It's mainly about combos in the NHL anymore, not lines. If we could find someone that meshed with Stamkos, that's ideal. Run down the remainder of his career with someone that is effective with him. It's not Cirelli. You don't pay him 6.25M to play 3C, nor do you need to keep him when Paul is sufficient for half the cost. He has 0 chemistry with Stamkos. You could put Hagel with Stamkos, keep Point with Kucherov. Then staple guys like Sprong, Foegele, Joshua, whoever through trade, at a cheaper cap hit on their wing. Look at the Panthers top six cap hits. Of course, our team is "mature" in the sense that they are not on ELCs, but since we don't have that cheap, young, good help at the moment, someone has to go.
If we keep Hagel, Cirelli, Stamkos, Point, and Kucherov as our top six, then there's still a hole to be filled. I'm all for moving Perbix, Sheary, and Jeannot just for the sake of shaking things up and changing those looks. Maybe we could afford someone like Sprong at that point.