Who to drop

[BlackhawksFan]

20tm salary keeper league in signature. Deep 30 player minors system.

I need some help of who to drop/trade to clear some room for my upcoming 2018 draft picks. Need to free up maybe 5 spots. Looking at the top 5 "Drops" to make out of this list:

Sikura,Dylan
Simon,Dominik
Guhle,Brendan
Blais,Sammy
Leivo,Josh
Bitten,William
Geekie,Morgan
Highmore,Matthew
Halbgewachs,Jayden
Rasanen,Aapeli
Mismash,Grant
Safin,Ostap
Shalunov,Maxim
Lipanov,Alexei
Yamamoto,Kailer
Ratcliffe,Isaac
Lind,Kole
Lodnia,Ivan
Nylander,Alexander
Hayden,John
Svechnikov,Evgeny
Walman,Jake
Allard,Frederic
Belpedio,Louis
Graves,Ryan
Zboril,Jakub
Saros,Juuse
Kivlenieks,Matiss
Primeau,Cayden
Husso,Ville
Jarry,Tristan
Lyon,Alex

Graves is a for sure drop for me. After that I have debates of who to drop. I am leaning Lyon depending on his "home" next year. Then maybe Leivo, depending where he lands.

Opinions appreciated.

[tcat]

Can you not trade multiple players for an extra pick?

Otherwise you have pretty much my top 3, add Shalunov cause he's at least 2 yrs away if at all and already 25. Then probably Hayden.

[BlackhawksFan]

Can you not trade multiple players for an extra pick?

Otherwise you have pretty much my top 3, add Shalunov cause he's at least 2 yrs away if at all and already 25. Then probably Hayden.

I can. But most people do not want to trade. They know that you will eventually have to drop some players and feed off the waiver wire.

I can see the Shalunov slant. But, no time constraints on prospects. I think he makes a bit of an impact if he does come over. I am willing to take the chance and wait. I like Hayden as a cheap source of Hits/PIM. with his new contract of 725k.

[tcat]

Ok, then. Next on my list would be Bitten after that maybe Lipanov.

I feel like you've grown attached to some of these guys and you'll probably make an excuse to probably keep most of them. There's a lot of quality here though and that's a good problem to have.

I'd still try the trade route, maybe sell 2 of your higher tier prospects for a solid nhler or a high pick. It's one thing if you're trying to get something for the guys at the bottom.