Defense
If I’m being realistic I would go for a second pair quality, stay at home, physical defenseman. If I’m worried about the cap even though it’s going up I would trade either Byram or Power to make the deal.
Dahlin - Muel
Power or Byram - New Guy
Clifton - JBD
PK: Dahlin - New Guy
Forwards
Priority is lock up Tuch and JJP. Tuch deserves it over the summer not last minute as a show of faith.
Either Thompson is our 1C or we get a new guy and Thompson moves full time to 1RW. Norris and Kulich are not the answer if we want to be better. I would package our 2025 first overall pick with Quinn or Kulich if I had to.
JJP - New Guy - Thompson
Tuch - Norris - Quinn/Kulich
Greenway - McLeod - Benson
Malenstyn - Krebs -Lafferty/Kozak
Tgere are a lot of configurations with that lineup because most of these guys have played up and down already. I would actually like to see a very physical guy on the 4RW.