Speculation: 2018-19 NHL Lines Thread (as of June 12th '19 @ 4:00pm) [FINAL]

BonMorrison

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

NOTES

1) These lines are reflective of the teams most recent game.

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 FINALS

:bruins (49 - 24 - 9) - x

LWCRW
Brad MarchandPatrice BergeronDavid Pastrňák
Jake DeBruskDavid KrejčíKarson Kuhlman
Marcus JohanssonCharlie CoyleDanton Heinen
Joakim NordströmSean KuralyNoel Acciari
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Zdeno CháraCharlie McAvoy
Torey KrugBrandon Carlo
John MooreMatt Grzelcyk
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Tuukka Rask
Jaroslav Halák
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:blues (45 - 28 - 9) - x

LWCRW
Jaden SchwartzBrayden SchennVladimir Tarasenko
Zach SanfordRyan O'ReillyDavid Perron
Patrick MaroonTyler BozakSammy Blais
Ivan BarbashevOskar SundqvistAlexander Steen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Carl GunnarssonAlex Pietrangelo
Jay BouwmeesterColton Parayko
Joel EdmundsonVince Dunn
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Jordan Binnington
Jake Allen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

ELIMINATED TEAMS

:ducks (34 - 38 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Nick RitchieRyan GetzlafCorey Perry
Rickard RakellSam SteelJakob Silfverberg
Devin ShoreAdam HenriqueDaniel Sprong
Max JonesCarter RowneyDerek Grant
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Ondřej Kaše, Ryan Kesler, Troy Terry

LDRD
Hampus LindholmJacob Larsson
Cam FowlerBrendan Guhle
Jaycob MegnaKorbinian Holzer
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Josh Manson

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

:coyotes (39 - 35 - 8) - e

LWCRW
Lawson CrouseDerek StepanJosh Archibald
Nick CousinsAlex GalchenyukConor Garland
Clayton KellerChristian DvorakChristian Fischer
Vinnie HinostrozaBrad RichardsonMichael Grabner
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Nick Schmaltz

LDRD
Oliver Ekman-LarssonJason Demers
Alex GoligoskiNiklas Hjalmarsson
Kevin ConnautonJordan Oesterle
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:sabres (33 - 39 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Victor OlofssonJack EichelSam Reinhart
Jeff SkinnerEvan RodriguesKyle Okposo
Scott WilsonCasey MittelstadtConor Sheary
Zemgus GirgensonsJohan LarssonJason Pominville
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Rasmus DahlinRasmus Ristolainen
Jake McCabeBrandon Montour
Lawrence PilutCasey Nelson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Zach Bogosian, Marco Scandella

G
Carter Hutton
Linus Ullmark
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:flames (50 - 25 - 7) - z

LWCRW
Johnny GaudreauSean MonahanSam Bennett
Matthew TkachukMikael BacklundElias Lindholm
Austin CzarnikMark JankowskiMichael Frolik
Andrew MangiapaneDerek RyanGarnet Hathaway
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Mark GiordanoT.J. Brodie
Noah HanifinTravis Hamonic
Juuso VälimäkiRasmus Andersson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:canes (46 - 29 - 7) - x

LWCRW
Nino NiederreiterSebastian AhoJustin Williams
Andrei SvechnikovJordan StaalTeuvo Teräväinen
Brock McGinnGreg McKeggMichael Ferland
Warren FoegeleLucas WallmarkSaku Mäenalanen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Jaccob SlavinDougie Hamilton
Calvin de HaanJustin Faulk
Haydn FleuryBrett Pesce
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Trevor van Riemsdyk

G
Curtis McElhinney
Petr Mrázek
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:hawks (36 - 34 - 12) - e

LWCRW
Drake CaggiulaJonathan ToewsPatrick Kane
Alex DeBrincatDylan StromeBrendan Perlini
Brandon SaadArtem AnisimovDominik Kahun
Chris KunitzMarcus KrügerJohn Hayden
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Duncan KeithErik Gustafsson
Gustav ForslingConnor Murphy
Slater KoekkoekBrent Seabrook
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Corey Crawford
Cam Ward
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:avs (38 - 30 - 14) - x

LWCRW
Gabriel LandeskogNathan MacKinnonMikko Rantanen
Colin WilsonTyson JostAlexander Kerfoot
Matt NietoCarl SöderbergJ.T. Compher
Gabriel BourqueDerick BrassardPatrik Nemeth (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Vladislav Kamenev, Matt Calvert

LDRD
Ian ColeErik Johnson
Nikita ZadorovTyson Barrie
Samuel GirardCale Makar
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Philipp Grubauer
Semyon Varlamov
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:cbj (47 - 31 - 4) - x

LWCRW
Artemi PanarinPierre-Luc DuboisJosh Anderson
Ryan DzingelMatt DucheneOliver Bjorkstrand
Nick FolignoBoone JennerCam Atkinson
Brandon DubinskyAlexandre TexierMarkus Hännikäinen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Zach WerenskiSeth Jones
Dean KukanDavid Savard
Scott HarringtonVladislav Gavrikov
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Ryan Murray, Adam McQuaid, Markus Nutivaara

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

:stars (43 - 32 - 7) - x

LWCRW
Jamie BennTyler SeguinAlexander Radulov
Jason DickinsonRoope HintzMats Zuccarello
Andrew CoglianoRadek FaksaBlake Comeau
Jason SpezzaJustin DowlingBrett Ritchie
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Martin Hanzal

LDRD
Miro HeiskanenJohn Klingberg
Esa LindellRoman Polák
Taylor FedunBen Lovejoy
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Stephen Johns, Marc Methot

G
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:wings (32 - 40 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Tyler BertuzziDylan LarkinAnthony Mantha
Taro HiroseAndreas AthanasiouDarren Helm
Ryan KuffnerChristoffer EhnMartin Frk
Matt PuempelDominic TurgeonLuke Witkowski
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Evgeny Svechnikov, Jacob de la Rose, Justin Abdelkader, Michael Rasmussen, Thomas Vanek, Frans Nielsen, Luke Glendening

LDRD
Niklas KronwallFilip Hronek
Joe HickettsMadison Bowey
Jake CheliosDylan McIlrath
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Mike Green, Trevor Daley, Jonathan Ericsson, Danny DeKeyser

G
Jimmy Howard
Jonathan Bernier
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:edmonton (35 - 38 - 9) - e

LWCRW
Leon DraisaitlConnor McDavidZack Kassian
Joseph GambardellaRyan Nugent-HopkinsAlex Chiasson
Tobias RiederColby CaveSam Gagner
Ty RattieBrad MaloneKevin Gravel (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Jesse Puljujärvi

LDRD
Oscar KlefbomAdam Larsson
Darnell NurseKris Russell
Andrej SekeraMatt Benning
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Mikko Koskinen
Anthony Stolarz
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:panthers (36 - 32 - 14) - e

LWCRW
Jonathan HuberdeauAleksander BarkovEvgenii Dadonov
Mike HoffmanVincent TrocheckDenis Malgin
Frank VatranoRiley SheahanTroy Brouwer
Jamie McGinnHenrik BorgströmColton Sceviour
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Michael MathesonAaron Ekblad
Keith YandleMacKenzie Weegar
Mark PysykJosh Brown
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:kings (31 - 42 - 9) - e

LWCRW
Alex IafalloAnže KopitarDustin Brown
Kyle CliffordJeff CarterIlya Kovalchuk
Carl GrundstromAdrian KempeTyler Toffoli
Austin WagnerTrevor LewisBlake Lizotte
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Derek ForbortDrew Doughty
Alec MartinezMatt Roy
Dion PhaneufSean Walker
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:wild (37 - 36 - 9) - e

LWCRW
Jason ZuckerEric StaalVictor Rask
Kevin FialaRyan DonatoNico Sturm
Jordan GreenwayJoel Eriksson EkLuke Kunin
Marcus FolignoEric FehrAnthony Bitetto (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Mikko Koivu, Zach Parise

LDRD
Ryan SuterJared Spurgeon
Jonas BrodinBrad Hunt
Nick SeelerGreg Pateryn
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Matt Dumba

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

:habs (44 - 30 - 8) - e

LWCRW
Tomáš TatarPhillip DanaultBrendan Gallagher
Artturi LehkonenMax DomiAndrew Shaw
Jonathan DrouinJesperi KotkaniemiJoel Armia
Nicolas DeslauriersJordan WealRyan Poehling
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Victor MeteShea Weber
Brett KulakJeff Petry
Jordie BennChristian Folin
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Carey Price
Charlie Lindgren
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:nashville (47 - 29 - 6) - y

LWCRW
Filip ForsbergRyan JohansenViktor Arvidsson
Mikael GranlundKyle TurrisRocco Grimaldi
Calle JärnkrokColton SissonsCraig Smith
Brian BoyleNick BoninoAustin Watson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Wayne Simmonds

LDRD
Mattias EkholmP.K. Subban
Roman JosiRyan Ellis
Dan HamhuisDante Fabbro
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:devils (31 - 41 - 10) - e

LWCRW
Blake ColemanNico HischierNathan Bastian
Miles WoodTravis ZajacJoey Anderson
Kenny AgostinoPavel ZachaDrew Stafford
Brett SeneyKevin RooneyMichael McLeod
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Taylor Hall, Jesper Bratt, Kyle Palmieri

LDRD
Andy GreeneDamon Severson
Will ButcherSteven Santini
Egor YakovlevConnor Carrick
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Sami Vatanen

G
Cory Schneider
Mackenzie Blackwood
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:isles (48 - 27 - 7) - x

LWCRW
Tom KühnhacklMathew BarzalJordan Eberle
Leo KomarovBrock NelsonJosh Bailey
Anders LeeValtteri FilppulaAnthony Beauvillier
Matt MartinCasey CizikasMichael Dal Colle
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Andrew Ladd

LDRD
Nick LeddyThomas Hickey
Adam PelechRyan Pulock
Devon ToewsScott Mayfield
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Johnny Boychuk

G
Robin Lehner
Thomas Greiss
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:rangers (32 - 36 - 14) - e

LWCRW
Chris KreiderMika ZibanejadPavel Buchnevich
Vladislav NamestnikovRyan StromeLias Andersson
Jimmy VeseyBrett HowdenBrendan Lemieux
Connor BrickleyBoo NievesBrendan Smith (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Jesper Fast

LDRD
Brady SkjeiKevin Shattenkirk
Marc StaalFredrik Claesson
Ryan LindgrenNeal Pionk
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Henrik Lundqvist
Alexandar Georgiev
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:sens (29 - 47 - 6) - e

LWCRW
Zack SmithJean-Gabriel PageauAnthony Duclair
Brady TkachukColin WhiteMax Veronneau
Mikkel BødkerChris TierneyBobby Ryan
Brian GibbonsOscar LindbergMagnus Pääjärvi
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Marián Gáborík

LDRD
Thomas ChabotCody Ceci
Andreas EnglundDylan DeMelo
Mark BorowieckiChristian Jaros
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Craig Anderson
Anders Nilsson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:flyers (37 - 37 - 8) - e

LWCRW
Oskar LindblomSean CouturierClaude Giroux
James van RiemsdykCorban KnightJakub Voráček
Ryan HartmanScott LaughtonTravis Konecny
Michael RafflPhil VaroneMark Friedman (7th D)
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Nolan Patrick

LDRD
Ivan ProvorovTravis Sanheim
Robert HäggShayne Gostisbehere
Samuel MorinRadko Gudas
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:pens (44 - 26 - 12) - x

LWCRW
Jared McCannSidney CrosbyJake Guentzel
Bryan RustEvgeni MalkinPhil Kessel
Dominik SimonNick BjugstadPatric Hörnqvist
Zach Aston-ReeseMatt CullenGarrett Wilson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Brian DumoulinKris Letang
Jack JohnsonJustin Schultz
Marcus PetterssonErik Gudbranson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:sharks (46 - 27 - 9) - x

LWCRW
Timo MeierLogan CoutureGustav Nyquist
Marcus SörensenJoe ThorntonKevin Labanc
Evander KaneDylan GambrellJoonas Donskoi
Michael HaleyBarclay GoodrowMelker Karlsson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Tomáš Hertl, Joe Pavelski

LDRD
Joakim RyanBrent Burns
Marc-Édouard VlasicJustin Braun
Brenden DillonTim Heed
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Radim Šimek, Erik Karlsson

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

:bolts (62 - 16 - 4) - p

LWCRW
Steven StamkosAnthony CirelliNikita Kucherov
Ondřej PalátBrayden PointTyler Johnson
J.T. MillerYanni GourdeRyan Callahan
Alex KillornCedric PaquetteMathieu Joseph
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Ryan McDonaghErik Černák
Mikhail SergachevDan Girardi
Braydon CoburnJan Rutta
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Anton Strålman, Victor Hedman

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

:leafs (46 - 28 - 8) - x

LWCRW
Zach HymanJohn TavaresMitch Marner
Andreas JohnssonAuston MatthewsKasperi Kapanen
Patrick MarleauWilliam NylanderConnor Brown
Trevor MooreFrédérik GauthierTyler Ennis
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:
Suspended: Nazem Kadri


LDRD
Morgan RiellyRon Hainsey
Jake MuzzinNikita Zaitsev
Jake GardinerTravis Dermott
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Frederik Andersen
Michael Hutchinson
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:nucks (35 - 36 - 11) - e

LWCRW
Josh LeivoElias PetterssonBrock Boeser
Tanner PearsonBo HorvatLoui Eriksson
Ryan SpoonerAdam GaudetteJake Virtanen
Tim SchallerJay BeagleMarkus Granlund
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Brandon Sutter, Antoine Roussel

LDRD
Alexander EdlerTroy Stecher
Ben HuttonBrogan Rafferty
Quinn HughesLuke Schenn
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Chris Tanev

G
Jacob Markström
Thatcher Demko
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:vegas (43 - 32 - 7) - x

LWCRW
Jonathan MarchessaultWilliam KarlssonReilly Smith
Max PaciorettyPaul StastnyMark Stone
Brandon PirriCody EakinAlex Tuch
William CarrierTomáš NosekRyan Reaves
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Erik Haula

LDRD
Nate SchmidtDeryk Engelland
Brayden McNabbShea Theodore
Jon MerrillColin Miller
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

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

:caps (48 - 26 - 8) - y

LWCRW
Alex OvechkinNicklas BäckströmTom Wilson
Carl HagelinEvgeny KuznetsovJakub Vrána
André BurakovskyLars EllerBrett Connolly
Chandler StephensonNic DowdDevante Smith-Pelly
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: T.J. Oshie

LDRD
Jonas SiegenthalerJohn Carlson
Dmitry OrlovMatt Niskanen
Brooks OrpikNick Jensen
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured: Michal Kempný

G
Braden Holtby
Pheonix Copley
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

:jets (47 - 30 - 5) - x

LWCRW
Kyle ConnorMark ScheifeleBlake Wheeler
Nikolaj EhlersBryan LittlePatrik Laine
Mathieu PerreaultKevin HayesJack Roslovic
Andrew CoppAdam LowryBrandon Tanev
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

LDRD
Josh MorrisseyJacob Trouba
Ben ChiarotDustin Byfuglien
Dmitry KulikovTyler Myers
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

G
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:
 
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BonMorrison

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Please note any injured players that will miss the start of the season like Weber or Callahan. I heard Schneider as well but can a Devils fan please confirm for me.
 

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For the Jackets:
  • Duclair would potentially be in ahead of Sedlak.
  • Murray's usual partner is Nutivaara, not Savard. And yet...
  • Werenski might miss the start of the season; we're not sure. In such a case, Murray probably moves up, we call up Harrington, and potentially Nuti hops over to LD.
 
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For the blues

swap j-blow and Dunn.
Swap sundqvist and Barbashev
Replace sundqvist with Thomas
Swap j-blow and gunnerson
Replace gunnerson with Bortuzzo
 
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LEAFANFORLIFE23

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There is no chance Leivo makes this team, none Babcock Barely played him last year and when he did he didn't do any score, hit, fight, block shots, PK nothing.

Allen I'd double check the injury status of Paul Byron and Andrew Shaw they are likely out to start the year.
 

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Please note any injured players that will miss the start of the season like Weber or Callahan. I heard Schneider as well but can a Devils fan please confirm for me.

He had surgery in May and it is slated to be a 5 month recovery time

He should be back right around the start of the season, but he may end up missing some time
 
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for the Habs:

Domi - Drouin - Gallagher
Pacioretty - Danault - Hudon
Lehkonen - Plekanec - Scherbak
Deslauriers - De La Rose - Armia

Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen
Reilly - Benn

Price
Niemi

Injured: Weber, Byron, Shaw
 
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Canes lines are more likely to look something like this:

Jeff SkinnerJordan StaalJustin Williams
Valentin ZykovSebastian AhoTeuvo Teravainen
Michael FerlandMartin NecasAndrei Svechnikov
Brock McGinnVictor RaskPhillip Di Giuseppe
[TBODY] [/TBODY]


I think the chances of Roy making the NHL before Necas are less than zero. Also, the team has already paired up Necas and Svechnikov at prospect camp, so I think they will be a pair just like Aho-Teravainen and Staal-Williams. The LWs could be almost anywhere and will probably be changed frequently at the start of the season, but this would be my best guess to minimize rookie exposure, distribute scoring, and provide balance.
 

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There is no chance Leivo makes this team, none Babcock Barely played him last year and when he did he didn't do any score, hit, fight, block shots, PK nothing.

Allen I'd double check the injury status of Paul Byron and Andrew Shaw they are likely out to start the year.
I think Grundstrom might be the one that takes Levio's spot on that 4th line, based on our depth chart right now.
 

LEAFANFORLIFE23

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I think Grundstrom might be the one that takes Levio's spot on that 4th line, based on our depth chart right now.

I want to see him get a full season in the AHL because I think he can be more than a 4th liner.

Personally I'd see how far the price drops on Maroon
 

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Flames: there's new coach who likes to mix lines and three new players who can play C and RW. So predicting is difficult at this point, but based on last year:
-Bennett is the LW and Jankowski C in third line
-Czarnik over Hathaway on the fourth line
 
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For depth chart information, caley has a fantastic thread right here.



:sabres (0 - 0 - 0)

LWCRW
Conor ShearyJack EichelSam Reinhart
Evan RodriguesCasey MittelstadtKyle Okposo
Vladamir SobotkaPatrik BerglundTage Thompson
Scott WilsonZemgus GirgensonsJason Pominville
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Extra: Nicholas Baptiste, Justin Bailey, Johan Larsson (one or two of these guys demoted)

Injured:


LDRD
Jake McCabeRasmus Ristolainen
Marco ScandellaRasmus Dahlin
Brendan GuhleZach Bogosian
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Extra: Casey Nelson, Matt Hunwick, Nathan Beaulieu
*One or more Defensemen to be traded in offseason
Injured:


G
Carter Hutton
Linus Ullmark
[TBODY] [/TBODY]
Injured:

Made some edits. Evan Rodrigues is significantly better at C than LW, but can play both. Putting him on Jack's line could very well expose his inability to play the position, although I believe he could easily do spot duty. Swapping Sheary and Erod make a lot of sense here, as Sheary has a lot of experience playing next to elite centers on top lines.

Scott Wilson will most certainly play over Johan Larsson. Botts brought him back on a two year deal. Larsson has been a massive offensive drag to anyone he plays with.

Tage Thompson was essentially granted "top 6 playing time" post-trade. Keeping him out of the lineup at this juncture would be silly. I know I have him slotted at 3RW, but Okposo needs a slick center to be useful, and he's paid way too much to not be useful. Start Thompson with some familiar faces and see where he goes from there. Nick Baptiste will fight for a wing position, and so will several other minor league prospects, including CJ Smith, Danny O'Regan and Justin Bailey.

On defense, the Sabres have 9 capable NHL defensemen. One or two will need to be traded. Depending on their value across the league and what Botts would want in a return, anyone not named Dahlin should be and is available. Brendan Guhle is still waiver eligible, which may force him to start in the AHL, but I put him into the top 6 simply because he's better than Casey Nelson, Matt Hunwick and Nathan Beaulieu. Botts expressed his affinity towards Hunwick after the trade, which suggests to me he'll be the team's #7 this year. Casey Nelson signed a 2 year deal and has 3 games of waiver eligibility left. Sneaking him through waivers should be close to impossible. This leaves Nathan Beaulieu, who could easily be sent through waivers, or traded to any team looking for a little depth at the 6 or 7 position.
 
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glucker

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I want to see him get a full season in the AHL because I think he can be more than a 4th liner.

Personally I'd see how far the price drops on Maroon
Yea, I agree on both counts. But with how much Babcock loves Hyman, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Maroon get the same treatment, and Marleau back on a line with Kadri.
 

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Is a difference of NHL of today than NHL between 2012 and last season even is class players in currently last six years many players from those retires in this summer!
 

GKG18

Expansion Fan
Jun 25, 2016
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For VGK, Haula will move to 2nd line RW and Tuch will be 3rd line RW. Eakin 3rd line C, Pebbles 4th line C with Nosek LW. Lindberg scratch.
 
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NetflixandPhil

Registered User
May 7, 2016
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I'll run through each team:
ana: kesler is prob out, I'd say pencil in steel
ari: good
bos: switch mcquaid for grzelcyk
buf: switch guhle for nelson/hunwick
cgy: good
car: good
chi: switch highmore for and well
col: good
cbj: good
dal: hanzal is prob out put in ritchie, elie or smith.
det: good
edm: good
fla: good
lak: good
min: good
mtl: good
nsh: switch watson for salomaki
njd: good
nyi: not sure ho-sang makes it. switch him for martin/kuhnhackl
nyr: switch smith for claesson
ott: switch carey for a prospect
phi: good
pit: good
sjs: good
stl: good
tbl: good
tor: good
van: where's pettersson? I think granlund sits over him
vgk: switch merrill for holden
wsh: good
wpg: switch dano for petan
 

migi

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Feb 25, 2015
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Hawks pretty much okey but add Forsling over Gustafsson (Gus #7D) and change Highmore to Kahun and slot him 4th line and Hayden to 3rd line. Kahun is more likely to be in NHL than Highmore.
 

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