Bernie

When I first read this I thought there would be more suggestions on who should be targeted to acquire as Shea Weber also is recovering from a concussion. I do not want to trade any of the top 11 forwards (Hartnell, Giroux, Jagr, Voracek, Briere, Read, JVR, Schenn, Simmonds, Talbot, and Couterier) and I would not trade Timonen, Coburn, Meszaros, and Bourdon this year and would only trade Carle for a returning RH two way defencemen with size. The Header said where does PH go from hers so here are my suggestions. Trade J Shelly to someone for a 7th round draft pick or future considerations. Columbus-NYI-Edmonton might be a destination. Trade M Walker and a 3rd round draft pick to Calgary for C Sarich. Get a big bodied RW like A Stewart-T Hunter for the fourth line who could fill in when needed.

If Schenn came back today I would set the lines this way Hartnell Talbot Jagr Voracek Briere Simmonds JVR Schenn Read Harry Z Couturier Rinaldo and then when G comes back I would just move Max into Harry Z's spot.

I would only be interested in trading Matt Carle for a RH younger defensemen such as Carle to Edmonton for Petry or Plante plus a pick; we then could trade a pick to Toronto for Franson or Ottawa for Lee to add to NHL ready younger defensemen. I would not trade any other assets at this time and wait through the injury to Pronger. This would allow us the most flexibility moving forward.