So as of today:
Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Oshie
Mantha - Strome - Brown
MAJO - Eller - Sheary
AJF - Dowd _Hathaway
Snively/Leason
Fehervary - Carlson
Orlov - Jensen
Gustafsson - TVR
LUJO/Irwin
Kuemper/Lindgren
LTIR - Backstrom, Hagelin and Wilson
One of Snively, Leason and LUJO would have to pass through waivers in order to be sent to Hershey. I believe it'll most likely be Leason.
I didn't list CMM or Protas as they still can go straight to Hershey without going through waivers. Would prefer CMM getting ice time/experience at Hershey rather going through another season like he just did under Lavy.
Not crazy about the third line of Johansson, Eller and Sheary but we'll see. Eller really battle with COVID last season so we'll see if we see a return of the Tiger from a few seasons ago.
Threre will be injuries for sure during the season so would expect to see the likes of CMM and Protas get call ups.
When Wilson returns, I'd slot him in on the first line and drop Oshie down to the third line.
Sheary - Eller - Oshie looks better.
Come the 23/24 season the forwards could look something like:
Ovechkin - Kuznetsov - Wilson
Mantha - Strome - Brown (this is based on Backstrom not returning and Strome and Brown perform up to our expectations)
Snively - CMM - Oshie/Protas
AJF - Dowd - Protas/Oshie
This would mean the departures of Backstrom (9.2), MAJO (1.1), Eller (3.5) , Sheary (1.5), Hagelin (2.75) and Hathaway(1.5). That's 10 mil in cap space without including Backstrom. Caps will need the cap to address the resigning of Orlov, Jensen, TVR, and Brown who will all be UFAs as well as RFAs Strome, Fehervary and AJF.