[SeanCharles]

Originally Posted by David Struch

Why not both?

Trade Frolík, Stone and Brodie for picks.
Trade two 1st's for Hall.

Hall 6,0 Backlund 5,35 Tkachuk 7,4
Gaudreau 6,75 Monahan 6,375 Lindholm 4,85
Bennett 2,0 Jankowski 1,675 Neal 5,75
Dubé ,778 Ryan 3,125 Hathaway ,850
Mangiapane ,705 Czarnik 1,25

Giordano 6,75 Andersson ,755
Hanifin 4,95 Hamonic 3,857
Välimäki ,894 Kylington ,730
Fantenberg ,700

#1 Goalie
Rittich 2,0

Salary Cap $83,000,000
Cap Hit $74,996,308
Buyouts $1,500,000
Bonuses $747,500
Cap Space $8,003,692

I agree with you that we should look to move Frolik, Brodie and Stone's contracts in the offseason as well as add another top 6 forward that is in his mid-late 20's or younger..

However that top 6 guy needs to be a guy we could fit into our salary cap moving forward and if at all possible be RHed.

Ignoring the RHed thing I don't think we can afford to re-sign Hall without screwing up the cap.

I like your line of thinking however because if we can add a legitimate threat to round out our top 6 we will be set for years.

Just to clarify I still like Brodie and Frolik but with Valimaki, Kylington, Dube and Mangiapane all in the fold we need to swap expensive, aging vets for young, cheap up-and-coming players.