That 3rd D pairing is BAD! Way too young and inexperienced. If Hall signs Gaudreau should be shopped for a top 9 right handed winger/center and a good #4/5 defenseman who can kill penalties and move into the top 4 should there be an injury. Could probably use a D that can also run a powerplay since after Gio no one is amazing at quarterbacking. Also get a first and second to boot. For the price difference of Dell I would rather keep Rittich for the year.

Kylington should be becoming an nhl regular at this point. He played 48 games for us last year, 38 the year before and has spent 5 years in the AHL. Mackey doesnt have to be a regular yet. You can put Petrovic as your 3rd RD and kylington as your 3rd LD. Or you can shift a little money around and go drop 1.5m on a 3rd pairing d. I would much rather have gaudreau then a slightly better 3rd pairing D. Again, same goes with dell. He is a completely viable backup and I would rather have him then rittich if it means keeping johny AND acquiring hall.

If your paying your top 3 D 15 million and you cant trust any of them on the PP youre in trouble. I think its time for andersson to step up. We just gave him a nice big juicy contract. He might as well earn it.

If the choice is between hall or gaudreau, I would rather just keep gaudreau. This post is a way in which we can add hall and keep gaudreau. This requires some sacrifices. If those are a slight downgrade to the third pairing D and backup goaltender, i'm all for it.

I don't trust Dell to carry the team if Markstrom gets injured. Rittich has proven to be a viable starter (if only for half of the last 2 seasons)

I mean dell has a .908 with 107 gp.
Rittich had a .907 with 116 gp.
I see where you're coming from but I dont think it's as big of a downgrade as you do. Maybe there is a more viable option to be had for 2 mil. Or maybe you can trim 750 off of the hall contract to keep him