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Originally Posted by Freeway

Next season, you probably see Gaudreau play pro. Probably Arnold, Agostino and Gillies, too. Maybe Klimchuk and Poirier.

Depending on who they retain, you probably also get another mid-to-late 1st and a 2nd rounder for the assets they sell off this year. Those guys probably generate Sieloff-level prospects in this draft class.

Optimistically, I see next year being as "bad" as this year, but with more consistency and cohesiveness in the roster. The team probably starts rising from the muck in 2015-16 and become a "a bit outside the playoffs" team. 2016-17 is optimistically when the team becomes a bubble team.

That's probably the hopeful internal timeline, as well.

Exactly. Good post.