Vinnie Lecavalier | | How long is he under contract for? If he's under contract for a few more years I'd consider trading some picks and players for him since it looks like Tampa is going to blow things up. Same goes for Olli, but obviously i'd give less.
To Tampa: Cammalleri, Dallas #1, Tukonen, and Lewis, and maybe another high pick or 2 we get from Blake or deadline trades.
Imagine this boys and girls:
Line1 Frolov/Lecavalier/Nagy?
Line2 Brown/Kopitar/O'Sullivan
I know the plan is to stay the path and not Mortgage the future, but at some point the pipe line has to be reasonably full. If you have enough assets you can do something like this. I think we may have enough assets and will have more after this year. I'm okay with roughing it and cellar-dwelling for another year, and getting yet another high first rounder, but I'd also be alright with speeding up the process a bit with Lecavalier.
He would be the kind of leadership this team is lacking. |