The New Jersey Devils are projected to have a significant amount of cap space after the 2011-12 season. However, I don't think it's as simple as that; what the Devils do now will undoubtedly affect what they will have in the future.
The New Jersey Devils assigned 5 more players to Albany today, bringing their roster down to 23 players. However, the Devils still have to make moves to be cap compliant by October 6. This post explains the situation and discusses today's demotions.
On July 19, two teams were over the salary cap: Chicago and New Jersey. Now, there are 5 teams over the cap and only 2 under the floor, getting under the cap will be that much more difficult for New Jersey should Ilya Kovalchuk remain a Devil.
With the help of the new salary cap calculator at CapGeek, I look at the current New Jersey Devils salary cap and see what they need. My thoughts are on what they can do to fill their roster without using up all of their cap space.
