My updated offseason plan (including Sheary trade, Hutton signing, and the Stimson idea that Girgs is actually a good shot suppressing forward):
1) Hagelin for McCabe, Larsson/Bailey/cheap forward, and a conditional pick: Back to the well with Pittsburgh. They get some more cheap, young bodies with promise and save cap space. We get another competent NHL forward that adds leadership, winning experience, speed, the ability to play up and down the lineup, and PK ability. I staple him to ROR.
2) Sign Pateryn: My #1 UFA target. I think he and Scandella could be the most legitimate shutdown pair we've had since Lydallinder.
3) Sign Riley Nash: It's time to invest in good players in the bottom six, especially while we have the cap room. He's everything you could ever want in a 4th line center.
4) Don't trade ROR.
5) Roll the dice on a handful of veteran depth moves, hope one of them stirkes gold. If not, no bones about scratching them/sending them to Rochester.
6) Malone makes the team as a 4th line LW. He plays an NHL game and I expect him to have a Carrier-esque ability to contribute. It's worth noting he's older than most of the other Rochester forwards.
Sheary-Eichel-Reinhart
Hagelin-ROR-Girgensons
X-Mitts-Okposo
Malone-Nash-X
X=tons of players competing for limited spots. I'd like Baptiste's chances of winning a spot on the 4th line and Smith and ERod's chances on the third line.
Dahlin-Risto
Scandella-Pateryn
Y-Y
Y=Tons of players, including Guhle, Nelson, and crappy veterans competing for the final spots. Those two are my favorites for that role.
Hutton
Ullmark
