At this point I'd go into the season with
Sedin - Sedin - Burrows
Baertschi - Horvat - Vrbata
Kenins - McCann (9 games) - Hansen
Gaunce - Sutter - Dorsett
Prust
Injured: Higgins
Edler - Tanev
Hamhuis - Weber
Hutton - Bartkowski
Sbisa, Corrado
Markstrom
Miller
- Waive Vey, there's no way any team would bother wasting a claim on him. Even if they do, it's not a loss. He's a waste of a roster spot and contributes basically nothing on the ice. We have younger players who are better and deserve the spot more than him.
- I think Virtanen needs more time to develop, I wouldn't even give him 9 games at this point (especially considering our lack of roster spots).
- Hutton has earned a spot to start the season in my opinion, he's easily ahead of Sbisa on the depth chart (though that's not saying much).
- McCann has earned 9 games, I doubt anyone would argue that. Re-evaluate once 9 games have passed.
- I think Gaunce has also earned some time on the team while Higgins is injured. Re-evaluate once Higgins returns (if Gaunce struggles there's no point in keeping him up).
- Even though Corrado hasn't been great, I wouldn't risk exposing him to waivers.
- Markstrom has looked better than Miller, he's also the future and we need to start focusing on him instead of an old, mediocre, declining goalie with a huge cap hit. He gets the starter job to begin the season.
And yes, if it was me I'd probably just put Prust and Sbisa on waivers and send them down, but I'm trying to be somewhat realistic as to what Jimbo would do.
