So we all know Treliving has gone all in and mortgaged some of the future to help enhance the current lineup. Whether you agree or disagree with this philosophy is for another thread, but I'm wondering what the best avenues to recoup some of those lost draft picks will be in 2017/2018.
Players with expiring contracts at the end of the upcoming season, making them assets that could be traded away prior to/at the 2018 trade deadline:
Matt Stajan (UFA)
Lance Bouma (UFA)
Mikael Backlund (UFA)
Tom McCollum (UFA)
Matt Barkowski (UFA)
Freddie Hamilton (RFA)
Daniel Pribyl (RFA)
Mark Jankowski (RFA)
Hunter Shinkaruk (RFA)
Morgan Klimchuk (RFA)
Emile Poirier (RFA)
Hunter Smith (RFA)
Austin Carroll (RFA)
Keegan Kanzig (RFA)
What could Treliving realistically get for these players? As you can see, it's a pretty long list and the team's developmental pipeline could look drastically different 12 months from now once some tough decisions have been made. The list could be longer once we know what the contracts for this year's RFA crop look like. Some I would argue, hold little to no value whatsoever, while others, would offer up a significant return based on their current status.
Who would you move? Who would you hold on to? If moving, what do you think they could back get in return from a pick perspective?