Some quick tidbits on the roster from Fitzy in an interview with Jimmy Murphy:
-On replacing the vet D we lost: He believes Bahl can give us the strong/hard defensive minutes that Graves gave us and believes Luke can give us the same or better offense than Sevo. Mistakes will happen, but both guys will have a long leash. No mention of Nemec there, seems like he'll be in Utica barring injuries(which is the right decision).
-They believe in Schmid but thought he may need more time. He'll get a chance to run with Vitek at the start of the year and see where it goes.
-Still believes Holtz will be another pillar for this team going forward.
-Talked about drafting. Said his mandate is that he wants guys who have the highest ceilings. "We'll take 10% chance of being a star over 100% chance of being on the 4th line." Makes sense as to why the OHL scout who pushed for Stillman was fired then lol.
- vlongo4419
Im watching it now. So we know by now Fitz doesnt BS with his words. He always says what he means. He's very honest. For him to say holtz is going to be a pillar of the team, after saying the other pillars are the big 3, he must have some sort of knowledge of holtz growing bigtime. Not sure if they collect analytics of offseason training or how they can determine growth. But this gives me alot of confidence in Holtz actually being a Devil.
With that said, if holtz does become some 40 goal sniper, added to Timo and Tyler. I honestly cant remember aside from the Detroit/Avs teams, another team that has so much quality on the roster. We were deep before Holtz. If he flips the switch, damn these Devils have all the tools to make an historic dynasty.