I think your a bit too negative here with the outlook. It's been quite a long time since we've had very much talent in the system, so it's understandable. Byfield (if we draft him), Vilardi, Turcotte and likely Kaliyev all should be impact players IMO. They are so much more talented than what we have seen for the last 10 years come into the system. Just watching Vilardi come start at the AHL level when he joined the Reign, from the very first game, you could see what we have been missing all these years. Other than conditioning, it looked like he never skipped a beat despite missing a season and a half. Yes, all of the players will have some things to overcome (Kaliyev and Vilardi with their skating and consistent effort on both sides of the puck, Turcotte with his injury history, Byfield with the maturity of his game and structure). I'm also very high on Bjornfot after watching him break into the AHL at the ripe age of 18. I could see why Doughty was raving about him. No one has come close (outside of Anderson who was two years older than Bjornfot, and IMO Bjornfot was better than Mikey last year at the AHL level) to looking as good as Tobias did as a defense rookie, especially as an 18 year old. He's got more offensive upside to go too. He's going to be a top 4 defender for a long-time in the NHL, you can bookmark this post.
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