NHL Draft Day and UFA rumblings

I dont know about you, but I love the NHL draft, not because of the picks.....unless you pick in the top 5, you are unlikely to see anybody picked on June 25th playing for your team this season, BUT draft day is often big for trades that shape the upcoming season, ie the Pronger deal last season for Philly.........you have already seen some interesting moves with Montreal sending show stopping goalie Jaroslav Halak to St. Louis for prospects (and thank you for that Habs!), Jason Arnotts return to the Devils and the Flyers moving Ryan Parent for the rights to Dan Hamhuis.....if the Flyers sign Hamhuis they may have the best D corps in the NHL, or at least the East, but also will be tight against the cap with not much room to address goaltending.....they are probably looking to move Gags, Fartsmell or Briere as a result.....as for the Pens......I love the thought of trading Godard for anything you can get, and signing Arron Asham, a UFA from Philly.....this does not address the scoring winger issue, but Gods makes 750K, Ashham made 640K......but if you had Rupp and Asham on the Pens, you really dont need Godard......even Philly no longer uses Riley Cote, and Asham scored 10 goals and 14 assists last season, and played decent minutes in the playoffs for a team that went to the Finals......I would think a 4th line that could crash and bang with Rupp centering Adams and Asham would improve the teams overall balance, and not sacrifice enough toughness to protect its assets.....for games that require more punch bring up Wade Brookbank 6 times per year....I also read that Ray Whitney lists the Pens as one of his top hopeful teams to finish his career with......Whitney made 3.5M for Carolina last season, but if the Pens could get him for 2 years at 2.75M, he would make sense...even at 3M he might....he is 3 years younger than Guerin, and though I love Guerin, he made 2M last year, and I am not sure how much LESS he would play for......you paid Fedostinko 1.8M, and he will not be back......you paid Poni girl your prorated portion of 2.1M......you had 5M tied up in wingers who either will not be back anyway due to no contributions(Poni and Feds), and one who is about 40......put a chunk of that into Whitney, and put you have upgraded your top 6 forwards quite a bit.......go after ZBYNEK Michalek D man for Phoenix, a very Scuds like stay at home guy........likely affordable at 1.5 M or so..........OR they can go the trade route which opens so many possibilities......they can look at Chicago who is already over the cap next year......they will HAVE to move good players for picks and prospects as a result.......the ultimate pickup for the Pens would be Patrick Sharp, but most indications are that he is untouchable.....but Kris Versteeg or Dustin Bfuglyien would be nice pickups for the Pens up front, or even Andrew Ladd.....