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I'll say it again. No point acquiring a top 2C until we see what we get from the next 2 drafts.
Ditto for wingers, unless we are moving vets and replacing them with younger, less term, cheaper, stop gaps while prospects develop.
Double ditto for LHD.
We only need:
1. A RHD vet capable of supporting the development of a young partner IF Petry leaves.
2. A starting or tandem goaltender IF Price is unable to play.
All we should be doing, is unloading players who will not be a factor in 3 years or who are replaceable from within.
Hoffman and Drouin should be gone.
Armia and Byron are on the fence because they don't take prime ice time, but their cap could be an obstacle.
Gallagher and Anderson will be anchors for the development of our youth and contributing veterans down the road.
Dvorak is needed to lessen the pressure on younger centers at least for a little while.
Savard can be replaced once we have someone ready to do so.
UFAs and big ticket trades might speed up the process, but it shouldn't be our goal. The objective is to build, build, build, then compete for a decade. Not build and bubble for several more years.