[StrykerSteve]

Keeping in mind that this a rebuild, I'm estimating a 2-year transition. Give all of your 1st round picks from this year a full season in the AHL as first-year Pros.

Here's how I'd like to see the upcoming offseason play out, from a Calgary perspective.

Draft:

Nathan MacKinnon (C), Rasmus Ristolainen (D) and Valentin Zykov (RW)

Do not re-sign:

Roman Cervenka
Anton Babchuk
Joey MacDonald
Steve Begin
Michael Testwuide
Krys Kolanos
Greg Nemisz
Bryan Cameron
Akim Aliu
Leland Irving
Carter Bancks
Gaelan Patterson
Danny Taylor

Retiring:

Miikka Kiprusoff

Sign RFA's:

T.J. Brodie - 2 years, $5 million (2.5/year) - 1 way
Chris Butler - 2 years, $3 million (1.5/year) - 1 way
Mikael Backlund - 2 years, $4.5 million (2.25/year) 1-way
Lance Bouma - 1 year, $700k (0.600/year) 1-way
Mark Cundari - 2 years, $1.5 million (0.750/year) 2-way
Paul Byron - 1 year, $750k (0.75/year) 2-way
Chris Breen - 2 years, $1.5 million (0.75/year) 2-way
Ben Walter - 2 years, $1.2 million (.60/year) 2-way
Brady Lamb - 1 year, $925k (.925/year) 2-way
Brett Carson - 1 year, $575k (.575/year) 2-way

Sign UFA's:

Brian McGrattan - 1 year, 750k, (0.75/year)
Karri Ramo - 2 years, $3 million (1.5/year)

Trades:

Mike Cammalleri to CBJ for 2014 2nd round pick and 2014 3rd round pick
Mark Giordano, Chris Butler, 2014 2nd round pick (from CBJ) and 2014 4th round pick to PHI for Sean Couturier and Braydon Coburn
Cory Sarich to CHI for 2014 7th round pick
Tim Jackman to BOS to 2014 4th round pick

2013-2014 NHL Roster:

Tanguay - Backlund - Hudler
Glencross - Couturier - Stempniak
Baertschi - Stajan - Horak
Byron - Bouma - McGrattan

Coburn - Wideman
Brodie - Smith
Breen - Cundari

Ramo
Berra

Your AHL team next year could consist of guys like MacKinnon, Ristolainen, Zykov, Wotherspoon, Brossoit, with Gaudreau and Jankowski a few years down the road.