Let's say we stay relatively healthy this year and most of our players have UP years, as we are sort of expecting with this new roster. What do our goal totals look like?
Larkin - 30 goals
Bertuzzi - 30 goals
Raymond - 30 goals
Vrana - 30 goals
Perron - 30 goals
Copp - 20 goals
Kubalik - 20 goals
Fabbri - 20 goals
Rasmussen - 15 goals
Suter - 15 goals
Zadina - 10 goals
Erne - 10 goals
Veleno - 10 goals
Sundqvist - 10 goals
Seider - 10 goals
Chiarot - 5 goals
Hronek - 5 goals
Oesterle - 5 goals
Smith - 5 goals
Lindstrom - 0 goals
Maata - 0 goals
Total: 310 goals
I don't think those figures are very ambitious at all for those players. But 310 goals for would put us in 3rd place in the entire league for goals for last year... behind only Florida and Toronto.
Now injuries will happen, and some players will disappoint. Like maybe Seider only scores x5. And Kubalik only x15. And Perron is hurt half the year. But I also think we have some player who could seriously surpass this figures too. Like Vrana goes out and pots x35. Bertuzzi x40. Zadina turns it on and gets x15 or x20. Veleno and Ras too.
I don't think we're a 4 line cup team yet, but this is definitely a deep 3 line team with a ? defense and upgraded goaltending. If Maata and Chiarot prove to be good upgrades (and maybe Eddog makes the team) we could be seriously dangerous when healthy. I have a feeling that even if Chia and Maata are lackluster, Seider is going to go POWER LEVEL OVER 9000 YOU HAVENT EVEN SEEN MY FINAL FORM mode and will carry the defense on his massive shoulders.
Lalonde has no excuses. I expect competitive hockey every ******* night DEREK.