Maybe not contender, but that will make the playoffs easily.

They're lucky their in the Pacific in either the metro or Atlantic the don't make the playoffs

East Coast fans don't get an opinion. Ya'll are sleeping before the games even start

Na this is a contender. Number 1 dman, Vezina caliber goalie, and great center depth

I think this line-up have too much ''if whe do this or that'' senarios.

But, it's top 10 in the league easily.

That offense is poor. Very unlikely to be a favorite for anything. At least the right side of the defense looks legit

Some of the contracts are hopeful at best that the players sign them, and moving out that much cap is going to cost assets, how many picks are you willing to spend to shed Myers and Pearson?

Not a cup contender until wingers step up and EP can become elite.

Offense is Poor? Horvat, Pettersson, Miller looks poor to you. Boeser, Garland, Mikheyev looks poor to you? Boeser and Garland will score 30 goals a season and Mikheyev is a great player. Kuzmenko might be the next Panarin and Podkolzin has first line potential and will break out this year. Hoglander will be an amazing third line option. Go and do some research. Definitely cup contender. Only question is how much it will cost to dump Myers

Good not great lineup. Center depth is great but other forwards are lacking. Also zub and horvat get paid a decent amount more so this lineup is moot

Forwards are NOT lacking

He's already Elite. The wingers are good too. Another salty Leafs fan

I'd hardly call any of them hopeful, plus Myers and Pearson aren't negative assets and certainly won't be next off-season when they only have 1 years remaining on their current contracts

That Severson contract looks like a Benning like move that will affect the team's cap and another Myers 2.0 again. Is he the only best player available?

If Weegar gets 6.25M AAV long-term, then Severson should get less

I think you will find next off-season that this post will have aged like milk.

We will see, but the media is making some pretty confident projections a year in advance

100% nailed it

You should rethink that with yourself on here.

I’ve been through this with caunuckle fans before (delusion must correlate with dope smoking somehow); canuckles we’re thoroughly average - somewhere between 15-20 - in every major offensive stat last year. You added a few Russian ufas; mikheyev a pk specialist and kuzmenko a 25 year old playing in league first time, hardly the next Panarin .
Completely average offense, below ave d corps + elite goaltending = bubble team in weakest division (= lottery ticket in Eastern division)

Outside of the centers, yes it is. Wingers are poor. It’s about 5 3rd line wingers and 1 RW who doesn’t care for defense. Maybe Kuz becomes a top 6 or he is just another KHL star who doesn’t translate.

Garland scoring 30? Can I have what you’re having? He hasn’t put up more than 22.

Boeser may, although unlikely scores 30, but his defensive game eliminates any benefit of him scoring 25+. Mikh is a 3rd liner who is unlikely to be close to his one good Toronto year. Kuz has more of a possibility of being a bust as being the next Panarin.

We don't need Pescimists. This is far better than Lightning's forwards. They look pathetic and only get carried by Kucherov, Point and sometimes Stamkos as well as Hedman and Vasilevsky

Pearson, probably none because he is actually a good player. 0.5PPG for a 3.2 mil player who can play up and down the lineup is not even bad. Myers is too expensive to dump though

Boeser doesn't have a bad defensive game. He is not the most well rounded, but he is not bad. It is not a stretch for Garland to score 30 and second line players don't have to score 30. Mikheyev could be a great fit on third line. Clearly no point talking to people like you