Blues won with a 22 year old Vince Dunn playing 19 minutes a night.
Penguins won with a 21 year old Olli Maatta playing 20 minutes a night and a 22 year old Derrick Pouliot playing 16 minutes a night
Tampa won with a 22 year old Cernak playing 19 minutes a night and a 21 year old Sergachev playing over 20 minutes a night.
But sure playing two good young defensemen means we're screwed.
All those teams you had mentioned have players like Peitraneglo, Parayako, Hedman, Bouwmeester, Letang, McDonagh
As good as Sandin is and so is Lilly. They haven't played at the level of Sargecheyev, Dunn, Cernak who was a beast
Montreal last year had Romanov but they also had Weber
I like Sandin and Lilly. The upside is very high but you play them both with our D upfront, no way you get out of first round
If you the big guys I mentioned above sure you can slot them in.
Holl is trash and Muzzin is trending that way
So you want the kids carrying the load with Reilly ?
Check out what Vegas did to Girard, Bowem, and Makar last year. Absolutely murdered them