Quoting: OldNYIfan
Trading 7 veteran regulars is too much turnover -- that's not a re-tooling, it's a complete reconstruction. We'd only have Fowler and the expiring Gudbranson left from our core. John Gibson deserves better. Plus, you're only getting 6 regulars back, and two of them (Bennett and Johansson) are less than earthshaking. As to the actual trades:
Rakell = Timmins plus the first
Manson = Kapanen plus the second
No need for the Getzlaf trade, and he wouldn't waive anyway even if we asked him to, which we wouldn't
If we only made one trade this off-season, I'd choose the Rangers one
I don't think the return from the Buffalo trade is worth losing two of our top 6 forwards
I'd offer De Melo $4 million for 5 years
Sherwood didn't make any impression in his 10-game audition in the NHL this season, so I don't see him getting a 40% raise
This.
Rakell deal = seems very risky on our end. Timmins isn't a bluechip prospect IMO and the 1st is going to be mid-to-late round. Would rather do the Bear + 1st (more proven) for Rakell deal with EDM. Although, I'd prefer just hold onto him. I think Rakell is getting criminally undervalued because of his down years. Everyone knows he's going to bounce back once he's moved and are trying to get him on the cheap. He's worth more than Zucker.
Manson = yuck! No thanks. Pointless trade that achieves nothing.
Getzlaf = the value is there, but I suspect CGY doesn't even consider it. Moreover, we should be retiring Getzlaf unless he requests a trade. He's done right by us all these years and, given our whole selling point to big name players is that "we're a nice team to play for", I think shipping our captain and one of our all-time greats kind of muddies that reputation.
Lindholm = It's the only deal I'd strongly consider it. Lundkvist would be an extremely attractive addition for the future and we have a bunch of LHD prospects coming through. Could also add Drysdale at the draft to solidify the RH side for many years to come.
Silf + Henrique = again, the value is there, but I wouldn't do the deal because we need some veterans. Henrique is one of the few players on roster to have gone all the way to SCF. Meanwhile, Silf has really stepped up and is a playoff beast.
This is more of a rebuild than a retool IMO. However, this would be a good start to a rebuild.