I'd personally swap Connor and Roslo, but good list

First. No such thing as untouchable. It does not exist. Scheifele, Morrissey, and perhaps Laine and Conner would be the only ones that would fall into that top tier.

CJ Suess is s 25 year old AHLer with 1 career NHL game who was a mediocre prospect to begin with. Falls into meh category, as does Poolman who would be in the AHL in most every other organization.

CJ Seuss I agree with that but as of right now Poolman is playing top pair minutes and is doing a really good job.

He’s averaging just over 16 mins a game. Morrissey averages 24. Poolman is playing by necessity not based on talent. He’s below league average and easily replaced and upgraded.

It’s one of those deals of “just becsuse you are using him that way does not mean he is one”. Boston has used Par Lindholm at C2 this year. Does not mean he is one.

If Poolman is playing top 4 minutes then your D needs upgrading, something i’m sure you are well of, because he’s a 6/7.

If you guys do upgrade that D you are contenders.

I hope they find a solution.

I honestly think you are underrating poolman. Yes he is playing above where he should be but he is doing a damn good job (and JoMo gets about 3 pp mins a game). I think he is a number 4/very good number 5 d. Nothing special but better than all the jets defencemen except pionk and JoMo. I honestly don’t have a problem with him playing those minutes right now as he is playing well and is getting better each game. Let’s not forget that when he was coming out of college he was thought to be a very good prospect. I think he could become a top 4 guy but nothing special