Please help me understand why Cooper is putting a guy who's scored 54points in his last 175 games played over the last 3 seasons on the 2nd line and Alex Killorn in the same span of time has more goals than Steel does points? Makes no sense. In fact Killorn had more points last year alone than Steel had the last 3 combined.
Besides that what are you doing come early December when both Cirelli and Bogosian come off LTIR?

Signing a Steel, Milano,, Motte etc wouldn't be a bad idea, both for the first couple months this season but also, if they could sign them for more than one year, for next year when they will need cost controlled depth even more. When Cirelli and Bogo return, the team would need to shed either two of the depth pieces in this lineup or Myers. Either way, probably no big loss. The only other thing is Foote is not close to being ready for top pairing minutes. He showed minimal flashes of what he could be last year, but he's still a 3rd pairing guy to start the year imo. If Myers excels up there then maybe they keep him, if not they can try either Cole/Fleury up there as well.