Henkka
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I think more physical Suter is quite good comparison for Seider. Suter does it all except shooting that much.
Ummm, Mr. Raymond is a professional hockey player!
Umm, what?
I don't think he will start there, but the answer to your second question is when he was in the lineup he was usually their best forward...
I think they will want Ras to start at #3C this coming year. They want to see him at center.
But I wouldn't be surprised at all if they put Fabbri and Bertuzzi together at some point. They have a history. Wish Svech would come off the knee injury and get a crack at the other spot in terms of the heavy down low player with Larkin and Mantha, he has shown chemistry with Larkin in the past in my opinion. You get Bertuzzi - Fabbri - Zadina taking on second line duties. Not sure they will do it. I would stick with the MLB line, but it would get you some balance in the lineup perhaps.
Zadina is the only lock imo.
Rasmussen SHOULD considering how awful the center depth is. He's ready and has previous NHL experience. Seider will get looks next season but I doubt that it'll be at the start.
Veleno isn't ready yet and Cholowski isn't an NHL defenseman.
I expect Svechnikov, Smith and Lindstrom to be injury call-ups.
The #4 pick has about a .00001% chance of starting on the big club. I don't necessarily agree with it, but that's just how Detroit management operates.
To add to this response, there was a point last season during Mantha's injury in which Blashill separated Larkin, Bertuzzi, and Athanasiou and it worked out pretty well. We were actually able to get scoring from more than just our first line. I don't see it being a huge issue to separate Larkin, Mantha, and Bertuzzi to expirement and get other prospects to play with better players. I mean, its not like we are trying to fight for the playoffs next year.