The defense, from purely a talent level, will be better than this past year. Carlson-Dillon, Orlov-Schultz, Siegs/Fehervary-TVR is a deep top 6.
I will say this is a pretty damning indictment of our defensive prospects, notably former 1st-round pick Lucas Johansen, who I guess sucks? Alexeyev is young enough where I see him eventually becoming an Orlov replacement.
