Ryan Miller Is God
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That lineup? Nah. My guess after camp, for most of the season is:
Skinner - Eichel - Sheary
Olofsson - Reinhart - Johansson
Vesey - Mittelstadt - Rodrigues
Smith/Girgensons - Larsson - Okposo
Dahlin - Montour
Pilut (Scandella for the first couple games he'll be out for) - Miller
McCabe - Jokiharju
Hutton, Ullmark
Risto is obviously going somewhere, so if his returns is a 2C or 1RW, I imagine Sheary drops down to the third line and ERod plays LW/C on the 4th. If 2C, Reino shifts to the wing on the first line and displaces from there.
Key players you forgot about:
Olofsson - Excellent sniper on the wing who should easily make the squad out of camp, can play on both wings.
Rodrigues - Our most underrated player imo. Excellent motor and speed, good hands and playmaking abilities. Can grind it out on the bottom six and not look out of place in the top-6, plays all positions.
Pilut - Offensive, smaller LHD who should slot in at the 2nd pairing.
McCabe - Solid LHD who, if he can stay healthy, is a great two-way dman for the third pairing. Decent but not great with second pair responsibilities.
Scandella shouldn't be anything more than an emergency fill-in, Tage needs time in the AHL to develop, and Cozens should play another year in juniors.