A cohesive fourth line playing a certain style that Lindy envisions could have an outsized impact on things. Their play could wear down the opponent and ripple through the rest of the lines.
On the surface it's smart.
Zucker is fine. Reimer is possibly a big move bc Levi probably isn't ready. KA is willing to block a prospect. That's a pretty big change.
Lindy.
All in all these are modest steps toward some return to normalcy.
If KA can do more, it could become time to get geuinely excited. Sports is replete with examples of teams that regressed one year then jumped leaps and bounds. You'd have to have a youngin or two or three really pop, but that happens, too. The players we crave might already be here, about to shed their skin.
Cherries on top might wait for @Taro T suspected timeline to make a real push.
I'm not clinically depressed. I'll be at the home opener for sure.