We have 8 forwards signed before Razor and Veleno (obviously signing). My question, how much would people being on board with bringing in a guy like Tarasenko for a short term, low money contract to help the PP, and then a guy like T Johnson to be a switch army knife to fill out up front. Defense would 100% need to be done on the trade market. Would still give us the chance to bring in Vets and mid 6 talent, Burger would start on the roster, and Mazur and those guys would get looks. Obviously Sprong is still out there and could see him coming back for a bottom 6 role as insurance.
I would be a lot more worried if we were filled up on roster size, but forwards it seems easy, Yzerman has to at this point make or break this season on what he makes happen on D. I think you move Burger, pick max 2 picks to get at least 1 RD to play with ED, if you can find away to shuffle Chariot down that's even better.