I can see that. I think we are still light up front, not much you can do if you cant swing a deal very soon. I really like the idea of olofsson on his off wing

The more I think about it, the fonder I am of the idea of a 53-9-68 line. They have potential to be better than the top line last year because Olofsson is a pure sniper who will thrive on Jacks wing. Then Reinhart can drive line 2 and take a bit off Mittelstadt. I don't love the lineup yet, but slow progress is being made at least!

Not a bad lineup. There's certainly way worse out there. I for one do not like the idea of Olof/Skinner/Jack on the same line. That scoring desperately needs to be spread out or else we will have no one on the 2nd line who can score. I'm sorry but I can't see Johansson/Mitts/Sammy scoring very effectively. They just aren't natural 30 goal scorers (You could argue Sam but eh, I don't think he will be that type of player), which I expect out of at least one 2nd line player. And the very idea of Sammy setting up Olof is just making me froth at the mouth tbh.

That's the only complaint I got on the top 6, I love the 3rd and 4th lines. E-Rod is a phenomenal 3C and can make plays out of thin air for Vesey/Sheary to capitalize on. That = secondary scoring, something we didn't have last year. 4th line is a bit of a hodgepodge, if Smith can be a better at offense Girgensons (Same/better defensively), he has no doubt that LW spot. If Ruotsalainen proves himself and makes a serious case at camp, he'll take Okposo's spot. I wouldn't count on either player to fill those though and Larsson/Girgs were the lifeblood of our PK last year (Along with E-Rod but yep).

EDIT: Thinking back on Olof, he's probably not going to do much at 5v5 this year honestly. He'll more than likely take PP duties. You could anchor him on the 1st line for that or, and I might get slaughtered, he takes Sheary's spot on line 3. So you have a Olof - E-Rod - Vesey line. Same potential scoring from Sheary, but you just shelter Olof and let him naturally develop into the top 6. Honestly it's too hard to predict where he'll play. Just a wait and see game I suppose.

Is Risto in the 3rd pair?

Only because he hasn't been traded. And when Bogosian gets back press box city....

Put vesey or sheary with mittelstadt and reinhart to give them more of a finisher. Put johansson on 3rd line to replace one of them, play smith over girgensons, or play thompson at 2 LW and put vesey at 4LW

I think Pilut is still hurt