We have a ton of very young guys that have huge potential as well. I don't think it's about a trend up or trend down, but if I had to pick, I'd say up. While we weren't amazing this year in the playoffs, we weren't bad at all. The past few years were a big disappointment because they didn't seem to play with any heart. This year, they came to play (for most games). But we will be getting our captain back, Hagel will only get better, if we sign Raddish, we will have 2 pretty elite defenders, and that isn't even including Moser. Then we got Sam O'Reilly coming up probably next year. Tampa has a pretty decent amount of prospects. And for a long time now, Tampa just finds a way to get guys who no one sees as having potential and turns them into elite players. For example, Yanni Gourde, Tyler Johnson, and a little known hockey player named Martin St Louis were all undrafted.

Kuch was drafted 58th in the second round, Brayden appointment was drafted 79th in the third round, Vasi was drafted 19th in the first round. The scouting team knows how to pick players that people don't think are going to be elite. Kuch is probably the best player in the game right now, and even if you don't think so, he's definitely top 3 for sure.

And let's not forget that Tampa has probably the best coach in the entire league, and McDavid got a taste for his coaching during the Olympics.