Not saying this will all work out this way by any means but it's not crazy to think after developing a while and retaining the young NHLers we have the org chart of younger players doesn't look terrible:
Gridin-____-Coronato
Zary-Frost- Suniev
Farabee-Misa-Klapka
Honzek-Morton-Pospisil
Bahl-Parekh
Grushnikov-Brzustewicz
Solovyov-Mews
Wolf
Still got guys like Basha, Battaglia, Stromgren, Kerins, Poirier Morin, Kuznetsov and the obvious vets who will fill some of those roles too.
Huska said he wouldn't be surprised if Gridin pushed for a job next season. All I've heard about Suniev is he has all the tools except skating and we know we have a trainer that can get that trait shored up if the player puts the work in. His college coach said he's never seen a kid more dedicated and driven to make the NHL. Pat is really high on Misa and thinks he could become a solid 3C. Honzek made the team out of camp last year. We all know what Parekh could be and Solovyov looked NHL capable in a small sample size. Brz and Mews are looking good as well.
I do agree we aren't close to being where we need to be and the biggest hole is the hardest to find and we have no idea if any of them actually pan out but I do think we have a solid group of W and D prospects that could develop into some of the things we need.
The only thing we can do is continue to add good prospects to give us more darts.
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