Sutter has said in the past you need a strong centre, strong D, and a goalie to compete. So to stay competitive and keep him happy enough while still doing a "rebuild", I think we could get away with keeping the following:
Lindholm
1 of Tkachuk or Johnny
Lucic
Tanev
Valimaki
Hanafin
Markstrom
Trade everyone else for younger players with room to grow into still, then let Sutter take the next two seasons to mold the new group in his image. No more giant egos, no more players needing to play with specific players.
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