Gaudreau for Frost + Patrick
Bennett for Anderson
Hall - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Frost - Anderson
Mangia - Backlund - Patrick
Lucic - Dube - Ryan
Groom Frost right away as a top 6 C with good wingers
Groom Patrick with Backlund, get some reps at C bring him along slow
Groom Dube at C with Ryan kicking around too
Always better to have more Cs than you need and shift them to the wings.
There'd still be money for a UFA D like Vatanen, Barrie or maybe even Brodie.
Giordano - Andersson
Hanifin - Vatanen
Valimaki - Kylington
Rittich
That leaves about $5-6 million for a goalie and depth players if you get Hall for around $8 million AAV and Vatanen for around $5 million AAV.
Not sure if it's a better team, it would really depend on how good Frost, Patrick and Anderson are I guess.
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