My hopeful trade timeline and return:
November -
Move Pacioretty for a 1st, cond 2nd and potential top 6 winger prospect.
Conditional 2nd if he resigns, if not it becomes a 4th round.
My hope is that Pacioretty hits a hot streak (as he does) and another team who feels pressure to win is struggling (Anaheim, Dallas). Target prospect would be Comtois (Ana) or Robertson (Dal)
TDL
Paul Byron traded for 2019 2nd and 2020 2nd.
I think we could possibly get a first round pick for Byron but my hope is at least we get a pair of 2nds
Jeff Petry traded for a 1st and LHD prospect with top 4 potential.
We need to sell high on Petry imho, getting a good lhd prospect and 1st would be worth it for me.
Would leave us with three 2019 1st round picks, which would go along way to stock the cupboards.