Monahan is the choice for me. Given that Sutter has been praising him for his effort during a stretch where he is pretty unproductive and unimpressive, I think that moving out a player taking up a big chunk of the cap and probably maxing out as a 2C for the last two years of the deal would be a smart move. Hopefully he would generate a bit of a market and they could pick up some good assets, though his value seems like it's at an all time low.
Tkachuk - I would only trade Tkachuk in a deal with other assets to bring in an elite player with term or team control and probably only for a C or RW. Otherwise, there is such a big risk that he is going to bounce back and the roster will just have a few more lesser players.
Gaudreau - I'd be more willing to trade him because he's only got one season left. If they are able to extend him, then I wouldn't be moving him as this scenario precludes a full-on rebuild. He's adjusted better than I expected and can still be a gamebreaker.
Giordano - my position would be to expose him in the expansion draft and hope that Seattle doesn't bite due to age and not wanting to take a veteran guy and his family away from the city he played his whole career in just to move him for assets at the deadline. We'd see how ruthless Ron Francis is, but I suspect that he'd leave Gio alone.
Lindholm - I'd only move him if it were a complete teardown. I would imagine he'd have a ton of value given his play and favorable contract, but only moving one piece of the core, he'd be the last to move for me.
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