Keep the players scratched
Would need to blow me away for IR
Would trade anyone in lineup
Who to target
Top 5 draft pick: One of Hughes/Kakko/Podkolzin/Cozens would be preferable. Zegras/Byram/Krebs could also be a major win
Kreider Trade: Current or Potential top end defenseman.
Vesey Trade: Package with something else for a different handed defenseman than kreider trade (for example, if a sergachev+callahan for kreider trade would work, go for a right handed shot. trade for the opposite hand with vesey+pionk+potential pick in that scenario)
Namestnikov: Could be an add in with the above or traded for a prospect/pick
Defense Targets: Sergachev (from example above), Boqvist, Bouchard, Dobson, Makar, Valimaki, Foote, Byram(if he falls to 7-8th in the draft you try to trade for the pick)
[yes some prospects will require more than kreider, could be packaged with Pionk and/or one of our later 1st rounders or 2nds this year [we have a potential 4 1st rounders this year]
Buy low targets: Josh Ho-Sang, Michael Dal Colle, Anthony Duclair, Jesse Puljujarvi
Resign current RFAs
Buchnevich - [4-4.5]m X 5yrs
DeAngelo- [3.5-4]m X 5yrs
Lemieux- [2-3]m X [4-5]yrs
Lettieri 700k X 1yr
Bergman 700k X 1yr
Bigars 700k X 1yr
Targets for 2020 summer: Adam Fox [long time ranger fan and NY native, college free agent], Dante Fabbro [college free agent], Taylor Hall [potentially make the jump from NJ], RNH, Galchenyuk, Schenn, Faulk
Literally rangers would be taking for one of Lafreniere or Byfield