Re: First year- rebuilding an inherited team.
With the missing pick in rounds 1-4 I can see why you'd want to scrap this year, so no harm in going for the 1st overall pick.
In saying that, I'd try and move guys like Radulov, Landeskog, Barrie, Brodie, Parayko and Greiss when the opportunity for good value arises. I'd also accumulate any and all young guys with huge upside (like Puljujarvi and Strome) on the off chance they announce themselves this year. If they do, they're keepers, if they don't, they help you "tank". Win-win.
Your keeper situation would then be, these guarantees; Tavares, MacKinnon, Nylander, Murray, and Vasilevskiy. And you have 2 spots to pick from your group of 10-15 young guys with huge potential, and you decide pre-season next year.
Yahoo League #1 - H2H Keep 21
[F] Tkachuk, Barkov, A Svechnikov, Kaprizov, DeBrincat, Scheifele, RNH, Suzuki, Laine, Kakko, Cozens
[D] Makar, Hughes, Nurse, Chabot, Byram
[G] Hart, Shesterkin, Lehner, Helle
Yahoo League #2 - H2H Keep 22
[F] MacKinnon, Guentzel, DeBrincat, EP40, Gaudreau, Barzal, Hughes, Laine, Garland, Norris, Batherson, Farabee
[D] Hedman, MacAvoy, Nurse, Chabot, Pionk, Byram
[G] Nedeljkovic, Smith, Gustavsson, Murray