I think a move with Ottawa needs to come. They are $17m under the floor now and really have no high priced talent to resign other than Ceci. Package Clarkson, Eakin and Subban to them and get some futures/draft picks back. They supposedly were interested in Eakin and he's 2nd liner for them, they need a G of the future since Anderson is done after next year, and having Clarkson fall off when its time to pay some of the young players in two years makes a ton of sense instead of just getting filler free agents this year to reach the floor and then having to buy them out or retain salary as they have been doing for so many players.
If VGK can ship that off and get the expected cap increase, there would be enough to sign Wild Bill, do 1 year RFA deals with Gusev and Schuldt, and clears the way for Dansk and Glass to have roster spots and should allow GMGM to make a rational move with Miller only if the offers are good enough. I think this needs to be an offseason of cutting the underbrush of guys like Subban, Carpenter and Lagace, all who are old enough now to know they aren't going to get that much better. I'd like to see PEB come back but you just can't give him more money than he's getting now and really wouldn't mind letting Haula go, but I'm not convinced he's that big of an asset in the trade market and gives you some insurance in case Glass isn't ready and has to go back to Chicago to clean things up.
Here's to hoping the hoarding of assets mindset goes away and a real effort to balance out the lineup with younger players begins.
