Realistically, who is going to challenge for a roster spot?
Makarov, Skille, Bickell, Dowell, and Stalberg (which already fills the roster).
Others are DiDomenico, Kruger, Brophey, Smith, Paradis, and Morin -- none of which are ready or even make an impact at camp. One guy that I can see stirring things up is Klinkhammer - one guy.
At D you have Lalonde, Vishnevskiy, Connelly... after that nobody else has a chance. I have a hard time believing Connelly will make the team anyway but its possible and he will compete which is a good factor... but if you only have 2-3 players at camp that can compete... thats scary. Other D-men include D-P, Stanton, Carlsson, Cullimore. There might be competition at D with three guys fighting for one spot, I like that, but at Forward it certainly is lacking (I think realistically at D Lalonde probably won't make it to the very end and I'm not sure Connelly or Vishnevskiy are 100% ready).
Past years we had boatloads of players competing, and it would come to the harshest decisions. Remember one year it was Makarov, Skille, Versteeg at the end fighting for one spot... but many were cut before them that were also worthy (the Bickells and Dowells of camp). This year there might be one or two players pushing. Not a handful, its going to take a few years to get back to that.