I'm sure we'll get a top-3 pick, and hopefully either ekblad or reinhart.
theres a greater chance we end up drafting a forward than ekblad, if that happens then we'll need to make some additions to the backend. kulikov would almost certainly be resigned in that scenario. giving us campbell, kulikov, and gudbranson. i want both petrovic and olsen to stay in the ahl for now. buy out jovo for sure. leaving 3 spots to fill. i think niskanen would be a long shot. if he makes it to ufa and thats a big if, then he'll probably make a solid amount give or take 5.5per. theres other players that work too. my 3 would be greene to pair with campbell. solid, sturdy vet, wouldnt break the bank. nikitin with kulikov, a fellow russian and another solid, sturdy D. and willie mitchell for gudbranson. mitchell will turn 37 at the end of april. he missed all of last season (idk if because of injury or played somewhere else), and is having a non productive year this season. at 37 he'd be better served to play 3rd line minutes and i think he'd be a perfect partner for guds and would probably be pretty cheap considering his stats after this season. id give him 3.25per for 2yrs if i had to though. either way, 2yrs is perfect for him.
Campbell-Greene
Kulikov-Nikitin
Mitchell-Gudbranson
Luongo