I think the entire season, whenever it starts, is going to be a line blender year.
There's a huge number of considerations and at the top of that list is whether or not we have an AHL season. All of our guys need to play and the presence or absence of an AHL season is going to be huge.
If you presume there isn't one....it's not that big of a leap to think the guys playing in Europe might just stay there because if they come back, we'll be saddled with a ton of guys with nowhere to play. And that applies to all NHL teams
Then you start to consider an expanded roster because it won't be easy to just get injury replacements into the country.
So, what does a roster look like without any guys currently in Europe and with say 4 more spots.
In that scenario guys like Brown, Norris, Formenton, Lajoie, Jaros are with the big club and you're likely looking at the top half of the roster playing all the time and the bottom half full of interchangeable parts based on back to backs, three in four and so on
It could be a really weird year.