Anderson, Taffoli, Gallagher are all signed long term and KK and Suzuki aren’t going anywhere.
The D is where we need help. We’ve got Romanov and... ?
JKO - Suzuki - Evans
Drouin - Anderson - Toffoli - Gallagher
(Byron, Lekhonen, CC, Poehling, Ylonen)
That won't cut it in the near future (2-3yrs) even if we added a Josi or Ekholm to the backend...
If anything, in that window our d is more likely to be adequate than our fwd group...
Petry, Weber, Romanov, Edmundson/Chiarot with Leskinen, Harris, Brook, Mete, Fleury, Strubble, Norlinder, Guhle all potentially ready to make the leap over next 2-3yrs.
Much more top 4 prospect depth than top 6 fwd depth & of the NHL players Petry & Weber are the two most currently effective top 6/top 4 assets (with maybe Toffoli pushing past Weber?)