You can't say Norris is better than anybody. Until proven otherwise he's Tim Connolly 2.0. There's an extremely likely possibility that at 26, he's near the end of his career. He's had 3 years of shoulder injuries.
Zucker is not definitively better than Ott. He scores more, but Ott was a more physical presence.
Comparing Quinn and Girgensons is stupid, but no he isn't. Girgensons was very reliable and often the best player in our bottom 6.
Doan is unknown. he might not even be an NHL level talent.
Kaleta was definitely better than Danforth thus far.
Benson should be in the AHL absed on production thus far.
Kulich is not yet on par with Ennis who was a routine 20G scorer.
Thompson + Tuch + McLeod is probably slightly better than Vanek + Stafford + Girgensons at that point int heir careers. But the rest of our group is a mess.
Cool. None of that is relevant, because we have no idea who will play the most games this year. Maybe adams does a firesale in october -february like we did in 2013. All you can judge is the plan going into the year.