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Hard to tell because they never had a complete lineup but if I had to predict

Nyquist-Dubois-Bjorkstrand
Foligno-Wennberg-Atkinson

Bottom-6 I'm not sure especially wings on L3
Shore-Jenner-Stenlund
Robinson-Nash-Bemstrom
Depends if Foudy/Gerbe/Texier are in

8-3
Gavrikov-Savard
Murray-Nutivaara

I would go with Merzlikins

Texier should be back.

Texier- PLD- Bjorkstrand
Nuqvist-Wennberg/foudy- Atkinson
Folingo- Wennberg/Jenner- Bremstrom
Robinson- Jenner/Nash- Nash/Gerbe

Werenski- Jones
Gavrikov- Savard
Murray/Kukan- Nuttivaara

Probably Korpisalo and Merzlinkins as the back up but it’s anyone’s guess at this point.

Since Anderson almost certainly isn't going to make it back in time, the order of top-3 RWs is pretty much set. It's Bjorkstrand, Atkinson, Bemstrom. After them is variable, but Gerbe has been shockingly effective, and Stenlund could also see time, and depending on who's picked for #4C Nash could also end up there. And if things extend into September and Anderson does make it back, he likely moves up to #3RW and things get interesting.

Dubois has #1C locked down. As for #2C, expect some experiments with Foudy and/or Texier, but if that doesn't work out, Jenner will be there; he's the one Torts has shown the most trust in. After them come Wennberg, Nash, and Shore. Foligno subs in only if injuries get silly.

LW is a little more interesting. The most productive LW we have is Nyquist, but Foligno has shown more chemistry with Dubois and Bjorkstrand, and Texier is at LW when he's not playing C (ditto Jenner, although he's been sticking to C more often lately). So those first three spots are all up for grabs. After them, Robinson and maybe Shore are likely to get first pick for fourth line duty. My guess is that it'll go Foligno-Nyquist-Texier-Robinson to start, but don't hold me to that.

RD is absolutely 100% set in stone. Jones, Savard, Nutivaara, Peeke as depth. Barring injury or disaster, that's it.

LD is mostly set. Werenski's the best overall and he's normally played with Jones, but Murray-Jones is a common adjustment if we need more shutdown power and Murray is healthy; in those cases, Werenski moves down to 2nd pairing. Murray is the #2LD, but 1) he's not always healthy, and 2) Gavrikov-Savard has been an absolutely killer shutdown pairing, so Murray could actually end up on the bottom pairing. Behind those three are Kukan and Harrington; Kukan's better, but Harrington keeps getting more minutes because he's incapable of being injured or something.

Starting goaltender? Flip a coin. Heads it's Merzlikins, tails it's Korpisalo. Or maybe the other way around.

Oh, forgot to mention one possible interesting bit - Torts has sometimes shown a tendency to, when he's experimenting with a young center, put Jenner on their LW as tutor and Safety Backup Plan. I'm not sure if he'd do that in the play-in, but it's possible. It probably depends on how much he trusts a setup in which he's got a youngster at #2C and Wennberg at #3C.

yeah id be curious and ill watch for if he shakes things up often or stick to a strict lineup. I think this series is gonna be one of the better matchups