1) Look to trade Cammy, even ahead of "schedule". How much can his value increase over the next month or two with the olympic break thrown in? Surely not much, not with the team struggling the way it is. Burke needs to consider this move as a possibility sooner or later.
2) Look to ship fringe vets like Galliardi, Stempniak. They're not doing anything here and, like Cammy, aren't likely to garner much value for the short period between now and trade deadline. Not expecting much value in return, but we should do this simply for the sake of making space on this roster for young deserving players to get their callup and give the team a boost in effort and energy.
3) Create a rotating door, bringing up Ferland, Granlund, Knight, Hanowski, Sieloff, Wotherspoon one after another to fill in the bottom 6 / bottom pairing and show what they've got. They could not possibly do worse than what we've received from these lacklustre vets on the current roster. It worked for us last spring, it can again. (at least to give us a better on ice product. I'm sure it won't affect our drafting position)
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