I posted something similar in a Sven thread, but last year at this time:
- Monahan, Colborne, Knight, Poirier and Klimchuk weren't in the organization
- Granlund was a giant question mark playing in Finland
- Reinhart was having a terrible year with the Heat (may have been up with the Flames on this exact date, but the point stands)
- Agostino & Hanowski were in college, Wotherspoon was in the WHL
Add in another good college season from Gaudreau, Arnold and Gillies and Jankowski moving to centre (and taking a step forward) and a lot of good things have happened in this organization for the future (to offset Sven's downturn)