I know fans are out for blood right now, but I think a more patient approach would be better and I suspect that’s what Treliving will do.
Gaudreau and Monahan stay. We sign Taylor Hall and roll with effectively two offensive top lines. Harder to match up against and spreads the heat around. Johnny snd Monny aren’t the “go to guys” anymore. Just two players that can help you win.
Rittich is traded and we bring in another young guy to roll with Talbot. Georgiev or Murray.
50/50 on Ward returning. I could see either option happening.
At least 1 “shake up the room” trade. Ryan, Hanifin, Kylington, maybe even Backlund.
Defense looks vastly different. Huge roles up for grabs for Valimaki and Andersson. I think the defense will be much younger and a little sketchy on paper, but hopefully better than expected.
Next summer is when Gaudreau finally gets moved east for a standard package of a 1st, roster player, top prospect.
Something like:
Hall - Monahan - Lindholm
Gaudreau - Bennett - Tkachuk
Dube - Backlund - Mangiapane
Lucic - Gawdin - Rieder
Hanifin - Andersson
Giordano - xxx
Valimaki - xxx
Mackey
Talbot
Georgiev
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