Pius Suter - center
Carter Rowney - center
Mitchell Stephens - center
*Jonatan Berggren - center
*Joe Veleno - center
*Lucas Raymond - wing
*Seth Barton - defense
Nick Leddy - defense
Wyatt Newpower - defense
Jordan Oesterle - defense
*Moritz Seider - defense
Alex Nedeljkovic - defense
Are you kidding me right now?!?!?! Look at those names, gang. Seriously. This is an epic change in the landscape. Is this roster going to put us in the SCPO? Maybe not, but some of them will dang sure be there when we do. On that you can make bank. AND we have Hronek for 3 more years. He may not be comparable to The Perfect Human, but he's young, strong, and has tons of room for continued growth.
And, seriously, Jeremy, you want us to pick one or two and place our bets on who's going to have the most impact, carve out an unexpected place on the roster. Riiiiiiight.
We have 2 LEGIT contenders for the Calder right now; Mo Sides & Ned are named in multiple forecasts as contenders.
We have 2 kids with MASSIVE chips on their shoulders (Vrana & Suter). OK, OK, OK....Mo Sides, too. And Lil Bert. And Larkin. And Ned....And Zads....oh yeah,
We have a GM that has no compunction about going scorched earth to bring his hometown team back to prominence. Let us throw in 2 more names that we often overlook: Verbeek & Tanguay. They want to make a name for themselves. And, being honest, Blash has GOT to feel the heat. So, yeah....there's that.
Yer killen me, brother.
So, here goes, my selections for who's going to be the most pleasant surprise for the Wings this year:
The FANS!!! They'll come out in droves. They'll shake the rafters. They'll remain loyal. They'll stick up for their Wings.
So what's your take on THAT?!?!?!!??!?!