Speculation: 2017-18 NHL Lines Thread (as of June 8th '18 @ 9:00am) [FINAL]

BonMorrison

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For depth chart information, caley has a fantastic thread right here.

NOTES

1) The lines shown here are a reflection of the teams prior nights games.

2) LW/RW & defensive sides are in effect. Injured players will be noted; healthy scratches will not be.

3) Please remember this is an ever-evolving document so if you have issues, be constructive, and I will address and update as the year goes on.

STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS

:caps (49- 26 - 7) - Y

LWCRW
Alex OvechkinEvgeny KuznetsovTom Wilson
Jakub VránaNicklas BäckströmT.J. Oshie
André BurakovskyLars EllerBrett Connolly
Chandler StephensonJay BeagleDevante Smith-Pelly
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Dmitry OrlovMatt Niskanen
Michal KempnýJohn Carlson
Brooks OrpikChristian Djoos
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Braden Holtby
Philipp Grubauer
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

ELIMINATED TEAMS

:ducks (44 - 25 - 13) - X

LWCRW
Rickard RakellRyan GetzlafCorey Perry
Andrew CoglianoRyan KeslerJakob Silfverberg
Nick RitchieAdam HenriqueOndřej Kaše
Jason ChimeraDerek GrantJ.T. Brown
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Patrick Eaves

LDRD
Hampus LindholmJosh Manson
François BeaucheminBrandon Montour
Marcus PetterssonAndy Welinski
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Cam Fowler

G
John Gibson
Ryan Miller
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:coyotes (29 - 41 - 12) - e

LWCRW
Clayton KellerDerek StepanRichard Pánik
Max DomiDylan StromeZac Rinaldo
Brendan PerliniChristian FischerJosh Archibald
Nick CousinsBrad RichardsonJordan Martinook
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Christian Dvorak

LDRD
Oliver Ekman-LarssonLuke Schenn
Alex GoligoskiDakota Mermis
Joel HanleyTrevor Murphy
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Jason Demers, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Jakob Chychrun, Kevin Connauton

G
Antti Raanta
Darcy Kuemper
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:bruins (50 - 20 - 12) - X

LWCRW
Brad MarchandPatrice BergeronDavid Pastrňák
Ryan DonatoDavid KrejčíRick Nash
Jake DeBruskSean KuralyDavid Backes
Tim SchallerRiley NashNoel Acciari
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Anders Bjork

LDRD
Zdeno CháraCharlie McAvoy
Nick HoldenKevan Miller
Matt GrzelcykAdam McQuaid
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Brandon Carlo, Torey Krug

G
Tuukka Rask
Anton Khudobin
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:sabres (25 - 45 - 12) - e

LWCRW
Scott WilsonJack EichelSam Reinhart
Alex NylanderRyan O'ReillyKyle Okposo
Evan RodriguesCasey MittelstadtJason Pominville
Jordan NolanJohan LarssonNicholas Baptiste
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Zemgus Girgensons

LDRD
Brendan GuhleRasmus Ristolainen
Marco ScandellaCasey Nelson
Nathan BealieuJosh Gorges
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Zach Bogosian, Jake McCabe, Victor Antipin

G
Robin Lehner
Chad Johnson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:canes (36 - 35 - 11) - e

LWCRW
Phillip Di GiuseppeJordan StaalJustin Williams
Sebastian AhoElias LindholmTeuvo Teräväinen
Jeff SkinnerDerek RyanLee Stempniak
Joakim NordstromNicolas RoyValentin Zykov
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Brock McGinn

LDRD
Jaccob SlavinKlas Dahlbeck
Noah HanifinTrevor van Riemsdyk
Haydn FleuryRoland McKeown
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Brett Pesce, Justin Faulk

G
Scott Darling
Cam Ward
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:flames (37 - 35 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Johnny GaudreauMark JankowskiMichael Ferland
Sam BennettMikael BacklundSpencer Foo
Troy BrouwerNick ShoreMichael Frolik
Curtis LazarMatt StajanGarnet Hathaway
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk, Sean Monahan, Kris Versteeg

LDRD
Mark GiordanoDougie Hamilton
Brett KulakMichael Stone
Matt BartkowskiRasmus Andersson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: T.J. Brodie, Travis Hamonic

G
Mike Smith
David Rittich
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:hawks (33 - 39 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Patrick SharpNick SchmaltzPatrick Kane
Brandon SaadArtem AnisimovAndreas Martinsen
Dylan SikuraVictor EjdsellAlex DeBrincat
Vinnie HinostrozaDavid KampfJordan Oesterle (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Jonathan Toews, Anthony Duclair

LDRD
Duncan KeithBrent Seabrook
Erik GustafssonConnor Murphy
Blake HillmanJan Rutta
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Michal Rozsíval

G
Jean-François Bérubé
Collin Delia
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Corey Crawford, Anton Forsberg

:avs (43 - 30 - 9) - X

LWCRW
Gabriel LandeskogNathan MacKinnonMikko Rantanen
Colin WilsonAlexander KerfootTyson Jost
Matt NietoCarl SöderbergBlake Comeau
Sven AndrighettoJ.T. CompherGabriel Bourque
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Nikita ZadorovTyson Barrie
Patrik NemethSamuel Girard
Duncan SiemensMark Barberio
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Erik Johnson

G
Andrew Hammond
Spencer Martin
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Semyon Varlamov, Jonathan Bernier

:cbj (45 - 30 - 7) - X

LWCRW
Artemy PanarinAlexander WennbergJosh Anderson
Matt CalvertPierre-Luc DuboisCam Atkinson
Boone JennerNick FolignoOliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon DubinskyMark LetestuThomas Vanek
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Lukas Sedlak

LDRD
Zach WerenskiSeth Jones
Ian ColeDavid Savard
Ryan MurrayMarkus Nutivaara
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Sergei Bobrovsky
Joonas Korpisalo
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:stars (42 - 32 - 8) - e

LWCRW
Jamie BennTyler SeguinAlexander Radulov
Mattias JanmarkJason SpezzaBrett Ritchie
Antoine RousselRadek FaksaTyler Pitlick
Gemel SmithDevin ShoreDillon Heatherington (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Martin Hanzal

LDRD
Esa LindellJohn Klingberg
Mark MethotGreg Pateryn
Dan HamhuisJulius Honka
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Stephen Johns

G
Kari Lehtonen
Mike McKenna
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Ben Bishop

:wings (30 - 39 - 13) - e

LWCRW
Tyler BertuzziHenrik ZetterbergGustav Nyquist
Darren HelmDylan LarkinAnthony Mantha
Andreas AthanasiouFrans NielsenJustin Abdelkader
David BoothLuke GlendeningMartin Frk
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Danny DeKeyserNick Jensen
Niklas KronwallXavier Ouellet
Jonathan EricssonTrevor Daley
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Mike Green

G
Jimmy Howard
Jared Coreau
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:edmonton (36 - 40 - 6) - e

LWCRW
Ryan Nugent-HopkinsConnor McDavidTy Rattie
Jujhar KhairaLeon DraisaitlJesse Puljujärvi
Milan LucicRyan StromeDrake Caggiula
Anton SlepyshevMike CammalleriZack Kassian
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Darnell NurseAdam Larsson
Kris RussellEthan Bear
Keegan LoweMatt Benning
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Oscar Klefbom, Andrej Sekera

G
Cam Talbot
Al Montoya
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:panthers (44 - 30 - 8) - e

LWCRW
Jonathan HuberdeauVincent TrocheckColton Sceviour
Evgeny DadonovJared McCannNick Bjugstad
Henrik BorgströmFrank VatranoJamie McGinn
Maxim MaminMichael HaleyRadim Vrbata
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Aleksander Barkov

LDRD
Keith YandleAaron Ekblad
Michael MathesonMark Pysyk
MacKenzie WeegarAlex Petrovic
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:kings (45 - 29 - 8) - X

LWCRW
Alex IafalloAnže KopitarDustin Brown
Tanner PearsonJeff CarterTyler Toffoli
Tobias RiederAdrian KempeTrevor Lewis
Kyle CliffordNate ThompsonTorrey Mitchell
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Oscar FantenbergDrew Doughty
Dion PhaneufAlec Martinez
Jake MuzzinChristian Folin
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Derek Forbort

G
Jonathan Quick
Jack Campbell
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:habs (29 - 40 - 13) - e

LWCRW
Paul ByronJonathan DrouinBrendan Gallagher
Alex GalchenyukJacob de la RoseArtturi Lehkonen
Daniel CarrAndrew ShawKerby Rychel
Nicolas DeslauriersByron FroeseMichael McCarron
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Aleš Hemský, Max Pacioretty, Phillip Danault, Charles Hudon

LDRD
Jordie BennJeff Petry
Karl AlznerNoah Juulsen
Mike ReillyBrett Lernout
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Shea Weber, Victor Mete

G
Carey Price
Antti Niemi
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:wild (45 - 26 - 11) - X

LWCRW
Jason ZuckerEric StaalCharlie Coyle
Nino NiederreiterMikko KoivuMikael Granlund
Marcus FolignoMatt CullenKyle Rau
Jordan GreenwayJoel Eriksson EkDaniel Winnik
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Luke Kunin, Zach Parise

LDRD
Jonas BrodinMatt Dumba
Nick SeelerJared Spurgeon
Ryan MurphyNate Prosser
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Ryan Suter, Gustav Olofsson

G
Devan Dubnyk
Alex Stalock
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:nashville (53 - 18 - 11) - P

LWCRW
Filip ForsbergRyan JohansenViktor Arvidsson
Kevin FialaKyle TurrisCraig Smith
Colton SissonsNick BoninoAustin Watson
Scott HartnellCalle JärnkrokRyan Hartman
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Mike Fisher

LDRD
Mattias EkholmP.K. Subban
Roman JosiRyan Ellis
Alexei EmelinYannick Weber
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Matt Irwin

G
Pekka Rinne
Jusse Saros
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:devils (44 - 29 - 9) - X

LWCRW
Taylor HallNico HischierJesper Bratt
Marcus JohanssonTravis ZajacKyle Palmieri
Miles WoodPavel ZachaPatrick Maroon
Blake ColemanBrian BoyleBrian Gibbons
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Andy GreeneMirco Müller
John MooreDamon Severson
Will ButcherBen Lovejoy
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Sami Vatanen

G
Cory Schneider
Keith Kinkaid
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:isles (35 - 37 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Anders LeeJohn TavaresJosh Bailey
Anthony BeauvillierMathew BarzalJordan Eberle
Shane PrinceBrock NelsonTanner Fritz
Andrew LaddChris WagnerCal Clutterbuck
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Nikolay Kulemin, Casey Cizikas

LDRD
Thomas HickeyScott Mayfield
Ryan PulockAdam Pelech
Brandon DavidsonDennis Seidenberg
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Calvin de Haan, Nick Leddy, Johnny Boychuk

G
Thomas Greiss
Jaroslav Halák
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:rangers (34 - 39 - 9) - e

LWCRW
Chris KreiderMika ZibanejadFilip Chytil
Jimmy VeseyLias AnderssonMats Zuccarello
Ryan SpoonerKevin HayesSteven Fogarty
Matt BeleskeyVladislav NamestnikovPavel Buchnevich
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Jesper Fast

LDRD
Marc StaalNeal Pionk
Brady SkjeiRyan Sproul
Rob O'GaraJohn Gilmour
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Kevin Shattenkirk, Steven Kampfer, Anthony DeAngelo

G
Henrik Lundqvist
Ondřej Pavelec
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:sens (28 - 43 - 11) - e

LWCRW
Ryan DzingelMatt DucheneColin White
Mike HoffmanJean-Gabriel PageauBobby Ryan
Magnus PääjärviZack SmithTom Pyatt
Max McCormickFilip ChlapikAlexandre Burrows
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Mark Stone, Marian Gaborik

LDRD
Mark BorowieckiCody Ceci
Thomas ChabotChristian Wolanin
Fredrik ClaessonAndreas Englund
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Chris Wideman

G
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:flyers (42 - 26 - 14) - X

LWCRW
Claude GirouxValtteri FilppulaJakub Voráček
Scott LaughtonSean CouturierWayne Simmonds
Michael RafflNolan PatrickTravis Konecny
Dale WeiseJori LehteräMatt Read
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Ivan ProvorovAndrew MacDonald
Robert HäggShayne Gostisbehere
Brandon ManningRadko Gudas
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Michal Neuvirth
Brian Elliott
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:pens (47 - 29 - 6) - X

LWCRW
Jake GuentzelSidney CrosbyPatric Hörnqvist
Bryan RustEvgeni MalkinPhil Kessel
Carl HagelinRiley SheahanDominik Simon
Tom KühnhacklDerick BrassardConor Sheary
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Zach Aston-Reese

LDRD
Brian DumoulinKris Letang
Olli MäättäChad Ruhwedel
Jamie OleksiakJustin Schultz
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Matt Murray
Casey DeSmith
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:sharks (45 - 27 - 10) - X

LWCRW
Evander KaneJoe PavelskiJoonas Donskoi
Tomáš HertlLogan CoutureMikkel Bødker
Timo MeierChris TierneyKevin Labanc
Marcus SörensenEric FehrMelker Karlsson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Joe Thornton

LDRD
Joakim RyanBrent Burns
Marc-Édouard VlasicJustin Braun
Brenden DillonDylan DeMelo
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:blues (44 - 32 - 6) - e

LWCRW
Jaden SchwartzBrayden SchennVladimir Tarasenko
Patrik BerglundKyle BrodziakAlexander Steen
Vladimir SobotkaIvan BarbashevDmitrij Jaškin
Nikita SoshnikovOskar SundqvistChris Thorburn
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Zach Sanford, Robby Fabbri, Scottie Upshall

LDRD
Joel EdmundsonAlex Pietrangelo
Vince DunnColton Parayko
Chris ButlerRobert Bortuzzo
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Jay Bouwmeester, Carl Gunnarsson

G
Jake Allen
Carter Hutton
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:bolts (54 - 23 - 5) - Z

LWCRW
Alex KillornSteven StamkosNikita Kucherov
Ondřej PalátBrayden PointTyler Johnson
J.T. MillerAnthony CirelliYanni Gourde
Chris KunitzCedric PaquetteRyan Callahan
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Adam Erne

LDRD
Victor HedmanDan Girardi
Ryan McDonaghAnton Strålman
Braydon CoburnMikhail Sergachev
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Louis Domingue
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:leafs (49 - 26 - 7) - X

LWCRW
Zach HymanAuston MatthewsConnor Brown
Patrick MarleauTomáš PlekanecMitch Marner
Andreas JohnssonNazem KadriWilliam Nylander
James van RiemsdykTyler BozakKasperi Kapanen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Leo Komarov

LDRD
Morgan RiellyRon Hainsey
Jake GardinerNikita Zaitsev
Travis DermottRoman Polák
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Frederik Andersen
Curtis McElhinney
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:jets (52 - 20 - 10) - X

LWCRW
Kyle ConnorMark ScheifeleBlake Wheeler
Nikolaj EhlersPaul StastnyPatrik Laine
Mathieu PerreaultBryan LittleJack Roslovic
Brandon TanevAdam LowryJoel Armia
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Josh MorrisseyDustin Byfuglien
Tobias EnströmJacob Trouba
Dmitry KulikovTyler Myers
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Connor Hellebuyck
Steve Mason
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:nucks (31 - 40 - 11) - e

LWCRW
Nikolay GoldobinBo HorvatJake Virtanen
Daniel SedinHenrik SedinSam Gagner
Darren ArchibaldBrandon SutterTyler Motte
Brendan LeipsicAdam GaudetteJussi Jokinen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Markus Granlund, Loui Eriksson, Sven Baertschi, Brock Boeser

LDRD
Alexander EdlerTroy Stecher
Michael Del ZottoDerrick Pouliot
Ben HuttonAlex Biega
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Erik Gudbranson, Chris Tanev

G
Jacob Markström
Anders Nilsson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:


:vegas (51 - 24 - 7) - Y

LWCRW
Jonathan MarchessaultWilliam KarlssonReilly Smith
Alex TuchErik HaulaJames Neal
David PerronCody EakinTomáš Tatar
Tomáš NosekPierre-Édouard BellemareWilliam Carrier
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Brayden McNabbNate Schmidt
Luca SbisaColin Miller
Shea TheodoreDeryk Engelland
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Marc-André Fleury
Maxime Legace
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Malcolm Subban
 
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BleedBlue14

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For STL defense looks pretty much right. maybe Schmaltz will be ahead of Bort. Offensively I have a feeling something along these lines may be ran:

Schwartz - Schenn - Tarasenko
Fabbri - Stastny - Steen
Sobotka - Barbashev - (call up or Bennet until Berglund is healthy)
PRV - Brodziak - Jaskin/Thorburn
 

Kcb12345

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Dallas will probably have Radulov with Seguin and Benn and also Pitlick is a right winger. Defense looks about right though. Also Hanzal may be on the 2nd line with Spezza at right wing. Ritchie probably will be on the 3rd or 4th
 

Jimmyjets

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For the Jets you're pretty close. I expect the 4th line will be Mathias Copp Dano and Petan and Tanev will be pressboxed or in the AHL.

The D pairings will be Morriessey Trouba, Kulikov Buff, Enstrom Myers
 

Icicle

Think big
Oct 16, 2005
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Evander Kane Jack Eichel Sam Reinhart
Alex Nylander Ryan O'Reilly Kyle Okposo
Benoit Pouliot Zemgus Girgensons Jason Pominville
Matt Moulson Johan Larsson Nicolas Deslauriers

Nylander isn't starting in the NHL. Girgensons is likely playing LW for now, making Larsson 3C, and Josefeson 4C. Deslauriers is the 13F at best. There's 4-5 young players that will play the 4RW before him, I personally would say Rodrigues, but who knows. I won't comment further than that.

Oh, and Gorges either 6LHD or a 7D at this point. Antipin is on RD.
 

Mobiandi

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Lazar over Shinkaruk. Stajan likely on the left and Lazar on the right
 

Hivemind

We're Touched
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Capitals:

Probably fill out half of the roster with (???) at this point, since there will be several open audition spots for the depth positions (4LW, 4RW, 2/3LD, 3RD, extra skaters). As such, there isn't a ton of consensus at this point.


That being said, both Burakovsky and Vrana can play RW. So most expect one of them to fill the 2RW role over Connolly or Wilson.

Many are also penciling Djoos in as the young defenseman to make the team out of camp, particularly given that he's not waiver exempt.

Most expect at least one of Barber, Boyd, Stephenson, or Walker to make the team. Differing opinions about which will. Groavac has a one or two believers, but I view him as a longshot.
 

seafoam

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Those NYI ones are pretty banged up.

You're probably looking at something closer...

Lee-Tavares-Eberle
Ladd-Nelson-Ho-Sang
Chimera-Barzal/Beauvillier-Bailey
Kulemin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Quine

Leddy-Boychuk
de Haan-Pulock
Hickey-Mayfield
Pelech-Seidenberg

Griess, Halak
 

BonMorrison

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Also, isn't this thread redundant with Caley's depth chart thread?

Nah, we do this every year. His depth chart is just to look at organizational rankings in the system while this is focusing on what the opening night line ups are gonna be (and then as the year goes on).
 

Pierce Hawthorne

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Very tough to say as it's probably 50/50 whether Duchene is with the team or not, which has a massive impact on what prospects make the big club, what our Defense looks like, etc. etc.


Assuming he stays with the team though I'm gonna say they look something like this:



Andrighetto - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Wilson - Duchene - Compher
Landy - Soderberg - Yakupov
Comeau - Colborne - Nieto


Zadorov - EJ
Barbeiro - Barrie
Bigras - Mironov

Varlamov/Bernier




Without Duchene:


Andrighetto - Mack - Rantanen
Landeskog - Soderberg - Jost
Wilson - Compher - Yakupov
Comeau - Colborne - Nieto



Defense and Goaltending stay the same(Unless we get a D back in Duchene trade in which case things change).
 

M.C.G. 31

Damn, he brave!
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Habs look pretty close --

Pacioretty-Danault-Lehkonen
Drouin-Galchenyuk-Gallagher
Byron-Plekanec-Shaw
Hudon/McCarron-Mitchell-Hemsky

Alzner-Weber
Jerabek-Petry
Schlemko-Benn
Davidson

Although I also wouldn't be surprised if Plek and Chucky swap spots because the org is still pretty dumb when it comes to Chucky.
 

donut

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Sep 5, 2012
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My understanding is that Florida's top-6 will be the following:

Jonathan Huberdeau - Aleksander Barkov - Evgeni Dadonov
Henrik Haapala - Vincent Trocheck - Radim Vrbata
 

Unsustainable

Bunch of Jerks
Apr 14, 2012
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Peters said that Skinner - Ryan - Stempiak will be back together.

Likely:
TT - Rask - Williams
Aho - Staal - Lindholm
Skinner - Ryan - Stempiak
Nordstrom - Kruger - Jooris
McGinn

Slavin - Pesce
Hanifin - Faulk
Fluery - TVR
Dahlbeck

Darling
Ward
 

DramaticGloveSave

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Lehkonen is a LW, and Drouion likely plays RW after playing mostly that last year in Tampa. I also think Alzner plays with Petry as the primary tough minutes pairing, at least for the regular season to keep Weber fresh.

Pacioretty-Galchenyuk-Drouin
Lehkonen-Danault-Gallagher
Byron-Plekanec-Hemsky
DLR/Hudon-Mitchell-Shaw

Alzner-Petry
Schlemko-Weber
Jerabek-Benn

Price
Montoya
 

Beautvillier

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Those NYI ones are pretty banged up.

You're probably looking at something closer...

Lee-Tavares-Eberle
Ladd-Nelson-Ho-Sang
Chimera-Barzal/Beauvillier-Bailey
Kulemin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Quine

Leddy-Boychuk
de Haan-Pulock
Hickey-Mayfield
Pelech-Seidenberg

Griess, Halak

believe seidenberg will be on de haan's right side since they played well together, allows pulock some adjustment time and pelech is a better dman than hickey.
 

VoluntaryDom

Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
Oct 31, 2016
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Those Tampa lines are bad

Namestnikov-Stamkos-Kucherov
Palat-Johnson-Gourde
Killorn-Point-Callahan
Kunitz-Dumont-Conacher

Don't even ask me about the defense. Here is what I would do

Hedman-Dotchin
Sergachev-Stralman
Koekkoek-Coburn
 

VoluntaryDom

Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
Oct 31, 2016
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Tampa FL
For the Leafs, replace Martin with Kapanen and move Hyman to LW (Kappy to RW)

I prefer Marchenko to Marincin but otherwise the defense is about right
 

Dr Danglefest

Lindros|Giroux|Krug
May 29, 2010
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THE SouthShore, MASS
Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Bjork - Krejci - Backes
Belesky - Spooner - Vatrano
Kuraly - Acciari - Nash
Schaller

Chara - Carlo
McAvoy - K. Miller
Krug - Mcquaid

Rask
Khudobin


It seems like a near certainty that the Bruins will Ice a rookie on Krejcis wing, whether it's Bjork that they made a priority to get under contract or if it's JFK who they allowed to burn a year off his ELC last year after one game. Also I think they will give Charlie someone with a little more footspeed than Chara for any mistakes he may make as he's not the same type of Defenseman Carlo is/was so there's more room for turnovers in his game
 

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