No doubt Martinez is a warrior and well-liked in the room, but that's never stopped management, who are rather cold-blooded but that's what it takes in a cap league.
Henrique and Monahan could be interesting, particularly the latter. Mantha does nothing for me and he's I think over-rated because of his size and I think he's signed for a couple of years over 5 million, if I'm correct.
I like Howden due to his versatility too, but you can trade Koleslaw for a used Winter Classic jersey, a 4th line of Carrier-Roy-Howden is fine. I really had hoped we'd have signed DesLauriers when he left the Ducks, he might be too costly now.
In any case, despite some recent woes, I see defense as a strength. Our current problem is really lack of scoring and poor goaltending past Hill.