Obviously put a fair bit of work into this, but I think its a little overly optimistic in combination with the forwards preview.
Every core player is either hitting a career high or within 2 points of it.
Gaudreau, Monahan, Giordano, Backlund, Brodie, Hamilton, Frolik, Brouwer all having career years or essentially matching their best seasons.
Not only that, but you have Shinkaruk, and Bennett putting up 40 and 50 points respectively.
I think there just isn't enough icetime to go around for that to be possible.
That's 10 players with 40+ points. I don't think any team in the NHL had more than 7 last season from a quick scan on HockeyDB.
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