NHL Trade Deadline: Cap Hit For Potential Rentals On Deadline Day

February 14 2011 Last updated at 11:00 AM ET

The salary cap has had a a significant impact on the way teams are built NHL these days, and it's also made completing trades -- particularly in-season trades -- significantly more difficult than it was in the pre-cap era. Teams not only have to have the proper assets in terms of players and draft picks to get a player that can put them over the top, but they also have to have enough room under the cap to fit said player on their roster. Now that we're two weeks away from the Feb. 28 trade deadline, moves are starting to fly, and in the past week we've seen a couple of significant trades involving players like Francois Beauchemin, Michael Frolik and Mike Fisher. And there's certain to be more.

That said, it's time for our annual look at players with a chance of being traded, and what they would cost against the salary cap.

The players most likely to move are veterans that are set to become free agents after this season playing on teams with no hope of qualifying for the postseason. As of Monday, that list isn't a long one, but includes teams like Toronto, Edmonton, Florida, Ottawa, New Jersey and the New York Islanders, with the St. Louis Blues and Colorado Avalanche very close to joining them. Those teams are loaded with players that fit the bill of a deadline rental for a playoff bound team.

Just as a reminder -- When an in-season trade is made the cap hit the team takes on is a pro-rated amount of the players average annual salary. The formula: The average yearly salary for the player, divided by the number of days in the season (186) and then multiplied by the number of days remaining in the season (41 days on deadline day).

And now, on to the list (all cap numbers come via CapGeek and are approximate)...

Potential Trade Targets: Upcoming UFA's Player Team Average Annual Salary Trade Deadline Day Cap Hit Cory Stillman Florida $3.5 Million $778,000 Radek Dvorak Florida $1.7 Million $374,000 Chris Higgins Florida $1.6 Million $352,000 Marty Reasoner Florida $1.15 Million $253,000 Bryan McCabe Florida $5.75 Million $1.27 Million Tomas Vokoun Florida $5.7 Million $1.26 Million Fredrik Sjostrom Toronto $750,000 $165,000 Tomas Kaberle Toronto $4.25 Million $936,000 Jean-Sebastien Giguere Toronto $6 Million $1.32 Million Alex Kovalev Ottawa $5 Million $1.1 Million Jarkko Ruutu Ottawa $1.3 Million $286,000 Chris Phillips Ottawa $3.5 Million $771,000 Zenon Konopka Islanders $600,000 $132,258 P.A. Parenteau Islanders $600,000 $132,258 Radek Martinek Islanders $1.5 Million $332,000 Jason Arnott New Jersey $4.5 Million $991,000 Andy Greene New Jersey $777,000 $162,000 Johan Hedberg New Jersey $1.5 Million $332,000 Jim Vandermeer Edmonton $2.3 Million $506,000

Now, of course, not all of these players will be traded by deadline day (some may not even be on the market). This is simply a look at players that fit the mold of a deadline rental as we sit two weeks away from the big day. There's also the complication of no-trade clauses, like the ones Tomas Kaberle, Chris Phillips and Tomas Vokoun have in their contracts.

If you're wondering where your team will sit on the 28th in terms of how much cap space it can take on, you can check out CapGeek to get an idea. The Vancouver Canucks look to have the least amount of space, while the Atlanta Thrashers have the most.

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