Quoting: TanSor
Do you really like him at 5 years x $4.75M though? That's a lot of money tied up for a guy that has scored more than 40 points once in his career.
He's an upgrade to Rask for just a little more money, a RHS, soon to be 24 yo, and can play with talented wings. If you have to stick him on a line with a solid 2-way wing+Kaprizov/Fiala.
Right now MN has JEE as a center going into next year.
-Rask is Rask. He could be a buyout this offseason.
-Strum has looked good in a small sample as a 4th line wing. He could also be SEA fodder.
-No clue how good/bad Rossi will be.
-Khovanov isn't anything close to a guarantee next year if at all.
-Off the top of my head; Danualt, Staal, Stepan, and Gezlaf are the notable possible UFAs centers for the offseason. No clue if any of them would even sign in MN and the pay they'll want.
I'd make a gamble on White before I would RyJo (and his huge contract). Heck Dvorak doesn't even have 1 40p season and I'm looking at him too.
Trading a prime piece (Boldy, Rossi, 1st's) for a rental, or a rental+1 is a mistake right now for me. MN will be able to run 3 quality lines about evenly so the 1C-2C-3C doesn't mean much to me. The might have different roles, but they'll get close to the same ToI 5v5 and have quality scoring output on all the lines. They just need the centers to be able to do that. JEE is one, now find 2 more somewhere. I think White could be one of those other 2.