Put the feelers out for F/A now. Get a few names up on whiteboards for 2018/19 and onwards kind of thing. Maybe get in a few ears with an expression of intrest.
But we're 2 games into a 66 game/ 3 year rebuild. At the end of that rebuild (and taking into account the last three drafts) I hope to have replaced 75 percent of the list with talented under 24 year olds, with no more than 3-4 vets (Kruezer, Murphy, maybe one or two others) hanging on from the list as it stands now.
We start the 2019 season with a list of primarily 25 and under talented players, and look to supplement with FA from there.
In the meantime we do everything we can to buy into the top end of the draft, getting as many early selections as we can over the next three years. Packaging players plus mid picks for early ones, splitting early picks up for extra bites at the cherry, and trading established players out.
Im not keen on F/A. Id rather use that money on contract extensions for Weitering and others, or to fend off any attempts to lure our younger blokes away.