Problem is these players will mostly be who they are now.
Other than Chabot and Zub, the defense all have glaring holes in their games, none are particularly young, so the rest will not get better than maybe serviceable 3rd pair fodder.
Tkachuk does some great things, Stutzle has the attributes to do many things well, Nick Paul and Connor Brown do a good 3rd line job, Auston Watson is a solid 4th liner and Dzingel can be rerasonable as a 3rd or 4th liner. Dadonov has proven he can be a good top 6 complimentary player, IF his linemates are talented puck possession guys, which he is not.
The rest of the forwards have glaring weaknesses, and even the young guys seem unlikely to progress too much higher. Batherson scored 6 games straight, but maybe 4 of the 6 were mop up plays, and he hasn't driven much play. White is so-so but will never control play. Norris doesn't drive play and doesn't look like his skill set will take off at this level. Tierney and the rest are below average.
That makes 4 defensemen and 5 forwards in need of a serious upgrade just to match other reasonably good teams, and at least 3 of those forwards will need to be top caliber before this team sniffs a chance to win every night.
The GM is too inept to get these players via trade, some promising players have already been drafted, but 9 upgrades will be years away and we'll be lucky to see any free agents of substance will come in. Losing trade after trade was a real killer. These last 2 games were a harsh reality check.
