Ottawa doesnt want / need seabrook and Slavin is basically untouchable

Seabrook probably does not waive for Ottawa. Also, if Seabrook’s full contract were to be moved, a high caliber young player would most likely have to be included (Jokiharju, Boqvist, etc). I would build up Murphy’s value as much as possible before he is a UFA in 2022. Ideally, he can be put in a top 4 role for the next few seasons and if he is consistent there, we could get a 1st/C+-B prospect out of him at the 2022 trade deadline. The bottom-six looks nice but I think at least a few of those players will start out in Rockford before making it right away to the NHL. I would much rather have Entwistle, Kurashev, and Barratt get top-six minutes in Rockford rather than being sheltered in Chicago. We’ll eventually need money to sign most of the guys on their ELCs so I doubt it is possible that both Stone and Panarin sign here. Slavin is basically untouchable as well.

Huge underpay on Slavin