Personally the only spaces we have on the team are a top 9 right winger and a bottom pair d-man.
I would be ok with giving a kid a try on the bottom pair, like Englund with Wideman, Boro as 7th guy and fill in for when Englund needs to watch the game from the rafters. Chabot is going to make the team this year or next year, so we don't want a long UFA contract blocking him that needs dumping.
As for forwards, I'd like to see Turris back with Mac and Ryan, and I would like to see the Smith, Stone, Pageau line stay the same.
The fourth line can look to be Lazar, Paul, Neil
That leaves ZIb and Hoffman looking for a right winger, which could maybe be Lazar if they think he's got the room to grow, or we could target a UFA (Errikson).
The thing we need to consider is that we don't want a long contract that we'll need to dump since there is a very high probability that White will be joining the team next year, followed by Brown.
The expansion draft will likely clear a body, but we still need to figure that we have a couple years before adding final piece UFAs. It is likely that White, Brown, and Chabot are all planned to be part of the contending core.
We should look to maintain flexibility and grow the system and core for at least another season or two. That means look to make playoffs, then look to make later rounds, then take league by the balls and squeeze..... (made me wince even just typing that...)
