There's a lot of decisions and a million different ways it could play out. The following are guys Benning could either keep or get rid of and there is good logic both for and against all of those decisions based on the entire transformation and objective.
UFA's
Toffoli
Markstrom
Tanev
Stetcher
Leivo
Fantenberg
Potential trades
Virtanen
Demko
Pearson
Roussel
Sutter
Gaudette
Benn
Like to get rid of their cap ... and them
Eriksson
Baertschi
Poor guy ... could throw a wrench in JB's plans (adaptability)
Ferland
In my mind Benning will go one of two ways and I believe he'll go the second.
Firstly, he could trade Demko or just let Markstrom walk leaving us with one starter moving forward. Risky either way. If he lets Marky walk he could sign a cheap goalie (Dominguez) to a contract giving us real good cap savings for a year. Otherwise Marky and the same backup costs considerably more. About $4 - $5 mil. He could then spend that money on a Toffoli, or Tanev. The one problem with that is that is if the plan succeeds Demko will put us in the same situation shortly.
However, I think he'll keep them both as he values important hockey fundamentals such as superb goaltending, something we don't have to worry about right now. I can't really see him gambling at this stage with this developing core since an off year with a fledgling goalie going into the expansion draft could really paint a murky picture. In addition, if an exposed goalie actually gets picked, maybe that protects a Lind or Juolevi which could really help us in the future.
Either way, I don't see Benning being so bold but he could do some radical things.
Trade Demko (Stock risen)
Trade Virtanen
Trade Roussel
Trade Sutter/Pearson
(one or all for a younger RD)
Let Tanev go (keep him if we can though ... a little worried about Hughes on his own)
Let Stetcher go
Let Leivo go (going to get hurt again)
Let Fantenberg go (Unfortunately as I like him)
Sign Markstrom
Sign Toffoli
Sign a #6 D, Bottom 6 player (C), and/or
Promote from within
Either way this team could have a different look and I'm hoping Jimmy can pull something cool off.