Defense was ravaged by injuries last year. Coburn, Grossman, Mesz, and Gustafsson missed a lot of time (that's #1, #3, #4, #6). And then their depth defensemen, Gervais, Lilja, Huskins, and Foster, also all got injured. Schenn was forced to play a lot bigger minutes than expected; Kimmo is getting up there in years, and is more of an offensive defenseman.
If they're healthy, the D should bounce back. Streit will help them a lot this year. Kimmo is getting old, and Mesz has become a shell of a player, but the D still looks good to me.
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Gaudreau > Huberdeau AINEC
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