It's time for a bottom 10 finish. I think the wheels will fall off with Backlund, Kadri, Huberdeau, and Coleman all slowing down a bit. The Andersson trade will leave a big hole at D, one Parekh will take some time to fill. The backup goalies are going to be a lot more porous than Vladar leading to fewer points.
That said, I'm looking for the likes of Zary, Coronato, Pospisil, Frost, and Sharangovich to all have better years. With Bahl becoming an even better shut down D, and even providing some offense. Parekh Kuznetsov and Brzustewicz will be great additions to the D core before the year ends. Wolf remains as the great equalizer, he can either drag this team to the playoffs, or slump his way to a bottom 5 finish.
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