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That lineup's my best-case scenario. I'm fully expecting Witkowski to be in the lineup.

Even if they went in a new direction, they're more or less stuck with most of the contracts until they expire. Nobody is going to want them, retaining salary doesn't help much because unless they replace the traded player with someone making close to league minimum, and buyouts just spread the cap hit out to future seasons. The l;onger they keep Holland around making the decisions, the more bad deals he's going to sign, and the longer it will take to clear them out.

The new arena should have had a new GM , New coach, New roster , New direction and a new clearer future. Unfortunately we are going to see the same trend that is in steady decline and wasting $s instead of building from within with our higher end prospects sooner rather than the 3-5 year ripening period.

The best I can realistically hope for: Tatar Zetterberg Mantha Athanasiou Nielsen Nyquist Abdelkader Larkin Svechnikov Sheahan Helm Glendening Ouellet Green DeKeyser Daley Ericsson Jensen Howard Mrazek PIPING HOT TAKE: We need a 1D, a 1W, and a(n additional) 1C. Aside from that, we're in great shape! #FreeFallin4Dahlin

Yea

It's hard to say because Chychrun was one of the most NHL ready players in that draft, whereas Cholo and Hronek still need more time to develop physically. But Hronek is developing really nice and looks very promising as an offensive D-man/quarterback. Probably most excited about him of all our D prospects. And now Cholo has packed on 25 lbs and everyone says his positioning/stickwork/and ability to read the game are super high level. Of the 3, nobody has busted yet that's for sure.

I am a huge mrazek supporter and im not surprised. But if mrazek comes back to his potential then they will end up splitting games in which case i see them sticking with mrazek if they were to make playoffs. Its not long ago mrazek was named starter and look how fast that changed.

Naming a few great goaltenders that have had good years beyond the age of 35, doesn't make it the norm. There are always outliers. Jagr is 45 years old, and still putting up great numbers. Again, an outlier, not the norm. On average, goaltenders prime years are likely a little later than defensemen, just as defensemen are a little later than forwards, but they do still have a peak, and if Howard hasn't hit his yet (I think he has), he will very soon. Mrazek's prime years should begin this season or next, and if he is truly as good as he has shown in some of the short stints, he should be a very good goaltender for another 5-10 years.

Surveys are filled out by people with too much time on their hands or someone with an ax to grind