Quoting: BroadStreet53
I got carried away and just kept making deals. haha. I honestly do not think they do a lot. This team more than likely loses (NAK, Voracek, Ghost, or JVR to Seattle) Resigns Sanny, Patrick, and Hart) Fills out 4th line with some PK guys and depth pieces. Likely adds a veteran defenseman and goaltender.
I think if Seattle wants a good veteran to produce they'll gladly take voracek.
I think youre right on the re-signings, all of the youth (except farabee) regressed this year. To me the team needs speed and a solid physical RD who can play 20 minutes a night. While youngsters like frost, allison and york can improve team spee, a physical bottom 6 UFA guy like a foligno or calvert would help, and the team gets a dumba, savard, risto or murphy to solidify defense.
Ghost and JVR both upped their values this year, and while they're both overpiad. not by much and both have just 2 yrs left now. I could see both of them going.
Ultimately the team probably brings up 3 rookies next year (frost, allison, york? Or maybe zamula, ratcliffe, foerster) to up the team speed, they trade or go UFA for a RD (Savard, Risto, Weber, Dumba) and then get some needed grit on 4th line forward.
But I can;t see them going crazy, the team on paper is a real contender, but hart, sanheim, myers, patrick, lindblom, provorov and NAK all regressed from last year. The key is to see if they can fix those guys. Voracek, Giroux, Coots, Hayes all still are doing well, but when every youngster on your team plays poorly and loses confidence, the result is: this year.