Early prediction of the starting line up

Harley and Heiskanen were amazing together in the small sample size we’ve seen. I’m fine with more balanced pairs and Harley getting his confidence up on the third pair. I think the most important thing for him this year is getting consistent minutes and usage. I would eventually like to see DeBoer put Miro and Harley out there for offensive zone draws. I’m not as down on Suter as most are though, so I would be happy with consistent minutes for Harley letting him play his game. If we can run three scoring lines that will help a lot as well. We won’t be putting a more offensive third pair out there with Faksa and Glendening all the time like we did with Honka

I don't think you sign Robertson at that price/term. If you could, my guess is that he would be already signed.

I really like Miro and Harley paired together. Maybe not all the time depending on game situations, but I am in if they play most of the time together.

I could see Harley with Miro more towards mid season.
Like you said, let him break in on 3rd pair. Get more comfortable, get accustomed to the new coaching system.
He’ll prob be PP2. Suter Lindell shouldnt be anywhere near PP.

I dont mind Suter, he played good for his contract value last year. Its only a matter of time before we cant play him up passed the 3rd pair. Mid season swap with Harley if Harley starts on 3, Suter can finish his contract on 3rd pair from there.

I agree with the 3 scoring lines. But guys like Faksa and Glendening make that hard to accomplish. Unless Deboner changes his plan to keep Benn on LW.

Ide like to move on from Faksa, replace him with Dellandrea or Bourque. Save a bit of money and it will be easier to make a move at the deadline.

On paper, having Bourque between Benn and Marchment looks good. But could be wishfull thinking that Bourque makes the line up. Dellandrea is more probable. Wont be as high scoring but would still be an effective line.


What’s your opinion on the contracts given to Jake and Robo?

Also, if you know more Stars fans on here, feel free to tag them. Would appreciate input from folks who know the team.

Starting with

Suter-Miro
Lindell-Jani
Harley-Miller

And then swapping Suter and Harley mid season sounds ideal. Then for lines I’d like to see

JRob-Hintz-Pavs
Marchie-Segs-Guri
Benn-Petey-Delly
Glendening-Fox-Whoever

Petey and Delly have some good chemistry to build on from the A. I feel like that could be an extremely good third line. I fell like Dell is better at center, but this is what I’d like to see for now

There’s plenty of Stars fans around here. We’re all a little grumpy that Oetter and JRob aren’t signed yet and it’s been a little quiet lately lol

My thoughs on the contracts given reflect my gut feeling that Nill wants 2 team friendly deals with some cash left over on the side. There is leftover cap to make adjustments to contracts given.

If it was me, ide try for 8x8 on Robo. Or something close to that.
Jake would still need a bridge but its better in his case to get a bridge.