Opening night

Swap Colton and Hagel.

I don't think so Colton has shown the shoot first mentality wanted for a guy on Kucherov line.
Maybe Hagel and Vladdy.

Colton and Paul will most likely be conjoined at the hip this season based on playoff success until we see Coopers blender come out. i think Vladdy could move up to line 1, hagel to line 2, and then Colton with Paul and whoever.

You are absolutely crazy vladdy couldn't break into the Rangers ,Stars, Dead things top 6 what on earth other than nostalgia.
( that's really dumb reasoning if that's it) would make you think it's a good idea to do that?

never said it was a good idea.... im saying Coop is gonna do Coop things and put Vladdy with Stamkos and Kuch to see if they can rekindle the magic before Vladdy got shipped for JT Miller and McDonagh. Even then, its not like Vladdy is bad. he had 25 points in 60 games with a bad Detroit team who was 25th in goals for last year and 30th in goals allowed. He was on a line with Adam Erne and Michael Rasmussen for 27% (261:50) of the time. Erne had 19 points in 79 games and Rasmussen had 27 points in 80 games. the only other line he played with that had more than 45 minutes of ice time together was Larkin and Raymond where that line had the same amount of goals for (8) and against (9) while producing more shots, and allowing less all while having a 7% increase in Corsi. Where if you look at his 2017 season. he was with Stamkos and Kucherov for 45% of his TOI that season. Regardless of his skill level. Coop plays his favorites and wont hesitate to go with what has worked. "If it's not broken... Don't fix it" Its literally inevitable that Vladdy will be with Stamkos and Kuch, its just a matter of when