The team looks like they could be good with all key players on the ice but Schmidt out 20 games, Stastny out 25-30 games, Tuch possibly out 10-20 games along with the other lesser injuries that usually pop up (Eakin, Engelland) is alot to have to overcome in the first big chunk of the season.
We could be further behind by the time the team gets everyone back and have to go on a run the last half of the season to make the playoffs and teams out of a playoff spot in the first half of the season have such a small chance of climbing back in. It's like one or two teams a year, regardless if they are only two or three points out.
May have to ride out a tough season and take the high draft picks to retool for next year with Glass, Brannstrom, Hague and Gusev (possibly Tkachyov) entering the team and Pacioretty and Stastny having a year to settle in to the team. And a year to be out of the shadow of that great inaugural season.