The 6th Sens has a (warning, language) post up detailing the Senator's cap position for next season. It isn't good:Now, let's humorously assume Bryan Murray follows through and retains both Chris Neil and Mike Comrie. [...] This would leave the Senators with approximately $1 to $1.5 million to improve their roster.Now this assumes that there are not going to be any moves over the summer, but I think it is safe to assume that we are not going to be any major changes. The team still has to address the defense problem, even if we assume that those players graduating from the farm team can provide even a modicum of secondary scoring.
Put it all together, and right now there isn't much prospect for a lot of improvement in the results the team will get. Even the addition of a "legitimate starting goalie" won't do much to stem the losses if the defense doesn't get its act together and is capable of feeding the forwards properly.
Still, we are a long way from September, and after Deadline Day I'm more inclined to give Murray the benefit of the doubt right now. The problem is that on paper at least the team is threatening to dig itself into the same hole the Rangers find themselves in: big contracts with no production.
