ElLeetch
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. Their defense still is mediocre.
Trouba and Skjei are legit top-2/4 talents. then we have ADA, Fox, Lindqvist, and KA Miller, as potential top-4, and then for depth beyond that, Hajek, Rykov, Lindgren, Robertson, and Reunenaen. We will be weak on the back end for a year or to, but it will get good real quick, even if just 20% of our prospects pan out.
Lundqvist is still old,
Too bad we don't have just about the best goaltending prospects in the world. Oh, wait, we do actually.
. their center depth is still lacking,
Zibby is a legit 1C, under a good contract for a few more years. and then behind him, we have Andersson, Chytil, Howden, and Strome. Our real lacking is a true 2C, but we will see how that shake out.
.and their forward prospects are still unproven.
Thats kinda how prospects work.
They're likely not making the playoffs this year let alone being a contender.
The only reasonable statement you have made. Nobody was calling them a "contender" though. Thats different from being a 'competitor' as the OP stated.