Trade ROR for a good defensive d-man + 2015 1st
Trade for Sekera at the deadline and re-sign him
Fix many of our problems in two fell swoops
And open up new holes up front while blocking our best prospects. If we can trade for Sekera at the deadline and re-sign him it would be asinine to ship out O'Reilly when we have Hejda, Stuart, Siemens and Bigras for this season and the following two, all except for hejda.
Sekera and EJ could play 25-30 minutes a night together and be awesome for every second of it. Both Hejda and Stuart can partner Barrie competently on the second pairing for now, how long that lasts is a crucial question but I think there's a good chance Stuart can play at this level when next season begins, at which point Siemens will hopefully be taking Holden's job like Redmond is doing with Guenin's, from which Dunk can earn a promotion as the season progresses and/or Stuart fades.
With Redmond hopefully solidifying himself on the third pairing we should be just fine partnering him with Hejda or Stuart for the rest of this year, Holden as a nacho-eater/temporary-fill-in when needed, aka being Wilson'd, Siemens making the jump by some point next year, and a little further down the line, Bigras...provided the kids don't suddenly stagnate, the oldies don't both fall apart right away, and that we can actually get sekera without moving ROR or our first this season.
I just can't see how we're not better off with:
O'Reilly - Duchene - McGinn
Landy - MacKinnon - Iginla
Tanguay - Malkin - Everberg
Talbot - Winchester - Briere
Bordeleau, Cliche & McCleod
(2014-15 / 2015-16)
Sekera / Sekera - EJ / EJ
Hejda or Stuart/ Stuart - Barrie / Barrie
Stuart or Hejda / Siemens or Holden - Redmond or Holden / Redmond
than with:
Tanguay - Duchene - McGinn
Landy - MacKinnon - Iginla
Talbot - Mitchell - Everbeast
Cody, Bordy or Cliche - Winchester - Briere
(2014-15 / 2015-16)
Sekera / Sekera - EJ / EJ
ROR trade / ROR trade - Barrie / Barrie
Hejda or Stuart / Stuart or Siemens - Stuart or Redmond / Redmond or Stuart