I hope the team looks wildly different next season.

Boqvist, Elvis, Bean/Provy, and probably one other F needs out. Ideally, that would be Laine, but he is understandably in a difficult position for many reasons right now.

Maybe I give Nylander a 2 x $1M to buy out his first UFA year, but I'd probably only QO him.

Greaves is still waivers exempt next year, so my priority is keeping him in CLE. Maybe we get a G swap in an Elvis trade; but, otherwise, I'd sign some cheap vet to man the pipes with Tarry for one year.

But yeah - so much of this roster needs changed in the offseason.

Considering we're icing a lineup right now that includes Christiansen, Gaunce, Meyer, Angle, Pyyhtia, and Malatesta...I'd take this.

It's become clear Elvis needs to go, if he's not traded it's got to be a buyout. I don't think this team is wildly far off, though, there's just so many young/new pieces that need to gel.

Must-go:
Provorov, Elvis

Can stay if they're not regulars in the lineup:
Olivier, Boqvist, Bean

People I'd like to see back in a bottom-6 role:
Nylander, Texier

NHL musts:
Jiricek, Johnson, Chinakhov

Roster locks:
Gaudreau, Laine, Jenner, Fantilli, Sillinger, Marchenko, Voronkov, Kuraly, Werenski, Severson, Gudbranson, Tarasov

If everyone is healthy, that leaves holes at:
Goalie (starter or backup, probably a vet), 2LD, 3LD...and that's really it.

The wings may need a shakeup, but who of Laine, Gaudreau, Marchenko, Chinakhov, Jenner/Voronkov, Texier, Nylander, and Johnson do we ship out then?