tentative lineup

updated 04:15 PM PST - 09-16-05

Forward Lines
LW - Brad Isbister	C - Joe Thornton	RW - Glen Murray
LW - Sergei Samsonov	C - Alexei Zhamnov	RW - Patrice Bergeron
LW - P.J. Axelsson	C - Dave Scatchard	RW - Shawn McEachern
LW - Brad Boyes	C - Travis Green	RW - Tom Fitzgerald
Defense Lines
D - Nick Boynton	D - Brian Leetch
D - Ian Moran	D - Hal Gill
D - Jon Girard	D - Jiri Slegr
Goaltenders
G - Andrew Raycroft	G - Hannu Toivonen

Payroll (RFAs are estimated qualifiers):

Murray: $4,150,000
Leetch: $4,000,000
Isbister: $1,102,000
McEachern: $1,050,000
Bergeron: $646,000
Fitzgerald: $475,000
Moran: $456,000
Scatchard: $2,100,000
Zhamnov: $4,075,000
Axelsson: $1,064,000
Slegr: $950,000
Gill: $1,596,000
Raycroft: $1,300,000
Samsonov: $2,774,000
Thornton: $6,666,667
Boynton: $1,178,000
Girard: $956,004
Toivonen: $836,000
Hilbert: $627,000
Stuart: $850,000
Green: $675,000
Boyes: $600,000

*Players in bold are signed

Total Signings: $36,321,671

Total: $38,126,671

note: "official" numbers are confirmed with nhlpa.com, tsn.ca and sportsnet.ca (terms of the contracts were not released by the Boston Bruins). Stuart's contract confirmed with boston.com. Hilbert's figure represents a qualifying offer confirmed by boston.com. Green's contract confirmed by Kevin Paul Dupont. Qualifying offers based on 2003-04 usatoday.com figures less 24% rollback.

What is also noteworthy is the list above includes 22 players. Under the old CBA, the roster can have anywhere between 20-23 players. The Bruins could shave payroll by excluding a couple of players off the roster - or they could expand it to 23.

Here's a graphical representation put out by boston.com: