It's all good not signing Staal Perry Armia Danault Tatar , Trade Drouin and let like Chariot or Allen go , but the question is , who do we have to get Jack Eichel?
I want to see how this current playoff run shakes out before making any of those decisions.
Allen - instrumental in regular season success. For starters he was real good, and also he allowed us to lighten the load on Price a lot. See the effect past 2 playoffs when Price enters better rested
Chariot - great performance so far in these playoffs. Certainly he's not an untouchable, but I like him and rather keep him
Staal/Perry/Armia - Also, great in these playoffs. Not necessarily saying we bring them all back (or any) - but let's see how far we go in playoffs, if we go all the way. If we do - hanging on to some of these vets who were instrumental to our win might make sense.
Danault - Again, he's an extremely valuable player. Clearly you get rid of Danault in a heartbeat if it means getting Eichel - but i'd guess any trade for Eichel likely includes Suzuki or KK - so odds are we keep Danault and maybe package a KK, so we have a Suzuki/Danault/Eichel line at center
Tatar - gone, agreed
Drouin - TBD. I think a lot of it depends on why he's out. Everyone is assuming "he can't handle the pressure" but that's just speculation. Maybe he has a different reason - maybe he comes back super focused next camp. Lots of question marks about him, just too soon to assume he'll be gone.