Dicdonya
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There is an easy fix to the over crowding if the prospects actually earn a spot on the roster, none of these players are big losses if we have to waive them at the start of the season. But even then we can carry, 2 goalies, 7 (6) defense, 14 (15) forwards if need be.
Right now we have 18 players signed according to capfriendly.
Sorry I do not buy this argument really, sure if there is like one, maybe two prospects that really impress at camp and force their way onto the team, then yeah I could see us waiving a couple guys to get them on the roster.
However lets just pretend for a second that all of Celebrini, Smith, Guschin, Musty and Bysted have great camps and look primed and ready for NHL time at various spots in the lineup. Can you honestly tell me you think 5 roster players are getting waived to accommodate that many prospects looking ready for NHL time?
Which 5 players do you honestly think Grier would waive to fit that many prospects on the team?
Sorry I just do not think Grier went out and got a bunch of new players, to turn around and just bench/waive them because some of our prospects look like they might be able to fill some of the roles already filled.
Grundstrom and Givani Smith are absolutely not going to block Celebrini and Will Smith from lineup spots. Be serious.
Watching the two best prospects in the entire NHL play for us this season isn't exciting enough for you? Which other young prospects did you want to see make the team?
Wipe the snark out of your mouth, because I sure as shit never said or implied Grundstrom and Smith would block Celebrini or Smith from making the team. Those players are not competing for the same spots on the roster in the first place.
On the other hand, guys like Bysted, Musty, Guschin etc, who might be ready for middle six playing time might get blocked by guys like Kunin, Wennberg, Kostin etc, and I frankly would rather watch our prospects play and maybe struggle and learn at the NHL level, then watch another year of freaking Kunin wasting a roster spot.
That is not even taking into account any of our prospects that might be bottom 6 players and not middle six, where I think there is no shot in hell a prospect makes this team on the 4th line due to how many bottom 6 players we have.
As to your second question
1- There is no guarantee Smith and Celebini are on the team this year.
2- I would like to see Guschin, Musty, Bysted, or any other prospect that surprises at camp play on this team. Literally any prospect I would rather watch play over any of Grundstrom, Dellandrea, Smith, Kunin, Goodrow, Kostin etc.
I am all for having veterans in the lineup to help ease the burden on our prospects, I just think we got a few too many veterans to the point where now I fail to see more than like 2-3 prospects actually make the team, and that is only if Celebrini and Smith decide to leave college. If they dont decide to make the jump, I would frankly not be shocked if no prospects made the team, not including Eklund, and that thought makes me very unhappy, because I do not want to watch another season with a roster filled with guys that have no future on this team suck ass all year.