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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I’m afraid there’s no good answer for this, short term. The real solution is to tank for 2022 and 2023 drafts and hope for franchise players.
But maybe that’s too negative. If you can get Eichel for Tkachuk ++ maybe you can have a top line better than a lot of teams. And maybe a Lindholm centred 2nd line is better than quite a few second lines. Especially if you can manage a MOnahan for RW trade. I know Backlund is better than a lot of 3Cs. Maybe some of the kids can come up with goos play and winning attitudes
Defensively I have confidence that Andersson has a better year. Gio could be taken in expansion, or Kylington. If Gio goes, there’s an opening for a good defenceman and also cap space.
Gaudreau-Eichel-new RW
Mangiapane-Lindholm-Dube
Lucic-Backlund-Pelletier
Zary-Ruzicka-Ritchie or someone
Phillips
Gio (someone like maybe Barrie if Gio goes)-Tanev
Hanifin-Andersson
Valimaki-Stone (Kylington if Gio goes)
Markstrom
There are plenty of decent backup goalies available next year
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Let’s say the overhaul went like this (quite unrealistic if you ask me) - is that team ^ a cup contender?
I see a middle of the road playoff team, at best. You’d be left with a franchise that has no futures to trade to improve the roster elsewhere, no ELC talent that can meaningfully contribute in this competitive window, so you’d need to hit the UFA market to add core pieces to the team, which would be both risky and cost prohibitive.
That roster WITH some futures to trade and/or prospect capital it’s a different story. But we are so deficient based on management miscalculating the potential of this core, moves of this magnitude will bring on more mediocrity and only prolong the inevitable if you ask me.