Outside of the big names in Hall and Markstrom that clearly fill needs for us, I would look hard into names like Trevor Van Reimsdyk, Johan Larsson, and Jesper Fast.
Acquiring Larsson would allow us to move Ryan for a pick and have a player who has been absolutely buried in defensive zone deployment in Buffalo to anchor the 4th line. Hell he could be put beside Ryan for an extremely strong 4th line.
TVR would be an nice cheap acquisition to pair with Valimaki on the third pairing.
Fast will likely cost too much but would make an ideal shutdown RW for Backlund, or be a wonderful fit alongside Bennett and Dube.
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