College, FAs, trade for now. I think Holland is trying to build like how we were supposed to back in 2010 when we first started tanking. Take defensemen early, then forwards a couple years later. By the time they are all ready to make an impact, the group of D and F are coming in at the same time on ELCs giving you a window to win.
We have our couple D in Bouchard/Broberg, now we watch the next 2 drafts be highly skilled forwards in the first couple of rounds, no matter their size or other flaws since we might be drafting later in the draft. Those guys should be ready in a couple more years as Bouchard is finishing up his ELC, Broberg is making the team, Lavoie/McLeod are ready to contribute, and the Oilers finally have the rest of the bad contracts and buyouts off the books. Once those guys come in and contribute, that is the time we will start spending draft picks on rentals to put us over the top.
That is the true window that this team has, everything else is building up to it. We need to have success in the interim to keep the guys developing and our top players motivated, but that will be the period where we go from simply battling to make the playoffs to actually being a legitimate threat for the cup.