i hope we don’t get kovy. i love him, but he’s washed

in one off-season, for no reason, 25 year old Drouin is now a first line player even though he's played most of his career sheltered on the third line.

I don't understand why people get so caught in 1st line, 2nd line, 3rd, line, etc. It doesn't really matter forward we believe should be on the team's "first line", all we should care about is whether the combinations put together by the coaching staff have chemistry and can create offense together. What if Suzuki doesn't mesh well with Drouin and Anderson but has great chemistry if he is put between Kovalchuk and Armia? Does that make Suzuki the Habs 3rd line centre? Does it make Kovalchuk and Armia first line wingers? No, it just means those three guys have chemistry together and when they are playing well they'll get more ice time, when they are off their game they'll get less ice-time or maybe the lines will get switched up.