First line is on fire, but the rest is struggling. I think Suomela and Donskoi have some chemistry but i would give a try Pavelski on Suomela' wing , on the other wing Kane or Sorensen. You can tell Thornton is getting older, and with his recent injury history.. wouldn' give him too much responsibility. Pavelski is struggling, he looks slow, but he really is not (and never was) center. Burns has production, but his defense is a joke, breaking Vlasic-Braun (one of the best shutdown pair) is sad, but could help take off some Burns' responsibility. Karlsson has bad numbers, but his game is good, skating ability, vision, he just needs time i hope. Let him play with Dillon (Karlsson as puck moving and shooting, Dillon fot physical work). Braun is in 3rd pairing (but he will get his time on PK), 6th dman is currently Ryan but i would try Heed and Simek, Heed might not be good for 3rd pair, because his upside is offense, not defense. I would give few games to Simek, he could be the guy. Dell is really good as backup, but Jones gets better with more games he plays, so if Jones stays healthy, Dell will start 20-25 games, which is sad, cause he has been solid so far.
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