, plus the two buyouts, would result in a salary-cap hit of roughly $43.2 million.
FORWARDS
Kopitar 6.800 million
Handzus 4.000
Stoll 3.600
Williams 3.500
Brown 3.175
Frolov 2.900
Moller 0.875
Lewis 0.855
Simmonds 0.822
Clune 0.625
Ivanans 0.600
Richardson 0.588
Zeiler 0.544
Gauthier 0.525
DEFENSEMEN
Doughty 3.475 million
Greene 2.950
Hickey 1.346
O’Donnell 1.250
Harrold 0.583
Drewiske 0.525
Quincey 0.525
GOALIES
Quick 0.770 million
Ersberg 0.750
BUYOUTS
Cloutier 1.033 million
McCauley 0.667
Plus, there are the following restricted free agents:
RFA
Bagnall
Boyle
Dravecky
Elkins (arbitration eligible)
Johnson
Moulson (arbitration eligible)
Parse
Piskula (arbitration eligible)
Purcell
Taylor
Westgarth