I'd add Lappy. He's not the one. I know we all want him to succeed, but he's been largely a disappointment. Unless he levels up a couple times, he shouldn't be part of our long term plans.
what? He's not a top tier first line talent but he's not something to punt on either.
dude has been more developmentally staggered than virtually any prospect you can list between COVID and his own individual injury, and is still finding space in the NHL and doesn't look out of place.
He's not impact right now, sure, but he's also showing a lot of the same signs of being able to tap into a different level that CMM was last year (and arguably could have broken through with better deployment). Lapierre is there but in a more regular way under Carbery, but his smooth plays and instincts work at the NHL level and will improve with time.
Lapierre is not busted, it seems more like your expectations were.