Within the organisation these are the moves I see happening.
RFAs to sign: Backlund, Bouma, Brodie, Butler & Breen. Maybe sign Byron since his name begins with B.
Sign Ramo, Ramage, Hanowski & Granlund ASAP
Sign UFAs Cervenka & McGrattan
I wouldn't be opposed to seeing Nemisz, Byron, Aliu, Bancks, Cundari, Carson, Eddy & Lamb signed to cheap 2-way deals
We'll be set up like this (if Kipper doesn't retire):
Tanguay Cammalleri Hudler
Glenncross Stajan Stempniak
Baertschi Backlund Cervenka
Bouma Horak Jackman
McGrattan
Giordano Wideman
Brodie Sarich
Butler Smith
Breen
(Kiprussoff) Ramo
Berra
Prospects in the AHL:
Byron Street Nemisz
Bancks Reinhart Aliu
Howse Jones Eddy
Ferland Granlund Hanowski
Elson
Cundari Lamb
Martin Wotherspoon
Lamb Ramage
Brossoit
Ortio
I see us being very active at the draft, shopping Tanguay &/or Cammalleri for young NHL-ready help & picks. Management are going to want to keep one recognisable name & face around so I see Cammy or Tangs staying as the face of the franchise, unless they can deal for someone with a bit of star status.
We need lots of help at RW, C, D & G
. Depending on the Kiprussoff situation I think we need a proven NHL starter, and I see Feaster (if he's still in charge) making a huge offer for someone he's familiar with, Mike Smith. We need another natural RW, so I'm sure we'll make offers for Horton, Fehr & that Ignila guy. Bozak might be someone we target. Clitsome is the only appealing name I see amongst the UFA defenders
So trade outgoings I would like to see happen are: Cammalleri or Tanguay, Butler and incoming I'd like a big right-shooting defender (Myers) and a big young centerman (Berglund). We could use one of our late first rounders to sweeten the pot to get a good, young player like that.
That's the Rock-Solid Plan