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With the depth at D, I doubt it. Unless we get 3-4 injuries in our D.
IMHO
Subban
Markov
Petry
Emelin
Beaulieu
Gilbert
Pateryn
Tinordi
Call-up order
Barberio
Dietz
Bennett
Ellis
Hanley
Thrower
Lernout
Sign Didier
Panic (actually, panic start at Dietz playing as 6th prob)
well my guess would be that management would at some point move a defensemen if say Beaulieu steps up and looks to be solid on the 2nd pairing and say Pateryn plays well and even Tinordi shows some good things. If this were to happen, with us needing help at forward but being short on cap space (depending on how much Galchenyuk gets) they might be forced at some point to move one of the 8 D cause unless injuries hit it's going to be hard to get ice time for 8 D and after the top 3 of ours we have the 3 young D's that will need ice at some point as we don't want one or more out of Beaulieu/Pateryn/Tinordi sitting too much.
So if Beaulieu is looking good, then you have a bottom pairing of Emelin/Gilbert that eats up 6.9M in cap space, while leaving Pateryn/Tinordi in the press box (unless they dress 7D).
If that were to happy and we get down to 7D, a couple injuries at the NHL and AHL level and then you could see Bennett. Although I would think his chances would be better the following season if say Tinordi struggles or the next season if Markov is gone and Beaulieu moves up he might be in line for a bottom pairing or 7th d spot.
