All 4 of those guys were ppg or very nearly ppg in the A. It should come as no surprise the team is struggling without 4 guys pushing that kind of pace up front.
I just looked at the forward group currently on the roster and it is dire. Kerins, Stromgren, rookie Honzek, some capable veterans and some guys who aren't likely to be anything at all to fill out the roster.
It's a gap in the pipeline from our previous period of having fewer draft picks. It will look better in a couple of years when the team adds Gridin, Basha, Battaglia and Misa from the 2024 crop and whoever comes in this draft will follow them to fill things out.
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