When your bottom 6 is McKegg, Smith, Fast, Howden, Andersson, and Lemieux you will struggle to score. There is not one person in that bottom 6 who scores more than 10 or so goals. That is real bad. They badly need Chytil and/or Kravtsov to step up and be worthy of a role on the big club. Without them we won't have enough scoring.
The D has been better the past two games with the changes Quinn made, but still is subpar overall. We need to remember this is one more transition year. Next year we'll have more new faces on D.
One plus is I think Kreider will be back against the Devs? Not sure why he missed the first 3 games, but from what I read he'll be back against the Devs hopefully. We'll see. I would offer him over 6 mill per for 5 or 6 years right now. The good thing about him is he's consistent and plays with A effort and passion game in and game out. Exactly what you want from a leader and someone who wants over 6 mill per on a long term deal.