Well Robidas is on permanent injury reserve for the rest of his contract so that's one down already.
Polak and Bozak could be traded by American Thanksgiving. If not, they are gone by the TDL most likely.
Reimer will most likely be gone by the TDL as well. Bernier may be kept around though since he is a good goalie and Bibeau may need some more time.
Lupul and Phaneuf, if they continue their seasons, will probably have buyers by the TDL or offseason.
Problem solved. We've got a lot more than just them to worry about though. Mainly, Kadri needs to score more than once every 70 shots.
It's going to take another few years. Our next wave of youngsters aren't even in the NHL. Most of them will be a few years before they're ready for prime roles.
Robidas is still on the books through next year.
Gleason buyout counts for 2 more after this season.
The market for Lupul + Bozak is probably negative right now. They are very useful insulator placeholders. We'll deal them out deadline of next season or the last season of their deals.
Around the time Gleason, Lupul, Bozak come off the books is when we could start being a very good team.
Phaneuf we should keep for a while. His deal drops off significantly in real dollars so he won't be that hard to deal in a few seasons. If there is anything we should be okay overpaying for its a quality blueliner who is as competitive as him and who plays with an edge.
All the pending UFAs with the possible exception of Reimer should be dealt for whatever we can get. I don't consider Reimer a key piece but the goalie UFA market is brutal next off-season.
I'd also float the idea of selling high on Hunwick as teams overpay for Dmen more than anything else at the deadline.
If we can get a top notch asset in return Kadri, Gardiner, JVR, Pens 1st are the top assets we've got and I don't consider any of them key core pieces.
