I think Crown did a good job of showing this is possible but I did my own flavor here:
The Gaudreau trade I proposed is less abject value than I would like to see, but it achieves two important things:
Salary relief to help with signings
Secures a top 10 draft pick
I messed up originally thinking Carrick might actually fit our roster (he doesn't.) So instead, I would ask for Severson and use Severson to trade again for some value (I assigned a 3rd rounder as value for Carrick and I think it's probably similar to Severson. Better player but worse contract.) Either way, it's another flippable piece for us. Mcleod has had a major stall in development, but still has great tools as a 4th liner so I take his contract and see how he does.
Ryan goes for a 2nd. Hate to see him leave but we need to get cap room somewhere and he is an absolute luxury as 4C.
Rittich to Phoenix to replace Kuemper and platoon with Raanta at a cheaper price. We get a 4th (our fave round) and intriguing goalie prospect Ivan Prosvetov, who is behind Raanta and Adin Hill (and now Rittich) in AZ.
Meanwhile, we sign Hall, Pietrangelo, and Markstrom:
Aim for the cup for the next 2 seasons.
