Quoting: wabit
Hartman and Greenway already meet the expansion draft requirements, so there only needs to be one more. You can get that as part of a trade for one of the rentals, by playing Rask/Strum on the 4th line normally, or hoping Zucc/Parise will waive the NMC (unlikely).
I'm wondering if the expansion draft games played number will get lowered because of the COVID. Roughly 10 games per team were lost last year and no clue how many will be lost this year.
Bonino shouldn't be re-signed (unless it's a sweetheart short deal for the club), trade or let him walk away after the season. The same goes for MarJo and Bjugstad. Take their combined $10m and use a chuck of it to get a real top-6 center for the 21-22 season.
Kerfoot is nowhere near a 1C. He's an o-zone 3C, nothing more. His o-zone (compare their 24/25 season even strength) abilities are on-par with Haula, but he has nowhere near the same d-zone game as Haula had.
I don't get what your point about Hartman is since he doesn't help meet the requirements of having two under contract players if we're talking about demoting Rask to the AHL in this situation, but I agree Mojo, Bjugstad, Bonino, Hunt, and Pateryn (if healthy) should be shipped if we get offers.
That is a good point about covid and the expansion draft requirements, would be nice if that was lowered, especially with the prospect of a shortened season.
As far as Kerfoot and a true 1C go, I'm aware Kerfoot isn't one. He's maybe a bottom tier 2C at best. This trade is a gamble with the hope of him overperforming next to Fiala and whoever joins them on that line (like R. Strome from playing with Panarin) and catching the eye of Seattle to be taken. If that doesn't work out, I wouldn't call it the end of the world, because the only centers hitting UFA that catch my eye are Nugent-Hopkins and Danault, but I don't see Edmonton letting Nuge walk. I do have another post where I sign Danault, though. He's an option but I don't think he's going to lead us to a Stanley Cup as 1C...