Really important, to get a good start to next year.
The team had the last few weeks of last season to find out who the 'next man up' is, but instead piled ice time up on the stars.
It would have been good to know if Wolanin can play on the top pp; in case Hironek doesn't heal as fast as thought, and Hughes gets dinged and misses 3 of the first 4 weeks. IF not him then who?
Who is going to take more penalty kill time, if the main guys get injured. BE a bonus to not have to play Petey and Hughes as much on the pk as well.
A few less starts for Demko would give a better idea if re-signing Delia would be a good back up move, or is Silovs going to be the guy?
Missed the opportunities, worsened their draft slot, but won a few more games.