MacK scores 95+.
Rants gets 80+.
Ghetto steps up to the top line and get 55+.
Landy drops to 2nd line with Jost and gets 55+.
Jost and Kerfoot on his other wing, each get 50+.
Neito, Soda and Calvert are a solid defending 2/3 line that scores 30+/45+/40+ respectively.
Compher is the primary fill in at any spot up in the lineup when injuries happen, and gets 30+.
Wilson also fills in up the depth chart, but only gets 25+.
Kamenev centers the 4th line and also does spot duty higher, and also gets 25+.
Bourque and Toninato anchor the nachos, with Greer and others getting call ups (Kaut being the only F called up that plays higher than 4th line).
None of the forwards gets traded.
Johnson plays 70+ games, defensively well, but scoring is no better than 25+.
Barrie play 75+ and cracks 60+ while being not as bad as most think in his own end.
Zads flourishes next to EJ and outscores him.
Girard settles in to the 3rd pairing rover and feast on the matchups, netting 35+ points.
Cole anchors Barrie, and leeches up to 25pts.
Nemeth and Barbs split time "babysitting" Girard on the 3rd pair, both around 20+. And the 3 of them will each spend time filling in on other pairs as needed. One of the 2 not-Girards will be traded at some point for a middle 6 forward that many here wont agree should be middle 6.
Varly responds well to the challenge of having Grubauer push him, but as always, injuries limit his GP. 33GP, 2.35GAA and .921SV%
Grubauer steps up when Varly falters, posting near identical stats: 52GP, 2.31GAA and .924SV%
Francouz gets a couple games to introduce himself, while one of the above two are hurt/resting. 4GP, 2.65GAA, .909SV%
The astute among you will have noticed the discrepancy in GP between the two big goalies. That is because Grubauer does well enough to convince Sakic to trade Varly at the deadline for a decent futures package. Which is inevitable, of course, as GRU replaces KGB.
Non-Avs prediction (kinda): Stone, Karlsson and Duchene all have contract year stats, each surpassing PPG and 80+ points. Their 3 main kids do decent enough as kids, but not enough to tip the balance away from horrid goaltending and general play outside those 6 (3 kids, 3 pending UFAs). The pick ends up 6th or higher depending on lottery.
I will be happy if at least 4 of these end up true, as long as none of them are too far wrong (in a bad way). But knowing my luck, Varly getting hurt is the only thing I will be right about.