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Originally Posted by New Era

I agree with this, but I suspect there will still be some blood letting this summer. I can't see this team going forward with what they have. I would think that every player is available, but it would be for immediate returns and not for futures. Sutter's style is a certain type of game with certain types of players, so the makeup of the team has to change. The only players I really see as part of the Sutter future are Lindholm, Tanev, Hanifin, and Markstrom. Everyone else is a poor fit and could be sent packing for the right return - that being speed and size.

I would not be shocked to see Gaudreau, Monahan, Mangiapane, Backlund (deal with Seattle), and Bennett with new uniforms come next season, and replaced by guys with Ritchie type size and gumption. I suspect the minors will take on a very different look starting next year as well. I can't see this team wasting any further time on Phillips, Pettersen, or Zavgorodny when they obviously don't play the type of game Sutter wants this team to play. The makeup of the system has to change and a purge of midgets has to happen. We'll know come the draft just how big a difference Sutter's presence is going to have on the personnel decisions. If the draft changes to selecting coke machines on skates over the small skilled forwards we've been picking, then the purge is sure to take place, and quickly. Sutter ain't likely going anywhere, but the players certainly are.

Mangiapane isnt going anywhere IMO (too good value wise), one of Gaudreau or Monahan im guessing but not both, for sure Bennett, and agree about Backlund.