I think your Myers trade is realistic since he only has $1m in salary owed after his signing bonus is paid next season.

I'd rather not trade Schenn. And don't really want Bear on the team either, as he is ok but not a solution for this team at that cap hit.

At forward, trade Boeser and Garland. Keep Beauvillier and Hoglander. Sign a trustworthy 3C such as Compher or F Gaudreau, to help Raty develop. Also sign some physical veteran bottom 6 guys that can PK such as Hathaway and Acciari.

On D sign UFAs Gavrikov 5m, Mayfield 3.5m, Schenn 1.5m, van Riemsdyk 1.2m. Offer sheet C Foote 1.35m.

Team something like this:

Beauvillier Pettersson Kuzmenko
Podkolzin Miller Mikheyev
Raty Compher Hoglander
Hathaway Acciari Lazar
(Joshua)

Hughes Mayfield
Gavrikov Schenn
OEL TVR
(Stillman Foote)

Demko (Backup)

I really like the look of that bottom six, but I do think that Ethan Bear has been a tremendous acquisition and a good fit for this team going forward. Getting a guy like Bear, who still has the potential and the years to break out before his prime, on a relatively cheap deal with term is an investment I am willing to take for the team. I project a Siegenthaler like emergence from Bear under Foote and Gonchar, especially playing alongside Hughes. He looks like a good one. I still think that it would be best not to trade Schenn, but I do think we need a RHD for the next 4 years until Reinbacher or Sandin Pellikka are ready. It would be foolish for us not to take one of them with one of our firsts.

We would have the cap space to keep Bear with that lineup, but I just can't see him becoming a real top 4 Dman. He is not really a shutdown D, not really a puckmoving D, not really physical presence, etc. But I guess if we have the cap space, then no need to let him go