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Originally Posted by MacFlame
I could not disagree more.
Huberdeau-Frost-Coronatois a fairly good 2nd line (or even a 3rd line if you don't think it's a second)
Then, you still have Honzek, Backlund, zary nd farabee.to round out middle six.
On the back end, you still have weegar, Kuznetsov, Bahl and Bruz coming in.
And then, of course you have Wolf.
The base is there. They need to add a couple of elite talents for sure, but there's the makings a a team there.no team has 6 top 3 picks in their top 6.
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That's not a great 2nd line for a contender. Maybe if you replace Frost with a better center (Kadri Quality) it is.
The third line won't have Backlund - He'll be gone before we compete. Honzek hasn't shown anything really and is hurt again, and Farabee will be a UFA.
The D would be near the bottom of the league and Weegar is getting old/will be when we're ready to compete
As Kadri, Coleman, Backlund and Anderson age out or are traded, you need to replace those 4 just to be back to where you are.
So really they need a full first line of new stars, and replace those guys. That's 7 impact players you need to find and develop.
We are no where close to having a new core to contend unless every draft pick hits - and they won't. Almost all with bust or at best become a bottom of the roster player.
The odds of even getting a Backlund and Coleman type players (1000 games played) with late firsts (20-32nd) is 5%.....
(It's higher because guys drafted in the last 12 years obviously can't be at 1000 games yet, so lets double to 10%)
https://thehockeywriters.com/success...l-draft-picks/
It isn't as easy as penciling in every pick and saying we're looking ok. We have very little blue chip prospects, and no existing (skilled) core that will be with this team going forward when we are competitive (fingers crossed) outside of Wolf and Coranto.