Line Combos: HFBoards Decides: Opening Lineup - 4th Line Center

[Randy Butternubs]

Beau Bennett won the third line right winger position.

Some assumptions, as of 9/6/2015:

• Fehr will not start the season.
• Scuderi is staying. So is Lovejoy.
• Dumoulin would not survive waivers and will stay in the NHL.
• Sundqvist, Rust, and Wilson have a slim chance to start in the NHL in a bottom 6 role. Rust and Wilson are not centers, though.
• Fleury is the starting goalie.
• Dupuis can play any forward position.
• Neither Gonchar or Sestito will be signed.

I will add more assumptions as the HFBoards lineup is decided. You don't like these assumptions? Too bad.

Vote for who you believe should be the fourth line center. I'm still excluding Fehr despite recent quotes from our GM. You can't trust their medical staff.

Voting for this one shall last for two days (perhaps even one day).

Objections?

Current HFBoards Lineup:

Perron-Crosby-Hornqvist
Plotnikov-Malkin-Kessel
Kunitz-Bonino-Bennett
XXX-XXX-XXX

Maatta-Letang
Pouliot-Cole
XXX-XXX
XXX

Fleury
XXX

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[Mike Lange Version 2]

Cullen to start, he has experience. Let Sundqvist adapt to the game here in North America and earn it later on this season, or absolute worst case beginning of next season.

Wouldn't mind seeing him play LW on the 4th line somewhere in between, and learn how to do faceoffs from Cullen. He could serve as a good mentor.

 

[Asuna]

Cullen, obviously.

 

[WickedWrister]

Cullen. Let Rust, Wilson, and Sundqvist (anyone else I'm forgetting?) fight it out for the 4th like winger duties with the losers going to Wilkes Barre

 

[ColePens]

Love these lines. Wish they'd actually go through like this

 

[Black Label]

Cullen. Sundqvist should be a LW until he proves otherwise.

 

[Son Goku]

Cullen

 

[Randy Butternubs]

For the record, this is who will be included in the 4th line winger polls:

Dupuis
Sundqvist
Rust
Wilson

I know there'll be people upset with me not including Fehr, but I legitimately believe he won't be ready.

 

[ColePens]

Yeah I heard Fehr would be out until November/December, no?

 

[Headshot77]

I heard that he would be out 10-15 games, which would mean he would be back around early November.

 

[Zen Arcade]

Going with Cullen for face offs and versatility.

 

[TNT87]

Cullen.

 

[mpp9]

Yeah I heard Fehr would be out until November/December, no?

Could be as early as late October according to a JR interview. I doubt they're going to push him to come back early though. They could use the LTIR cap cushion for now anyway.