Untouchable (would be pissed if traded): Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Monahan, Hamilton
Not untouchable but would be disappointed if traded: Jankowski, Bennett, Gio, Backlund
Still like: Hamonic, Kulak, Lazar, Shore, Hathaway, Smith, Rittich
Would be fine trading for roster upgrade or keeping: Frolik, Stone, Brodie, Ferland
Do not want anymore: Bartkowski, Brouwer, Stajan, Glass, Stewart, Versteeg
Gaudreau-Monahan-______
Tkachuk-Backlund-______
Bennett-Jankowski-______
Dube-Shore-Lazar
Hathaway/Lomberg
Gio-Hamilton
Kulak-Hamonic
Kylington-Andersson (sheltered with lots of offensive opportunities)
_______
Smith
Rittich
Obviously some of those holes will be filled by guys like Ferland, Frolik, Brodie or Stone as I doubt there will be so many moves. I do expect some moves however.
On the backend it's tough because we have right shots that I doubt get dealt in Hamilton and Hamonic and you need to make room for Andersson but Stone doesn't get you anything special. Whereas Brodie is likely more valuable but I'm unsure about the depth on the left side in Kulak and Kylington. I'm unsure on if they are ready for top 4 duty, in Kulak's case, and top 6 mins, in Kylingtons case. One thing is for sure in that our top 5 dmen generally stayed healthy and still didn't achieve the desired effect - coaching/systems or chemistry/individual failures... I don't know yet
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