I am really hoping for a full youth movement in the next couple years with the only older players being Doughty, Carter, Kopitar and Quick.
The roster is so much better without Stoll, Richards', Williams, etc.
Andreff, Shore, Pearson, Toffoli, and Weal all make it much more exciting.
I would like to see more of Forbort and a full time Mersch and Kempe soon.
To be frank, I think we're doing that already, it's just a slow roast and that's not fast enough for many here.
Look at how much outgoing vs. incoming talent we've had in the last few years, we've absolutely gotten younger and faster. Lucic is in his prime. Sekera was as well. Ehrhoff is arguably a vet and desperation move. Outgoing we've had (not a complete list) Scuderi, Mitchell, Voynov, Williams, Stoll, Richards. That's a LOT of experience to give up, ability and age be damned, in favor of Shore, Andreoff, Forbort, probably Mersch, maybe Kempe, maybe Gravel.
I don't think you can or SHOULD completely wipe your roster of vets in favor of youth, they need some insulation, even if the insulation sucks (see Calder, Kyle, and Nagy, Ladislav, etc.). Look at Edmonton. Look at Calgary. The youth is obviously uber-talented and will take over sooner rather than later in some cases but explosive change is almost never good unless you're a bottom feeding team with no assets.
I'm certain we will see what you're asking for, I think a lot of folks don't have the patience and ask to ship Gaborik out and put Weal in after one game, for example.
