I'd run him down the middle unless we see Holloway as a C long term. Marody IMO is all but finished as a NHL prospect unless he has a huge offseason and makes significant strides this season.
Yeah personally I wouldn't dick around with McLeod on the wing. Keep him at C and develop him there. He's probably the first guy up in case of an injury now though, I think the org is souring on Marody. He got injured his first game in Austria.
I'd be willing to bet that Russell makes the big club as 14th F. Quine is legit good, he'll challenge Haas for 4C.
Benson-Quine-Griffith
Hamblin(strong jr scorer signed by Bako)-Marody-Cracknell
Gambardella-McLeod-Lavoie
Esposito-Malone-Safin
Brosseau (older first year pro signed by Bako, coming out of the ECAC)
Folkes (first year right shot C out of Penn State signed by Bako)
Christensen (older first year left shot forward out of whatever the American International College is)
Lennstrom-Bouchard
Niemelainen-Desharnais
Stanton-Jaks (25 year old Latvian RD signed by Bako out of the NCAA)
Forsberg
Skinner
Probably need another right shot defenceman in there and that group badly needs Broberg but all in all pretty solid lineup.