Given that a rebuild is not an option, identify the long term core, who is signed longterm and who you want to go forward with. Try and get younger with this core.
At the moment the primary core would be:
Kadri, Huberdeau, Lindholm, Dube, Coleman, Mangiapane, Pelletier, Hanifin, Andersson and Weegar.
There are some tough players to move on from but I think you need to explore moving out: Toffoli, Backlund, Tanev and Zadorov . See if there are any good options to move out one of Vladar and Markstrom. I'd put some feelers out for Mang too and see if there is any interest.
If you can move out some of these guys for quality assets I would look at RFA trade market, e.g. Fiala and Debrincat last season. Maybe someone like Bratt becomes available.
Figure out if kylington is coming back next season. Do everything you can to get coronato to sign.
I think they're testing Dube at C to see if they can move someone out. Potential Lines:
Huberdeau - Lindholm - Coronato
Mang - Dube - Coleman
Pelletier - Kadri - Trade
Ruzicka - Lewis - Duehr
UFA
Hanifin - Rasmus
Kylington - Weegar
Zadorov - Stretcher
Gilbert - Stone
Markstrom
Vladar/Wolf/UFA
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