How many of those forwards are defensively responsible? Just curious. Honest question. Not intending to throw shade at them. I simply don't know.

Tough to tell because they are so young.

Quinn and Krebs started getting serious PK time and Krebs centered our defensive line.

Savoie supposedly is good defensively.

Defense comes with experience

I'm totally with you! I can't wait either. To me the 4th line is the most interesting. Peterka gains more muscle and mass, it'll be interesting to see if his attitude evolves. Krebs wouldn't hesitate to take on Chara if he were still playing. The team's other three lines are set to become even faster and more skilled, which is exciting. And, of course, it's natural for rookies to need some time to improve their defense – that's just part of the learning curve.

I obviously don't expect us to only promote from within, just fun to see it

This doesn't even include the potentially 3 studs we are going to add in the 2023 draft in the first 2 rounds. If our current players develop to their potential there will be no need to bring in any other players.



Cozens and Tuch have become very solid defensively, Cozens still has more room to grow there too. Krebs is a pretty decent guy defensively. Savoie is touted to be a skilled PKer. Quinn has a lot of potential to be a great two-way guy, he was a fantastic PKer for Canada in the WJC. The best defensive forward prospect we have in the pipeline is probably Tyson Kozak or Brandon Biro