Laffs and Lames could be slightly better. I think Edmonton will actually be worse, if thats possible. Lots of young guys, no leader, and a drunk goalie.
There's a lot of dysfunction in that system. Look at the Thornton trade, Tim Thomas and Marc Savard contracts and loss of Kessel (that worked out pretty well, but I would say it was dumb luck like the Bertuzzi for Luongo trade). Not retaining a 36 goal scoring RFA shows problems.