Full sendin' it into the future!
Musty-Celebrini-Smith
Bystedt-Frondell-Eklund
Chernyshov-Edstrom-Halttunen
Wetsch-Graf-Cardwell
Dickinson-Pohlkamp
Mukhamadullin-Cagnoni
Thrun-Roberts
Ravensbergen
Chrona
Obviously assuming this is a bit, but I wonder how many homegrown players that folks here actually expect to be around on the roster when we next make the playoffs (will give anyone that was acquired before having ever played an NHL game a homegrown label for this exercise - thus including non-SJ draftees like Thrun and Muk).
Celebrini, Smith, Eklund, Chernyshov, Bystedt, Musty, and Edstrom up front and Muk, Thrun, and Dickinson on the backend would be 10. Out of playoff teams last year, they averaged around 7.75 players that were homegrown. The Rangers had the most at 11 while Winnipeg was the only other one I believe in double digits.
Likely best case scenario, we get to around 10-12 hits out of a span of basically 6 draft classes from 2021-2026 that are good enough to comprise parts of our next playoff team in hopefully 2027 or 2028. Would say as of now, the group listed there plus 2025 early 1st rounder and 2026 early 1st rounder comprise the group that make that team in most likely 2028.