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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I think they could even risk removing players to make room for others by acquiring picks and prospects. If Kylington is back maybe they do ditch Hanifin for pure futures. If they want to take a bigger risk they could do something similar with Lindholm and Toffoli and run with Coronato/Pelltier/Zary and hope the bounce back of Huberdeau, Markstrom and Mangiapane with a more consistent Kadri this team can still be better next year even with the removal of some key pieces in exchange for youth
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I'd be all for trading all 7 of the pending UFA's. This team is at a disadvantage in so many ways that it needs to be an asset rich team with a young core before it really looks to start adding pieces. Treliving spent to build the core and most year had a good team but was short high-end prospects and draft picks year in and year out due to trading picks year in and year out.
The best part of Conroy's situation taking this team is he actually has 5 or 6 guys that are in the 22-25 range that all can just step in next year.
Ruzicka
Pelletier
Zary
Duehr
Wolf
Phillips might be #6 but the first 5 need to play next year.
I'd also be ok if we kept some of the UFA's that want to stay if they are reasonable in their contract demands. Lindholm is the only guy I would pay big money too.
Kylington more than likely does not re-sign this summer and his trade value probably isn't that high. So, if he is back, I'm all for keeping him and trading Hanifin.
I'd also keep Stetcher.
If Lindholm did stay, I'd still move out everyone else and go forward with Lindholm and Kylington and the kids. It would be pretty exciting to see this team play with that much youth on the team and if they kept Lindholm and Kylington, they could be just as good if not better than last year if the guys you mentioned step up. I think all 3 of Huberdeau, Markstrom and Kadri will be better, and I'd add in Mangiapane to that list.