In terms of top 6, I'm back on my stance that we need RWs more than anything else.
Move Tkachuk. Move or expose Backlund. Get top-six RW back, or something else that we can use to get RWs with. A young NHL RW talent would be nice, but cap space, prospects and draft picks can also be used to get us there too.
Centers are hard to find. Goal-scoring centers even moreso. Sutter has Monahan becoming more of a center than he has been in the past, which is the kinda stuff that can be taught. Faceoffs, defensive play, killing penalties. He's starting to do and get better at all this stuff. He has goal-scoring ability, which is something that can't be taught. Give Sutter more time with him. Our RWs are garbage. Monny is a better center than anyone else in our organization is at RW. In other words, our top two centers might combine for about 80% of what we need from those two spots... but our top two RWs are 0% of what we need from their two spots. Fix what is most broken first.
Gaudreau Lindholm <Actual RW>
Mangiapane Monahan <Actual RW>
Much easier to promote or sign a couple of bottom six centers than it is to find a top six one. Keep Monahan. Backlund gone. Ryan gone. Tkachuck gone. We. Need. Top six. RWs.