Honestly, I would trade all upcoming UFA's and none of them would be brought back. Time to refresh this roster, and none of them are great anyways. Gus has been good this year, but I have a feeling it is mainly contract related, and once he gets his new deal, he will continue to be a disappointing 40 pt passenger, like he was the last 2 seasons.
Kronwall should retire and if he doesn't there should be no new deal under any circumstances. I like Kronner, been a big fan, but he is done being effective at this level, and a couple old school Kronwalled hits doesn't change that fact, as fun as they were to see.
Jensen should be traded at the deadline, and if there are no takers, buh bye at the end of the season.
Daley should be moved if they can.
Howard has had his time, and I am a fan, but it is time to go fresh, and not Bernier as the starter, as he is quite ugly at times in net. For every good game you get, you get 2 and 3 poor outings, and the team honestly doesn't look confident when he is in goal.
Abdelkader, they should consider doing something to move him out as well. Maybe take back another shorter bad contract and add a 3rd rounder along with Abby or something. I do think he would be more useful and better slotted on a contender or playoff team, then he does on a bottom feeder.
Then in the offseason, we should add one or two higher end UFA's, as we don't need to just sit back and stay in the basement. With this next draft, we will get another Top 10 pick, hopefully Top 4, and Larkin getting some much needed help makes this team look a lot better.
Outside Green and Cholowski, I would love if 19-20 we had a basically fully refreshed blueline. No more Daley, Ericsson, Jensen and Kronwall.