Just sign a bunch of dudes and hope one works

foote i think would be a good addition, mostly because if he show he can stay he makes manson easier to move next year to help with cap constraints.Do you think that you'd even start meyers or move boquist to 4c and gurianov to 3w to try it all out

This is the way. The roster is mostly set. Sign 1-2 forwards and a depth D. Work in some of the AHL guys from time to time to further develop them. The big question mark is Drouin. He either recreates magic by creating opportunities for Mikko and Nate on the top line or he drops to a 3rd/4th C where he'd be serviceable. Don't start Meyers, but get him in fairly often early in the season when the stakes aren't as high in matchups where he should be able to succeed. He either turns his underlying numbers into points or he doesn't.

I think Meyers would start in the AHL if they add all these guys. Meyers needs to play to continue his development. If they aren't committed to giving him 10-12 minutes a night, he needs to be in the AHL. But I don't see either as a huge improvement over Meyers, so I'd probably just get one of Boqvist and Gurianov.

I don't think they'll sign Gurianov. He's been trending in a poor direction, especially defensively, which makes him pretty questionable.

Meyers can win draws, which I think they'll value from a 4C. Boqvist is pretty awful and should probably be considered a winger who can move to C in a pinch (imho). I do like that he's seemingly worked on his defensive game. He's not in the same mold as Wood and Colton, but maybe it's good to have a little bit if something different on the third line. Idk. Worth a shot at 1x1 though imo.

Edit: agree on Foote. I know he hasn't been very good, but I have seen flashes and think he could fit well in Colorado's system. He'll never be a top pair guy like some thought, but a competent bottom pairing player is certainly within the realm of possibility.

Question for ya if your an Av's fan.

From an outsider's view looking at their team Girard looks like such an obvious player that should get traded to open up some more cap space. Likely won't happen anymore now that freagency is done. But $5 million for a third pairing guy that is an offensive defenseman and not on your first powerplay unit seems like an unecessary luxury?

Don't think he is a bad player but say you trade him to a team needing some help on the backend. Even if the return wasn't great you could've used that cap space to sign Bertuzzi for one year. Because Drouin ain't starting playoffs on that first line.