IIRC from last year, though, there is a certain date when teams have to meet the cap?
If so, then it sort of all depends upon who the team keeps with the NHL club.
I think Olesz may be getting a bit of a bum rap, as yes he did have a weak season -but it was also only about 44 games, isn't that right?
He could be a candidate for the AHL, without having to go to the extent of doing the Europe thing; I think Huet got that option out of respect for his perferred choice. Say what anyone will about Huet, he did handle the situation with a lot of class, as well as when the Quenneville had decided to go with Niemi.
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However as an alternative, you could move Hjalmarsson (as the team has an extra left d now) with Beach as incentive (or whomever really... ). I don't know what this Montreal Centre's cap hit is - that figure I quoted was his salary, I think... But if it were ... 5 mil less 3.6 (I think that is Hammer's hit)... means you reduce the amount of available cap by 1.4mil... 7 less 1.4 mil = 5.6 mil still available -but, and here is the thing - the team can only have (I think) 23 players on their NHL roster at any given time... and the Hawks are in a position where they might have that many, or more... so not all of those guys are going to be on the NHL roster- and therefore (I think) count against the cap...
