Anthony on the team’s depth without Auston Matthews:
They’re still missing William Nylander, too. In the summer, when they had lost JVR and Bozak, it was easy to say, “Tavares has now slid in.” But last year they might’ve been better equipped to handle Matthews missing because they had a little bit more scoring depth.
JVR was a huge part of their power play last year, obviously, on that top unit, which Matthews didn’t even play on. Now they need to figure out who is going to fill Matthews’ shoes on the power play, and who is going to play center.