Prospect/Bench Help- D to drop, S to trade?

[snowcor]

Points only League. Roster size is 50 players, start 12 S, 3 D, 2 G (2 pts for win, +1.5 for so)

Prospect list below. Note: I'll be targeting Drysdale in upcoming draft (8th overall pick), looking for a D prospect to drop and S prospects to trade/move on from

Thanks in advance!

Skater Prospects & D Bench Below

Skt	Emil Bemstrom
Skt	Henrik Borgstrom
Skt	Max Comtois
Skt	Jonathan Dahlen
Skt	Ty Dellandrea
Skt	Morgan Geekie
Skt	Brett Howden
Skt	Luke Kunin
Skt	Jordan Kyrou
Skt	Kirill Marchenko
Skt	Nolan Patrick
Skt	Patrik Puistola
Skt	Nicolas Roy
Skt	Evgeny Svechnikov
Skt	Kristian Vesalainen
D	Aaron Ekblad
D	Mark Giordano
D	Timothy Liljegren
D	Ryan Merkley
D	Ryan Pulock
D	Jacob Trouba

[stevegamer]

Your D drop pretty much has to be Merkley, unless Giordano retires or something. I see no scenario where he has more probable production than Eklblad, Pulock, or Trouba anytime remotely soon, if ever. That leaves the really old guy in Giordano, who is better until he hangs them up; and the rookie in Liljegren, who is further along by a decent bit on a team with openings coming.
I see Giordano isn't in your main lineup, but he'll have value.

Your skater prospects are tougher to peg, as there's nobody that screams "drop this guy" at me. It's not like comparing your D which were all different types and ages and stuff. What are your goals for this? I notice your bench forwards weren't on this list.

[lucafen4]

Dahlen would be my prospect drop.
Puistula would be second - mainly due to how far away he is - There will be others that appear from seemingly nowhere (IE: Janik) that make him entirely replaceable