Where are Hart, Sandstrom, Stolarz?
What are Raffl, Frost, Simmonds, Lindblom, Laughton, Weal, NAK, Vorobyev if not good/very good bottom-six players?
What are MacDonald, P. Myers, Morin if not solid bottom Dmen?
Hart, Sandstrom - future goalies, Stolarz injured and ??? - last year Elliott, Neuvirth, Mrazek, Lyon (off two meh AHL campaigns, .912, . 913)
Raffl, Simmonds, Weal, Laughton, were available last year, Lindblom finished last year as the 2LV, NAK this year, Vorobyev this year, next January?
Frost is a top 6 player who may spend a few years as the 3C
MacDonald is a veteran 3rd pair guy, Hagg is a 6/7, Gudas is a 2nd/3rd pair guy, Sanheim and Myers are still ???
What this team will be in 2019-20 in terms of depth is far different than what it was in 2017-18 or the previous two years.
This season will be a transition year, Myers and Sanheim should be top 4 defensemen, but 2018-19? 2019-20? Not every player hits the ice flying.
Weal? Does he have a role? Raffl, Simmonds in their contract years? Laughton 4C or 4 LW? Is Frost NHL ready? Is Vorobyev NHL ready?
Next year you'll have the young guys with another year of experience, and Rubtsov, Laberge, Kase, Friedman, Bunnaman, Twarnyski available to push for bottom six jobs in camp along with Frost, Ratcliffe out of juniors and maybe Allison and Laczynski out of college. If Raffl and Simmonds both walk, Ron may bring in another veteran forward.