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- assume the kracken take Allen... which seems quite probable given his very reasonable contract and solid play this year. send them a later pick in a deal if needed to confirm that.
- trade Drouin, Chiarot, 1st, harris to Anaheim for Fowler, Comtois... Anh swaps Fowlers deal for Drouins, saving $ and term. 1st/harris/chiarot offset Comtois' value & fact that fowler is at least of some useful purpose.
- re-sign Danault, 4 yrs 5.75M... cross fingers that his desire to stay in Quebec, assurance that he'll keep getting prime minutes and the overall market uncertainty is enough to sway him to sign for less than he might just get if he goes to the highest bidder (habs fan criticism aside, reality is that he is the top 1-2 C's available this summer and at least 1-2 teams will be willing to pay him that way).
- tatar, armia walk
- sign Granlund, 2yrs/4m$per
Toffoli - Danault - Gallagher
Comtois - Suzuki - Caufield
Granlund - JKO - Anderson
Lehkonen - Evans - Byron
Poehling/Ylonen/Teasdale
Fowler - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Fleury
Kulak/Leskinen
Price
Primeau
that roster probably makes the playoffs, maybe even makes noise if Price is on point and young forwards/Romanov are progressing well.
but the key is 2022-23... summer 2022, moving Weber should be easy (Preds if he's teetering on retirement level play, any non cap spending team if he's still playing decent 4-5 level... his $ owed being so low), and when you add the cap increases likely (assuming covid is under control by then), that would put us in a great situation to be seriously ready to make a move into contention.
The roster above, with Weber's 8M$ off the cap books, the cap going up even a bit, our prospect pool ready to integrate Poehling/Brook/Guhle/Ylonen/Norlinder/?, having cap room to address any holes the graduated prospects don't address, and a forward group that would be deep and talented, with JKO/Suzuki/Comtois hitting their prime, Caufield pushing and anderson/Granlund/Gallagher/Toffoli providing quality veteran depth... that's the making for a contender imo, provided either Price or Primeau can give us mid tier goaltending...
So this summer is key... No stupid contracts added, no quality young assets/prospects traded for wishful thinking, and 1-2 astute moves to address organization roster holes (as Comtois/Fowler would, quite well)... we could be ready for a run of contending before Price's play makes his deal a complete anchor.
- trade Drouin, Chiarot, 1st, harris to Anaheim for Fowler, Comtois... Anh swaps Fowlers deal for Drouins, saving $ and term. 1st/harris/chiarot offset Comtois' value & fact that fowler is at least of some useful purpose.
- re-sign Danault, 4 yrs 5.75M... cross fingers that his desire to stay in Quebec, assurance that he'll keep getting prime minutes and the overall market uncertainty is enough to sway him to sign for less than he might just get if he goes to the highest bidder (habs fan criticism aside, reality is that he is the top 1-2 C's available this summer and at least 1-2 teams will be willing to pay him that way).
- tatar, armia walk
- sign Granlund, 2yrs/4m$per
Toffoli - Danault - Gallagher
Comtois - Suzuki - Caufield
Granlund - JKO - Anderson
Lehkonen - Evans - Byron
Poehling/Ylonen/Teasdale
Fowler - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Fleury
Kulak/Leskinen
Price
Primeau
that roster probably makes the playoffs, maybe even makes noise if Price is on point and young forwards/Romanov are progressing well.
but the key is 2022-23... summer 2022, moving Weber should be easy (Preds if he's teetering on retirement level play, any non cap spending team if he's still playing decent 4-5 level... his $ owed being so low), and when you add the cap increases likely (assuming covid is under control by then), that would put us in a great situation to be seriously ready to make a move into contention.
The roster above, with Weber's 8M$ off the cap books, the cap going up even a bit, our prospect pool ready to integrate Poehling/Brook/Guhle/Ylonen/Norlinder/?, having cap room to address any holes the graduated prospects don't address, and a forward group that would be deep and talented, with JKO/Suzuki/Comtois hitting their prime, Caufield pushing and anderson/Granlund/Gallagher/Toffoli providing quality veteran depth... that's the making for a contender imo, provided either Price or Primeau can give us mid tier goaltending...
So this summer is key... No stupid contracts added, no quality young assets/prospects traded for wishful thinking, and 1-2 astute moves to address organization roster holes (as Comtois/Fowler would, quite well)... we could be ready for a run of contending before Price's play makes his deal a complete anchor.
