I think the most important thing will be how Evason will use the players, what the system will be, whether the lines will complement each other, how the defense will work. And most importantly, how the team leaders will play in important moments. It's not important for the players to be there 82 points and above, but to be better in key moments, to withstand the pressure of the opponent. I won't mind if Gaudreau scores around 70 points, as long as he pulls the team in critical moments.
Next, we can join Russian together, but what lines will be next? If
Gaudreau - Monahan - Fantilli
Chinakhov - Voronkov - Marchenko
the third line would be
Sillinger - Jenner - Johnson
and I somehow doubt that Cole and Boone would be the ideal partners for Kent. One yes, both no. We can split the Russians, creating a line
Voronkov - Sillinger - Chinakhov/Marchenko
But it will automatically be the 3rd line (I don't believe Boone will play on the 3rd line), he will get less time, thus not using the potential of the players. About equal time 5v5 TOP 9 would solve it, but, frankly, I don't believe so.