People said that LAST year and it improved. It'll be hard to improve even more for sure, but the ENTIRE core is still here and the main reason we were as good as they were. I don't know how we can view this as an "opposite direction" feeling at all because we're losing Mikheyev and Campbell.
I think it's ok to question and have concerns. I agree to a certain degree. But I'd wait until the dust settles and make a little more judgments based on that.
I think the main goal is to try and break even as much as possible going from Mikheyev + Kerfoot to a pair of new guys, and hopefully find a better overall fit for that 2LW spot. If you find a better fit for 2LW, we will be better even if we are not putting in the sexiest names.
The 4th line has a ton of room for improvement, and I think that is where we could find some difference makers for cheap.
Defense will mostly be the same. Gio instead of Dermott is an upgrade. ??? instead of Holl will hopefully be a wash, at least when you account for Liljegren's improvements from last year. Same with Sandin.
Then we are going from one wild card goalie to another. There were no guarantees in net this year anyways, and Murray was one of the better options. Hopefully we find a guy who isn't as bad as Mrazek was last year, but it is hard for more things to go wrong than what happened to Mrazek last year.
i mean...no one has talked to no one. 
