If we still haven’t turned the ship around by the 40 game mark here’s what I would do.
Trade deadline:
Alex Lyon to the avalanche for a 2nd or a 3rd, making use of how desperate they are.
See if you can sell chiarot for literally anything, if not use that pick acquired from avalanche to cap dump him.
Offseason:
buyout one of holl or Gustafson just to get them off the roster. Run the other one as 7d.
Trade Michael Rasmussen, Albert Johansson and our own 2nd to Boston for Brandon Carlo.
Trade Andrew copp and a 4th for Jacob trouba 25% retained (or something along these lines).
don’t re-sign kane, or petry.
You do these moves then run rookies like ASP with Carlo or wallinder with Carlo or our 7d in the other defenseman spots and losing Rasmussen and copp gives us spots for rookies or to maybe get someone decent for short term in free agency. I feel like this really would transform our team. Granted it’s a ton of moves but a LOT of moves need to be made.