I mean, the D Group.....Ok I'll give you that, but mostly because Dahlin-Joker is much better than Gorges-Myers. The bottom 4 on both are dumpster fires.
The forward group though?
Moulson, Stafford, Stewart, Hodgson, Ennis, Gionta are all legit middle 6 NHL forwards at this point. No real top line talent, but at least they would fit in someone else's lineup.
Mittelstadt, Skinner, Oloffson and....? Cozens is around where Girgensons was at the same time, should be in the AHL. I guess you could make a case for R2. I also think you could argue Mittelstadt's production not really NHL caliber to this point, but I know how you feel about that, so I'll include him.
Thompson, Bjork, Asplund, Girgensons, Hinostroza, Okposo, and Eakin are all 4th liners at this point. If they even belong in the NHL still.
2014-15's tank forward group wasn't good by any stretch, but, going into the season at least, they had some legit NHL talent. Some were about to go over the barrel (Moulson, Hodgson) in terms of production. And do I think this team will be WORSE than the tank team? No. Buffalo's GM was actively working against them, the coaching was bottom of the barrel, and several forwards went from productive to bad (as mentioned above) and Girgenson's missed 20 games when he was Nolan's favorite center.
I also don't think this is the roster we start the season with, as we should get 1-2 NHL bodies back in any Eichel deal. But yeah, on paper:
Forwards: Tank
Defense: 2021
Goaltending: Tank
Coaching:2021
"let's call it a draw"