Draisaitl, RNH, Bouchard, Yamamoto, Puljujarvi, Nurse, Larsson, Klefbom.
Ugh. Such low talent around McDavid.
Bouchard/Yamamoto/Puljujarvi haven't done anything at the NHL level and likely require years of development. Puljujarvi at this point doesn't look like anything special as others in his draft class have already asserted themselves as impact players. I hope he pans out, but as of right now all these guys are all question marks. I think Bouchard will be a good player, but I also think that will take a few years.
The rest is nothing special. Larsson/Klefbom/Nurse are not that talented, none of these guys are able to take over a game. RNH is good if paired with McDavid.
Draisaitl is the other legit piece Connor has, but it's questionable what level of player he is given the type of winger support afforded to him by this current roster. 60-ish points maybe? He had 70 last year but played half the year with McDavid to get there. He needs to be better than that.
Laine, Matthews, MacKinnon, Tavares (now), Stamkos have more talent to play with, Eichel is maybe the only guy who's really good who has a similar lack of talent around him, but that he now has Dahlin. Crosby/Ovechkin obviously have way more talent around them.
McDavid for a player of his talent/caliber has the least amount of good talent around him since Lemieux, but Pittsburgh eventually basically surrounded him with an All-Star team and by his 4th year were making monster moves like getting Coffey. I'd say even Eric Lindros had more to work with.
This team hasn't added one legit high skilled player in 4 full summers that will be ready to make a big impact next season. Draisaitl and RNH were already here when McDavid was drafted, they've done nothing but surround the most skilled player in the world with a team full of grinders/muckers/slow skaters/meh talents. This is not a skilled hockey team past the McDavid line.