The roster looks pretty good to me. Their top line is weaker than other playoff teams, but a top 6 F group with: Huberdeau, Kadri, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Backlund, and Coronato is going to be competitive. Then add Sharangovich, Dube, and Coleman and it's a strong group up front.
The strength of the team is their D core. Unfortunately, Kylington isn't available so it's not the excellent group we were expecting but if the top 5 are managed well then they should be able to control a lot of games and join in on the rush and offensive zone for a lot of creative attacks
Huska and the coaching staff are going to be so important this season as the team can't rely on superstars to carry them. They need to be consistent, motivated, and their special teams have to be high end on both sides.
I'm not very confident in LaBarbera as a goalie coach, nor Markstrom as a starter. Hopefully we are in for a pleasant surprise and the skaters can do a better job of limiting the massive breakdowns we seemed to see often last year.
I'm looking forward to a team that works really hard and has few weaknesses throughout the line up. They have the pieces to compete for the division but need everyone working together with a terrific gameplan to get there.
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