What about Cuylee?

Zach Jones has to be on the roster...and the way he has played, at a minimum he deserves to be in a bottom 3 rotation.
If they waive him to HFD, he will be scooped up as soon as he hits the wire.

I think the most likely option is he gets traded. Gustafsson has played way too good to not make this team at the 3LD position. As talented as Jones is, we don’t have a place for him.

Gustafsson does look like a good fit...but he's a 31 yo, on a 1 year deal. If Jones is traded for good value- I can deal with that. But he hasn't played up at NHL enough to warrant much more of a return than they would probably burn next year at TDL for a depth Dman who'll be UFA next summer.

I'd rather go with a rotation in which Gustafsson, Schneider, and Jones would all get 60ish games. I'd siphon a few games here and there from Miller and Lindy to make this math work.

Fair. Another option could also be to run 11-7 and have Bonino sit.

Very good point

I don't love 11/7 myself....but a few successful teams like TBL have used that...so not much to argue against there, lol.

Just putting Zach Jones in Trouba's spot on PP2 in itself would be a huge improvement!