Who I think they should draft, but not necessarily will. Trying for a mix of a competitive team but taking some players that a future core could be built around. And minimizing cap anchors:
JVR (PHI) - Gourde (TB) - Domi (CBJ)
Neiderreiter - Duchene (NAS) - Eberle (NYI)
McCann (TOR) - Compher (COL) - Aston-Reese (PIT)
Benson (EDM) - Donato (SJ) - Merkley (NJ)
Gauthier (NYR), Fischer (ARI)
Giordano (CGY) - Demelo (WPG)
Reilly (BOS-UFA) - Stecher (DET)
Dunn (STL) - Jensen (WAS)
De Haan (CHI) - Kulak (MTL)
Driedger (FLA-UFA)
Kahkonen (MIN)
Forsberg (OTT)
Mascherin (DAL), Lizotte (LAK), Fischer (ARI), Chatfield (VAN), Borgen (BUF)
Easily a playoff team in the Pacific. Guys like Domi, Niederreiter, De Haan, JVR can be flipped with good performances. There's a very good blueline. I drafted quite a few Quad-A young-ish guys (Benson, Merkley, Gauthier, Mascherin, Lizotte, Borgen) with the hopes that there's a couple of hits in there. The only real anchor contract is Duchene - but he's still been very effective at chance creation, the finish has just betrayed him, Hopefully with another volume shooter (Eberle) and a greasy forechecker/retriever (Niederreiter) he can have a bounce back. I've selected Driedger and Reilly as UFAs, with the hopes of signing a 1A goaltender and top-four defenseman.