Reasonably, it's a hard gig to assess 5 seasons in the future. Looking at current rosters is the only real path to go but those are misleading, as big trades, signings, and other roster moves change things from season to season, let alone 5. Thinking about the future I feel that a team like Texas is primed to be real good. I know it's a little bit of a cold take over the recent years to go with Texas but they have a young core primed to take steps in that direction. While Kvalheim, Horvat, Kubinec, and maybe Brusky will be in regression, they have an elite goaltending tandem, with Kavanagh earning high and Goodman already in a spot where he is going to be solid until regression. Wachter, Lepponen, Kekkonen, all high earning players that wil be peaking in the early S60's. Texas is also impressive for the crop of S52-54 players right now, with Sondergard, Scianna, Sulfurgold, Williams, Hudson, and Potts all being earning at varying rates, but effective and primed for the future. Personally they are a step ahead of a team like Tampa or New England who are still waiting on the next wave of young talent to really hit the SHL to take them out of their rebuild. Texas has that mix of youth and veteran presences that succeeding for them comes down to everyone staying actie, and their ability to keep everyone under contract without management blunders will allow them to maintain the regular season success we are seeing from them now.