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It's a big leap to assume Mikheyev will be ready for top-6 minutes immediately upon returning from a major injury. He's missed 2/3's of the season, I don't see him slotting up that high right away. Start him on the fourth and see what happens, but they need a contingency plan in case he can't handle it.
I see D pairings being more like:
Muzz-Holl
Rielly-Barrie
Derms-Ceci
But again 3 of those guys have been hurt for a while so who knows what they will come up with. Might see Sandin in instead of Ceci.