RasmusAndersson
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- Oct 19, 2013
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Assuming Eichel isn't available (I really doubt Buffalo actually moves him), I think we'd be best off selling Giordano, Bennett, Ryan, and then seeing the best we can get for Monahan. If that's a 1st+, a 1-for-1 with a guy like Mantha, you consider it. Accumulate picks, prospects, and cap space for a re-tool.
Then imo you go hard after Danault in the off-season. He is a legit top-6 C with insane underlying numbers (almost 60% xGF) despite playing the hardest matchups every night. Like a younger better Backlund. We need to become harder to play against and Danault is a great first step in that direction.
Gaudreau-Lindholm-______
_____-Danault-Mangiapane
Tkachuk-Backlund-Dube/Lucic
Dube/Lucic-______-_______
Hanifin-Tanev
Valimaki-______
Kylington/Mackey-Rasmus
Kylington/Mackey
Markstrom
_______
That leaves about 17.5 mil for 2 top-6 W's, 2 4th liners, a 13th F, a top-4 RD, and a backup goalie.
Assuming we spend ~1.5 on a backup and ~3 mil on the 4th line and 13th F, that's 13 mil for 2 top-6 W's and a top-4 D.
Forwards I would target:
Jaden Schwartz (UFA)
Zach Hyman (UFA)
Adam Lowry (UFA)
Blake Coleman (UFA)
Jake Debrusk (for picks before expansion draft)
Kevin Labanc (if San Jose decides to rebuild)
Ryan Hartman/ Jordan Greenway/ Marcus Foligno (MIN)
Anthony Mantha (in exchange for Monahan)
Viktor Arvidsson (in package for Monahan)
Kyle Palmieri (UFA)
David Krejci (UFA)
Landeskog (UFA)
Logan Brown (OTT)
Calle Jankrok (NSH)
Jesper Bratt (NJ)
Tomas Tatar (MTL)
Joel Armia (MTL)
Nuge (lol)
4th liners to target:
Mathieu Perrault
Conor Sheary
Nick Bjugstad
Sam Gagner
Bobby Ryan
Blake Comeau
Andrew Cogliano
Tomas Nosek
Ivan Barbashev (RFA)
Alex Iafallo
Matt Calvert
PE Bellemare
Brock McGinn
Cedric Pacquette
D-men to target
Alec Martinez (UFA)
Matt Dumba (really strong possession driver, maybe Monahan for Dumba+)
Vince Dunn (picks+prospects)
Jake McCabe (UFA)
Alex Goligoski (UFA)
Depth D:
Brett Kulak
Conor Timmins
Jake Bean
Travis Dermott
Trevor Van Reimsdyk
Mike Reilly
Dmitri Kulikov
Mark Pysyk
Jake Gardiner (as a cheap dump in exchange for a dump)
Then imo you go hard after Danault in the off-season. He is a legit top-6 C with insane underlying numbers (almost 60% xGF) despite playing the hardest matchups every night. Like a younger better Backlund. We need to become harder to play against and Danault is a great first step in that direction.
Gaudreau-Lindholm-______
_____-Danault-Mangiapane
Tkachuk-Backlund-Dube/Lucic
Dube/Lucic-______-_______
Hanifin-Tanev
Valimaki-______
Kylington/Mackey-Rasmus
Kylington/Mackey
Markstrom
_______
That leaves about 17.5 mil for 2 top-6 W's, 2 4th liners, a 13th F, a top-4 RD, and a backup goalie.
Assuming we spend ~1.5 on a backup and ~3 mil on the 4th line and 13th F, that's 13 mil for 2 top-6 W's and a top-4 D.
Forwards I would target:
Jaden Schwartz (UFA)
Zach Hyman (UFA)
Adam Lowry (UFA)
Blake Coleman (UFA)
Jake Debrusk (for picks before expansion draft)
Kevin Labanc (if San Jose decides to rebuild)
Ryan Hartman/ Jordan Greenway/ Marcus Foligno (MIN)
Anthony Mantha (in exchange for Monahan)
Viktor Arvidsson (in package for Monahan)
Kyle Palmieri (UFA)
David Krejci (UFA)
Landeskog (UFA)
Logan Brown (OTT)
Calle Jankrok (NSH)
Jesper Bratt (NJ)
Tomas Tatar (MTL)
Joel Armia (MTL)
Nuge (lol)
4th liners to target:
Mathieu Perrault
Conor Sheary
Nick Bjugstad
Sam Gagner
Bobby Ryan
Blake Comeau
Andrew Cogliano
Tomas Nosek
Ivan Barbashev (RFA)
Alex Iafallo
Matt Calvert
PE Bellemare
Brock McGinn
Cedric Pacquette
D-men to target
Alec Martinez (UFA)
Matt Dumba (really strong possession driver, maybe Monahan for Dumba+)
Vince Dunn (picks+prospects)
Jake McCabe (UFA)
Alex Goligoski (UFA)
Depth D:
Brett Kulak
Conor Timmins
Jake Bean
Travis Dermott
Trevor Van Reimsdyk
Mike Reilly
Dmitri Kulikov
Mark Pysyk
Jake Gardiner (as a cheap dump in exchange for a dump)
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