Thought he played better towards the end of the year, but he's still replaceable at a much lower cost. Frees up a roster spot maybe for one of the prospects. With his cap hit alone we could almost resign Tanev and Kassian, or spend on a FA.
Craig Buttons latest rankings (June 3)
1. Sam Reinhart
2. Aaron Ekblad
3. Sam Bennett
4. Leon Draisaitl
5. Michael Dal Colle
6. Nikolaj Ehlers
7. Haydn Fleury
8. Travis Sanheim
9. William Nylander
10. Adrian Kempe
11. Brendan Perlini
12. Vlad Kamenev
13. Kasperi Kapanen
14. Ivan Barbashev
15. Anthony DeAngelo
16. Nick Ritchie
17. Brayden Point
18. Julius Honka
19. Jared McCann
20. Sonny Milano
21. Dylan Larkin
22. Kevin Fiala
23. Jakub Vrana
24. Nick Schmaltz
25. David Pastrnak
26. Alex Nedeljkovic
27. Josh Jacobs
28. Robert Fabbri
29. Marcus Pettersson
30. Connor Bleackley
31. Dominik Masin
32. Alex Tuch
33. Brendan Lemieux
34. Nikolay Goldobin
35. Nikita Sherbak
36. Brett Pollock
37. Ryan MacInnis
38. Mason McDonald
39. Josh Ho Sang
40. Anton Karlsson
41. Michael Bunting
42. Adam O. Mattsson
43. Jake Virtanen
44. John Quenneville
45. Jayce Hawryluk
46. Justin Kirkland
47. Vaclav Karabacek
48. Eric Cornel
49. Ondrej Kase
50. Ryan Collins
51. Roland McKeown
52. Brycen Martin
53. Thatcher Demko
54. Spencer Watson
55. Chase De Leo
56. Vladislav Gavrikov
57. Michael Prapavessis
58. Alex Peters
59. Jake Walman
60. Ryan Mantha
61. Emil Johansson
62. Julius Bergman
63. Ville Husso
64. Christian Dvorak
65. Olivier Leblanc
66. Reid Gardiner
67. Alexandre Goulet
68. Reid Duke
69. Nick Magyar
70. Vladimir Tkachyov
71. Miles Gendron
72. Maxim Letunov
73. Gustav Forsling
74. Kyle Jenkins
75. Brandon Hickey
76. Oskar Lindblom
77. Juho Lammikko
78. William Laggeson
79. Julien Nantel
80. Daniel M. Bagenda
81. Jack Dougherty
82. Rourke Chartier
83. Jaedon Descheneau
84. Jack Ramsey
85.Tyson Baillie
86. Daniel Audette
87. Nicolas Aube-Kubel
88. Hunter Smith
89. Connor Chatham
90. Lucas Wallmark
91. Pavel Jenys
92. Warren Foegele
93. Austin Poganski
94. Ryan Donato
95. Richard Nejezchleb
96. Axel Holmstrom
97. Kelly Summers
98. Dominic Turgeon
99. Nikita Lyamkin
100. Ryan Foss
Kinda hope he's dead on with this one lol.
1st round Ehlers/Fleury/Nylander/Ritchie
2nd round Virtanen/Ho Sang/Demko
3rd round Dougherty/Foegele/Hunter Smith