I think we've improved where it counted most. That's on D. Despite all the clamouring about Tanev's shut down skill, cool as a cucumber puck moving defenceman I've never really bought into it. I do love how committed he is but a lot of that is a result of him not making better plays in the first place. As the playoffs progressed and especially against Vegas I thought he was Gawd awful in his own end running around like a tire fire and making horrible clearing attempts and reads. I'm glad we can finally move on from him regardless of any ho hum analysis metrics. Also, Stetcher, was absolutely undone in his own end in the playoffs even though I love the guys heart.
In net it's a bit of a toss up. I could easily see Holtby bouncing back with a new and exciting hockey challenge in front of him. We really don't know how Markstrom will respond in Calgary either, and even if he's decent we were moving on with Demko anyway.
Up front we're pretty much the same which was good enough last year, plus we have the possibility of some added youth, although Lind is the only one I realistically see having a shot.
The Covid cap has almost helped us more than hindered us as we are now excellently prepared for the ED, plus improving our team in the next year or two when our cap situation improves.
I like it. At least we won't see that lame ass D anymore. I'm excited at the possibility to improve in the future.