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Originally Posted by Trochu
Obviously just spit balling, but Tarasenko, Parayko, and St. Louis' first (which should be pretty high as they are in 25th).
A potential lineup would look like this:
Khaira - Draisaitl - Tarasenko
Lucic - Hopkins - Puljujarvi
Spooner - Cave - Yamamato
It obviously drops off quickly after the second line, but the D does't look half bad.
Parayko - Klefbom
Nurse - Larsson
Russell - Benning
Koskinen
And hopefully Bouchard and at least one of the two top 10 picks (Hughes, Dach, Cozens....) would be in the lineup next year.
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The only problem with that line up is that you still have Draisatl in it. He hasn't proven that he's worth half his salary without a "generational" player on his line to prop him up.
I'd also be a little concerned with the goaltender. It's a little premature to say he's the man. You don't have to rewind too much to when they thought Talbot was the second coming of Grant Fuhr.
That's really the curse of their past dynasty, anyone that comes along who looks like he has talent, can right the ship and bring back the 80's memories gets overpaid too soon before they show they're the real deal.
Unless Draisatl improves and shows he can elevate the play of players around him he isn't likely to make anyone forget Mark Messier anytime soon.