wishful thinking

Don't bring Holtz up if you're sticking him on the 4th line. Doesn't holtz play the RW anyway? If so, would be stupid to move a 20 year old kid to the LW in his first real taste of the NHL

Kraken have no need for a guy who was on LTIR all last season.

This would be such a mistake. Adding a bunch of middle-6 forwards when the biggest problem is that too many forwards are middle-6 and not top line. Making these moves locks us out of getting a proper high-end winger in the future, whether it's via trade this year, or signing next offseason.

It sucks to say "maybe next year", but there's a good chance that several high-end wingers will be available next year. Adding a much of meh to the core locks us out of that.

Hypothetically, Holtz wouldn't stay on the fourth line for long, if he earns his minutes Johnsson's spot is wide open for the taking. every year the devils get hammered with injuries too so if he earns it, he can pretty easily push for top 6 minutes. these line combos aren't set in stone as I said in the description.

Wood is good middle six winger when healthy. That's a need in Seattle. Fleury hasn't panned out the way I think management expected he would. Change of scenery makes sense for both. I hardly think Strome and ERod are meh players. Strome is a 50 point scorer with unreal analytics at 25 years old, still a year or two out from his prime. ERod is a MUCH needed two way winger that is responsible in the d zone and can be an efficient transition puck mover. I think at this point the best bet is to hope Hughes breaks out and gets even better and hope that other core players like Hischier, Dougie, and Bratt can be the stars the team needs with these new support pieces.