I'm not sold on Logan Brown being a top 6 for us yet. I think he'll slot in on the 3rd to start the season with Batherson and Balcers on his wing. He's got some things to work on in his own end, that's for sure.

Tkachuk-White-Ryan
Duclair- Tierney/Anismov-C.Brown
Balcers-Tierney/L.Brown-Batherson
Boedker/Ennis/Paul-Pageau-Davidsson

Brannstrom is definitely going to challenge for a top spot and it'll be him vs. Wolanin for top 4 minutes all year. Worst case for him and Wolanin is that they both start in the A and are only called up for injuries and after the TDL (once Hainsey and Boro are moved).

Chabot-Demelo
Wolanin-Zaitsev
Hainsey-Jaros.

Overall, I like where the team is going. No expectations for them to be good this year so here's hoping for a lottery pick (maybe two if SJS take a step back this year).

I agree Brown may or may not be a top 6 Centre right now but the Sens need to figure out if he can do it or move on to other young guys to help out. I like White being on Browns wing to help out in the faceoff dot and help defensively. Balcers, Brown Batherson line could work but that's a lot of youth on one line to start the season (more likely could happen in 2020) which I just don't think will happen. With my forward lineup I think they roll them out like CBJ did with their lines last year where everyone plays close to 15 min (except for Chucky) and hit teams in waves rather than loading any line (well at least as much as Ottawa can).

This is definitely a lottery team that will lose a lot but with promise and hope this year. Similar to what the Blue Jays are right now (sorry for the MLB reference).

that would be so funny to see SJ miss the playoffs when they have karlsson, burns and vlasic

Jones and Dell as a tandem in net is my concern for them missing the playoffs. Losing Pavelski also hurts. But, they should be fine. I'm just optimistic.