If there's a player on our list that has currency and that we could cover, it's Breust. If he could be used in any way to get a Whitfield-type, that would be a great win for the club. To be perfectly honest, with the emergence of Howe as a stopper, I'm now starting to believe that Shiels in expendable. So if he could also net us a decent return, I'd be ok with him leaving.
I was originally of the thought that the Hawks should try to get back into the draft this year, but if the draft crop as shallow as has been mentioned, I'd be happy to trade for established players over speculative picks.
Ideal ins for this off-season would be Whitfield, Matt Kennedy, Balic and Trengove (RFA).
In a perfect world, we would also front-end some contracts in 2018 and really target what is looking like an awesome FA crop at the end of next season. Lynch and Sloane in particular come to mind.