Lifted from Seachd's thread in the main signing/trade board:
- Cole Candella (D)
- Cole Cassels (F)
- Anton Cederholm (D)
- Michael Chaput (F)
- Nic Dowd (F)
- Jussi Jokinen (F)
- Joe LaBate (F)
- Brett McKenzie (F)
- Jayson Megna (F)
- Griffen Molino (F)
- Daniel Sedin (F)
- Henrik Sedin (F)
- Mackenze Stewart (D)
- Jakob Stukel (F)
- Patrick Wiercioch (D)
+ Jay Beagle (F)
+ Quinn Hughes (D)
+ Tanner Kero (F)
+ Tyler Madden (F)
+ Artem Manukyan (F)
+ Antoine Roussel (F)
+ Tim Schaller (F)
+ Matt Thiessen (G)
+ Toni Utunen (D)
+ Jett Woo (D)
Aside from the twin elephants in the room, I'd argue we're in better shape.
Granted those are big elephants, but those two are our only real deductions. Beagle, Roussel and Schaller > Megna, Dowd and Jokinen. The Sedins production won't magically be replaced, but if Boeser shows any signs of development and progression, and if Pettersson makes his debut, we're in good hands offensively.
The new contracts suck, but if we compare them to Del Zotto or Gagner from last year, the ceiling is lower for what I would expect for contribution. It's hard to measure offense vs. defense contributions, but I don't think we will be surprised with Roussel's agitation or Beagle's shut down play. If they don't score 20 goals and 40 points I don't think we will be as upset as spending comparable money on players who are expected to do that.
I'm not optimistic about this years team, but I feel the games will be more entertaining then last year. On that note, does anyone have an option for local games through something like center ice without a cable package?