Quoting: EvanW
How would you fix what we have?
I forgot to add the most important line, the first line. New GM and new coach(es). Would not be upset if Gaglardi had to sell. Him being out of town seems to be an issue.
As a DAL fan my "dream scenario" would be something like this:
First and foremost hire a new coach and preferably a new GM. New owner would be fine as well. Ideally for coach I'd bring Gallant and as for GM I'd maybe take a punt and hire Jere Lehtinen for this role. He's the GM of Finnish National Team and he has done awesome job there. He'd likely have some nice inner knowledge about European talent as well...
I'd build a speedster team with the core with Seguin and Heiskanen as the leaders. Benn contract is an anchor one and it won't be moved (not a problem imo, I dig the guy personally). Trade Radulov, Klingberg and Faksa for future assets (they all can garner pretty nice value). Ideally I'd like to trade Klingberg for a young TOP6 winger with term (Boeser or Nylander would be ideal), Radulov for a solid but relatively cheap RD (Montour would fit quite well for example as BUF needs some depth wingers, but I don't see Radulov waiving his NMC unfortunately), and then Faksa for a 2nd a 3rd rounders. Having some much needed picks is essential because our prospect pool is quite thin.
If money is sufficient, I'd try to sign a star D-man from free agency. Pietrangelo would be ideal, but I wouldn't be too mad about Barrie for example. If this is possible, then I'd consider trading Lindell for a young center such as Max Domi or Dylan Strome. Both CHI and MTL need TOP4 LHDs making them a good targets for a potential Lindell trade.
Just assuming that everything goes as planned, I'd roll the lines as:
Hintz-Seguin-Boeser/Nylander - line costs around $20M
Benn-D.Strome-Gurianov - costs $18M
Robertson-Dickinson-Pavelski - costs $10M
Cogliano-L'Esperance-Comeau - costs $6M
Heiskanen-Pietrangelo/Barrie - costs from $7 to 10M
Harley-Montour - costs $5M
Oleksiak-Johns - costs $5M
Bishop-Khudobin - costs $7M
Allegedly this lineup would cost around $80M bucks, so some altering must be done to fit the healthy scratches, but I do believe this is possible to some extent.