Multiple stars with career years didn't get it done. Now you have Kane, Toews, Keith and Seabrook into their 30s and SHOULD decline every year (obv not the case with Kane and Toews this year). They have no depth on defense and not much scoring outside of the top two lines.
Unless Boqvist comes up next year and tears it up and the #3 pick is serviceable... I think its going to be more of what we saw this year.
Boqvist had like 6 points in his final game. He needs to move on. If we take Turcotte or Pods its probably more of the same, but I think if Bovquist moves up, Joker comes back, and Bryam starts right away we can build on something.
Forsling and Gus are still around, and with Edjesell and a couple other ripe youth....this roster is playoff worthy.
Watching the playoffs I am reminded how much it comes down to goaltending being hot at the right time...and we have that potential netminder as he showed the force he can be for a stretch when needed.
Given Crow is on last legs, and Kane and Toews...it feels like we should take the lottery gods sign and go with the "now" game-changer.
Then you can trade Gus or Mitchell or Joker and Forsling, etc....even get Seabs out of here with those and buy someone to score...like fucking Panarin for Seabs.
Cat-Toews-Kuhn
Panarin-Strome-Kane
Saad-Edjesell-P...
Lets play to win now...
They can "re-build" when Kane and Toews and Crow are gone. If we are rebuilding then they should trade all three.