Where does Lowe go from here?

With all the major free agents signed, the focus this off-season now shifts to trading. Teams have added major parts to their lineups, but are yet to fill out. As it stands, the Oilers look somewhat like this:

Forwards

Penner Horcoff Hemsky
Cole Gagner Nilsson
Cogliano Brodziak Pisani
Moreau Schremp Pouliot
Brule/Stortini

As I see it, Penner and Cole are interchangeable.

Lowe created quite a problem with the acquisition of another top-6 forward, cause in essence I thought that the top-6 had been set with Cogliano on the left wing.

Brodziak, IMO is ready to fill in that big-minute role on the shutdown line. His defensive game is up there with Stoll's, and I think he's ready for the position.

Cogliano, a guy I think is the most likely youngster to get traded in the next few years, is going to have to be relegated to a 3rd line role with Brodziak and Pisani. It's going to be a tough adjustment with him playing with lesser-skilled players, but if he's going to become a reliable 2-way player, he's going to have to learn to play with guys like these. And don't underestimate the goal-scoring ability of Brodziak and Pisani, they're not poor offensive players either. Both are capable of peaking at 20 goals this coming season.

What, if anything, do I think the Oilers need to address?
-Get a solid 2-way 3rd liner who has proven to be capable of handling those minutes Brodziak would otherwise have to handle, while being able to work with Cogliano offensively. It would be great to have a goal-scoring 3rd line.

Defense

Visnovsky Gilbert
Staios Souray
Grebeshkov Smid
Peckham/Roy

I think it's important to have two mobile, puck-handling defenseman on the top pairing. Visnovsky and Gilbert have both proven to be solid 2-way defensemen in the past, and it's only natural to have them handle the tough match-ups, seeing as how we really don't have a "shut-down pairing".

Staios brings some stability to the tumultuous defensive play of Souray, who I feel is a liability at even strength. This would be our primary penalty-killing pairing, using their big bodies and physical style to wear out the opposition.

Grebeshkov would be interesting paired with Smid, seeing as how Smid has been relegated to a sort of physical, shut-down role by Mac-T. Perhaps playing with the smooth-skating Russian will help Smid develop a similar offensive game, and hopefully he can fulfill the offensive potential he was hailed as having in his draft year.

What does this D-corps need?
Shut-down defensemen.

Goalies
Garon
Roloson
Delauriers

We wouldn't have such a big problem on our hands if we could simply just send Deslauriers to the minors till we find a suitor for Roloson. However, he would have to pass waivers, and the Oilers have invested too much time and resources into developing the kid to let him go.

I guess the team's going to be forced to carry 3 goalies, and that might be a problem seeing as how we have a 23-man limit on the roster.