I'm sure the party will be putting resources into some if not all of those seats. I see James Kostuchuk is running again in Portage - hopefully that means there will be a push there. (Not sure if Faurschou would have been in cabinet - didn't Hugh's inner circle orchestrate a nomination challenge last time?)
While I still believe that the party needs to focus primarily on consolidating and defending its existing seats, I think strategically it also makes sense to put resources into seats where Tory incumbents are not running again and where the NDP has a decent shot at winning - if for no other reason than because it forces the Tories to go on the defensive in their incumbent seats rather than putting more resources into NDP targets. River East, Portage and Brandon West should all be definite targets. I'm not as optimistic about LDB - the Tories have won by increasingly large margins since Praznik's close call in 1999, but without the advantage of incumbency it might be more competitive.