you missed one more option,,,,Waite till the trade deadline and then move orpik or nisky [ or even England]...at that time other teams would sale their souls to land either of them, thinking that's just what they need to get a chance at the cup and it would open up some space for us to add also. imo
I did mention that option, either in this or another thread. But I also mentioned, in that context, that the pre-condition for us to even consider moving one of those guys at the deadline is for one of our WBS prospects (namely Despres or Dumoulin) to step up so large that it renders those guys expendable.
If one of those prospects doesn't step up, we're not going to make that trade. We're not in sell-now mode, we're in win-now mode. We're probably not going to be buyers this trade deadline, but we're not going to be sellers either. If we make a deal, it's going to be a straight up hockey deal, that makes us better in both the short and long term.