NHL trends change from time to time...every 2-3 years I would say. If you look where the league is trending, this is a good signing for us. Hawks overloaded with skill in 10, 13, 15. LA brought size and physicality in 12, 14. We took the league by storm with 4 lines of pure speed in 16, 17. In 18, 19 is trended towards a mashup of all three. Now, you need be able to role 4 offensive lines, you need speed, you need skill, and you need to have a physical component.
If you look at who we have that will be here the next 5 years, we are trending well.
Sid and Geno will be still be 1/2C but old.
Jake, Zucker, Rust will be top 6 wings.
McCann, ZAR, Tanev, and Bleuger will make up the most of your bottom 6.
Then you have Poulin, Legare, Hallander, and now O'Conner who I will dub OC. In addition to that, you have the other less likelys that can still make it like Almedia, Olund, Bellerive, Simon, etc.
Point being, we are getting a nice mix of size, speed, and skill to go along with the current roster.
Zucker-Sid-Poulin
Guentzel-Malkin-Rust
Legare-McCann-Tanev
ZAR-Bleuger-OC
Who knows. I do know that with the current streak we are on, it's at least fun to still think about the future.