Is the hockey boring and hard to watch? Often, yes. But that is what a rebuild looks like. And it will continue to be bad hockey for a while yet. The good news though, is that it is at least fun to watch the kids, while the bad hockey persists. But the kids take a while to arrive.
The good news is that they are about to start arriving. I think we can assume all of the following players to be on the team next year (25 and under):
Wolf, Zary, Coronato, Kuznetsov, Brzustewicz, Honzek, and Gridin
Parekh and our 1st this summer are wildcards - they may or may not be on the team to start the year, but both will be on the team, sooner rather than later.
That's 9 young players (not counting Bahl and Klapka who are 26 next year).
So come next year, we are arriving at the point where the on ice product will start to look like a rebuilding team. And I think everyone will welcome that.
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