Half our blue line were acquired as cap dumps. All of them have been pretty much in our top four. As good as Walman had been for a cap dump, he’s never been a top pair quality.
Our forwards are only ever capable of sustaining pressure when the other team is already up by three goals. We have five legitimate NHL forwards in Granlund, Toffoli, Eklund, Zetterlund, and Wennberg. And Wennberg isn’t even doing anything on his own. We have some guys who can kill penalties but would otherwise not be NHL’ers because they suck five on five that badly.
This team won’t look respectable until Celebrini is back and he will only do so much.