How good is this team

Outside of goaltending, it's a cup contender.

It looked oddly similar to csicks team for a second. I thought I clicked on the same post haha. Winger depth is good, as I said, I didn’t know Thomas was playing that well, but if he plays this well, then I would think he could play better with Marchand, and Kyrou! Defence looks solid, but I don’t trust it to be very good defensively. That’s bottom pair is good, same as Lindholm, and Heiskanen, but OEL, and Karlsson are both offensive defence men. Can the team help them play better defensively… I’m not sure. In net, they are solid, and if Sorokin continues to grow, this could be a good tandem. Depth is pretty decent, same as potential of players. I would say they make it far into the playoffs, but I wouldn’t say they win the cup. There are a lot of guys who don’t have a ton of experience. Sorokin, Vlader, Thomas, Norris, Kyrou, Sharangovich etc. I think that could come to bite this team come playoff time. Sorry for the long comment, just had to break it down!

Can think of better ways to spend almost 19,000,000 on the blue line rather than OEL &Karlsson

Yeah same here, but if I would spend it on other assets like Makar and Hedman it wouldn’t make it fair.

Karlsson was having a resurgent year before injury, his best hockey since Norris days