New Expansion Team

[Eskimo Brother]

Necas
Athanasiou
Zuccarello
Gusev
Pacioretty
Schmaltz
Buchnevich
Hinostroza
Schwartz
Bjorkstrand
White
Batherson
Terry
Hayton

Fabbro
Petry
Sandin
Hronek
Valimaki
Spurgeon

Mrazek
Rinne
Samsonov
Shesterkin

Everyone is going to have different opinions, but that's the team I would go with off the bat.

[Mr. Guru]

Id rather have a few NHL players like Getzlaf than prospects. I would hope you'd be able to move a player like Getzlaf for pick(s)

Your picks are the most valuable assets you have so treat them as such. You are indeed a few years away

[Magicstew]

Necas
Athanasiou
Zuccarello
Gusev
Pacioretty
Schmaltz
Buchnevich
Hinostroza
Schwartz
Bjorkstrand
White
Batherson
Terry
Hayton

Fabbro
Petry
Sandin
Hronek
Valimaki
Spurgeon

Mrazek
Rinne
Samsonov
Shesterkin

Everyone is going to have different opinions, but that's the team I would go with off the bat.

I agree with EB 0n picks, I would probably keep Kase as well. He has top line upside. This team should get yo competing sooner. You can also look at trading guys like Schwartz if he starts hot, or gets hot, for A blue chip prospects. Trade for injured stars from contending teams - speed up your rebuild.

[Leancats]

In my situation, who do you think I should target for the upcoming draft? More specifically my 3rd/8th overall picks.

[CaptainCally]

What kind of stats do you use? I suspect this is not a multicat league because Jenner, Kreider and Hornqvist are available.

This would be mine team:

C - Donato, Getzlaf (Trade asset), Necas, Suzuki
LW - Schwartz, N.Schmaltz, Gusev, Farabee
RW - Batherson, Kase, Kyrou, Terry
D- Fabbro, Fox, Hronek, Ty? Smith, Severson, K'A Miller,
Bench - Hayton, Wahlstrom, Sandin
G - Koskinen, Mrazek, Samsonov, Shesterkin

And I would consider these guys also Parise, Zuccarello, Nyquist, Pacioretty, Bertuzzi, Vrana, Colin?? White, Korpisalo, Varlamov They should have some value for teams fighting for playoff and the title.
If you have time until July, see what happens with Korpisalo in CBJ.

I would target the best F with the third (I think Turcotte is your answer) and with the 8th pick you should draft another high quality F. If the guy with the 4th or 5th overall likes Byram then maybe you should swap picks with them.

[DusterDave]

Why would you drop Sandin if you are looking 5 years down the road?

There are more than a few players that you should add Just for the fact that they will be valuable trade chips for you during next season. If you don't add them the other teams will, for free. There are also some players I would pick up and hold onto.

Getzlaf
Zuccarello
Kreider
Pacioretty
Schwartz
Vrana
Bertuzzi
Buchnevich
Petry
Spurgeon
Mrazek
Campbell

[Leancats]

Thanks again to everyone who added their input. Really appreciate the perspective and advice! I’m sure I’ll have more questions as we go on but wanted to share my appreciation. Solid community of experienced people!

[stevegamer]

I'm going to skip the prospects, but you have a number you definitely want to keep, and those have been covered.

If I had that list, I'd make sure to grab any viable NHL goalie on the list. It's one thing you can load up on and deal fairly reliably. Yes, situations are sketchy, but sketchy is good if it help you get a starting NHL goalie or two for free from cuts. Note what you did with Rinne. You don't have to go into the season with the team you assemble. Can you talk to other owners and see who from this pool that they would be willing to trade you future picks?

I'd probably want all of these guys, but you probably can't hold that many, so I'd prioritize the younger guys:
Mrazek
Campbell
Georgiev

Lower priority, but these guys should have value:
Greiss
Koskinen
Varlamov

For Forward & Defense, you have a lot of options. I would want these guys as trade bait or help as younger players, however, the format is still a bit sketchy for me, maybe I missed that post:

Petry
Zuccarello

Bertuzzi
Kase
Athanasiou
Bjorkstrand
Vrana
Galchenyuk
Buchnevich
Donato

I'm definitely not looking to hold any real old guys to sell for assets as forwards, that market is potentially non-existent. The list you have is pretty deep with younger guys, and they should command about the same in return as a much older guy who is about the same overall production.