2 years to playoffs, 3 years to competing
1. Transition Hank to Shesty
19-20: Shesty plays majority in AHL, shuttles back and forth, gets more games towards end of year
20-21: splits time with Hank, getting say 30-35 games, trade Georgie
21-22: Hank resigns for 2 yrs at 3 mil, roles reverse
2. Transition Staal, Shatty, Smith to pipeline
19-20: we trade Smith at any point, maybe draft or deadline, retain 1 mil. Shatty gets traded at deadline, we retain 1.5 mil. Hajek/lindy/Raddysh shuttling
20-21: Rykov, Lundqvist come over. Staals last year. LD: Skjei/Staal/Hajek/Lindgren/Rykov, RD: ADA/Pionk/Lundkvist/Keane/Raddysh. Claesson as 7th. Shatty and Smith off books
21-22: Miller leaves school hits the AHL until deadline. Tarmo comes over. Staal done. We consider trading Pionk. LD: Skjei/Miller/Hajek/Lindy/Rykov. RD: ADA/Keane/Lundkvist/Tarmo.
We keep Claesson as 7t in case Rykov/Tarmo go home.
3. Rebuild F depth and quality
19-20: draft forwards. Deadline return from Shatty/Names/Smith/ Vesey . Sign A Lee, resign Krieder, Strome, Fast. Krav shuttles
20-21:
Kreider Mika Krav
Lee Chytil FA/trade return/draft
Andersson Howton Buch
lemmy Strome Fast
If we don’t make playoffs trade Fast/Strome
21-22: 2019 draft class and deadline returns start to complete for spots improving F group and pushing some down depth chart