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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
We can hope that Vegas faceplants, but looking at the roster doesn't scream lottery team.
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Scream it? No it doesn't scream it... but it also doesn't look like a roster that I'd be willing to pencil into playoff spot two years ahead of time. It'll feature a bunch of guys on the backhalf of their careers, who've played a lot of "extra" hockey, and who've peddled away most of their draft picks (except this years) and top prospects extending this window.
Now those guys on their backhalf are really talented guys so I wouldn't expect them to look like SJ does this year... but they might be a bubble team and if they're a bubble team then they're just a major injury or two away from being a lotto team.