I think we're going with the top 6 that was giving us success at the end of the year.
It also remains to be seen whether or not Connor and Roslovic are ready, both guys are 20 and have a season in the AHL under their belts so it's definitely possible. If they are ready, our lineup looks a lot better as they are both way more talented than guys we'd otherwise ice in our bottom 6.
Ehlers - Scheifele - Wheeler (all-around great offensive line with lightning quick counter attacking and big arsenal for 1 on 1 moves)
Perreault - Little - Laine (solid offensive line with a great passing game and elite shooter)
Matthias - Lowry - Armia (big, pest line that plays a straight forward game, worked pretty well last year)
Connor - Roslovic - Dano (2-way line that can score and has a lot of speed to burn, this im just guessing but hoping to see for increased scoring depth)
Copp (is an option anywhere in the bottom 6)
Tanev/Sgarbossa/Lemieux (14th forward, energy 4th liners)
Petan (wild card, personally think he's not part of the Jets future but definitely has good skill)
Our offense has a lot of variations, especially if Connor/Roslovic make the team, so we're probably going to see a lot of line shuffling during the year. For example if Perreault is struggling it's easy to swap him with Connor, we've ran with the Ehlers-Scheif-Laine line before and bottom 6 could change anytime.
Morrissey - Trouba (solid pairing, here's hoping Morrissey doesn't go through a sophomore slump, he played like a top 4 D last year and Trouba looked like a top-pairing guy)
Kulikov/Enstrom - Big Buff (probably going to try both Kuli and Enstrom to see who works better, at the end of the day it's a Buff-show regardless)
Enstrom/Kulikov - Myers (excited to see Myers back, he played like a solid top 4 before he got hurt, it's really a luxury to have him on our 3rd pairing but he can always move up if need be)
Chiarot (good 3rd pairing guy)
Melchiori (xtra d-man)
Mason
Hellebuyck
(we'll see who runs with it, at least the competition will be fierce.. both can be somewhat bipolar though so i guess you just go with the hot hand)
I really like our potential team for next year. Again if Connor/Roslovic make the team our depth up front looks really solid, and we can afford an injury both up front and on the back-end. Goaltending can't be as bad as it was last year.
Just hoping the young guys get even better and we can definitely make the playoffs.
And for the love of god, can we finally avoid the injury bug so we can actually ice our best lineup? pls?
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