We lose a ton of guys next season so I think he will have no choice but to be busy.
This.
Right now we only have 6 forwards signed for next year.
Landy, Mack, Mikko, Jost, Compher, and Newhook. RFAs will be Maltsev, and O'Connor. UFAs include Bura, Nuke, Kadri, Helm.
Defensively it will remain mostly intact. Makar, Byram, Girard, Toews, and EJ are all signed next year. And at that point I think Barron likely has that 3RD spot solidified and will be getting groomed for the 2RD spot the following year when EJ is done.
Nobody signed in net.
I think we have something like 52M spent. Almost 30M in cap space with no significant RFAs to sign. So Joe will be busy. Especially considering I don't think Kadri comes back, and I'm not sure if Nuke or Bura come back either.
That said, 30M to spend on basically an entire 2nd line, two goalies, and depth pieces. It'll actually be quite a lot of room for Joe to make moves.
15M on a full 2nd line. 7M in net. And then 6--7M filling out the depth.