I haven't read all of the posts, but I do love this game. Pardon me if this isn't exactly original thinking:
Contracts Expiring This Year
Aliu - gone (unless he shows significant progress)
Backlund - keep
Babchuk - gone
Bouma - keep
Brodie - keep (nearly untouchable)
Butler - gone
Carson - gone
Comeau - gone
Cervenka - keep (hard to say at this point, and depends on the $/term)
Iginla - trade before season's end. Otherwise, the jury's out...
Irving - qualify for 1 more year
Kolanos - gone
Lamb - gone
Nemisz - qualify
Piskula - gone
Walter - gone
Guys with 2 years left (including 2013)
Cammy - trade if/when decent return found. Otherwise, gone at deal's end.
Bouwmeester - "" ""
Glencross - keep
Horak - keep
Howse - gone unless he shows significant progress.
Jackman - gone
Jones - keep
Kiprusoff - trade if/when decent return available
Ortio - keep
Martin - keep (?)
Sarich - gone
Smith - keep
Stajan - gone
Stempniak - gone (hopefully he's tradeable at deadline 2013)
Street - gone
Guys with 3+ years remaining (incl. 2013)
Baertschi - keep (nearly untouchable)
Ferland - keep
Hudler - keep
Reinhart - keep
Tanguay - trade if/when decent return available
Giordano - keep
Reinhart - keep
Wideman - keep
Other prospects & miscellaneous contracts
Arnold - keep
Bancks - gone
Breen - keep
Brossoit - keep
Byron - gone
Cameron - gone
Elson - ???
Eddy - ???
Gaudreau - keep
Gillies - trade for young D or RW
Jankowski - keep
Patterson - gone
Ramage - keep
Sieloff- keep
Wahl - gone
Wotherspoon - keep
I'm looking forward to a number of useless contracts (Piskula, Walter, Kolanos, Babchuk, Comeau) coming off the books this July.
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