Bruins Starting Lineup based on Camp and Bruce Cassidy Quotes

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Created by: BigBadBruins214

Team: 2020-21 Boston Bruins

Initial Creation Date: Jan. 9, 2021

Published: Jan. 9, 2021

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After following the first week of training camp for the Bruin's and listening to coach Cassidy's interviews I have cracked down on what is likely to be the starting lineup and starting special teams to start the season. Studnicka will get his shot on the first line playing next to Bergy and Marchy which is a great fill-in until Pastrnak returns. Coach has kept the 2nd line of Debrusk-Krejci-Kase in tact all week of camp as well as the 3rd line of Ritchie-Coyle-Smith so these 2 lines are sure bets to stay the same come opening game. Both Bjork and Frederic have taken shifts as the 4th line LW next to Kuraly and Wags but Bjork has primarily had the spot with only Frederic rotating in on that line when Marchand missed the first scrimmage so it seems as though Bjork has that 4th line locked down to start. Lauzon has primarily played with McAvoy throughout camp while Gryz with Carlo. Cassidy mentioned that Miller is ahead of Clifton on the depth chart due to experience and since he has looked great so far so he is most likely going to start the season on the third pair and since Zboril has been his main partner throughout camp I bet he starts the season next to Miller. They practiced special teams yesterday so I filled in all the lines they had during it. Should be a very interesting season for the B's.

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Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Marchand, Brad $6,125,000$6,125,000 LW NMC UFA - 5	Bergeron, Patrice $6,875,000$6,875,000 C M-NTC, NMC UFA - 2	Studnicka, Jack $769,167$769,167 ($107,500$108K) RW, C RFA - 2
DeBrusk, Jake $3,675,000$3,675,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Krejci, David $7,250,000$7,250,000 C M-NTC UFA - 1	Kase, Ondrej $2,600,000$2,600,000 RW UFA - 1
Ritchie, Nick $1,498,925$1,498,925 LW UFA - 1	Coyle, Charlie $5,250,000$5,250,000 C, RW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 6	Smith, Craig $3,100,000$3,100,000 RW UFA - 3
Bjork, Anders $1,600,000$1,600,000 LW, RW UFA - 3	Kuraly, Sean $1,275,000$1,275,000 C, LW UFA - 1	Wagner, Chris $1,350,000$1,350,000 RW, C UFA - 3

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Lauzon, Jérémy $850,000$850,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	McAvoy, Charlie $4,900,000$4,900,000 RD UFA - 2	Rask, Tuukka $7,000,000$7,000,000 G UFA - 1
Grzelcyk, Matt $3,687,500$3,687,500 LD UFA - 4	Carlo, Brandon $2,850,000$2,850,000 RD UFA - 1	Halák, Jaroslav $2,250,000$2,250,000 ($1,250,000$1M) G UFA - 1
Zboril, Jakub $725,000$725,000 LD/RD UFA - 2	Miller, Kevan $1,250,000$1,250,000 ($750,000$750K) RD UFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
Lindholm, Pär $850,000$850,000 LW, C UFA - 1	Pastrnak, David $6,666,667$6,666,667 RW UFA - 3
Clifton, Connor $1,000,000$1,000,000 RD UFA - 3
Moore, John $2,750,000$2,750,000 LD UFA - 3

Taxi Squad
Frederic, Trent $925,000$925,000 ($0$0$0$0) ($300,000$300K) LW, RW UFA - 1
McKegg, Greg $700,000$700,000 ($0$0$0$0) C, LW UFA - 1
Kuhlman, Karson $725,000$725,000 ($0$0$0$0) RW UFA - 2
Vaakanainen, Urho $894,167$894,167 ($0$0$0$0) ($425,000$425K) LD/RD RFA - 2
Vladar, Daniel $750,000$750,000 ($0$0$0$0) G UFA - 3

Special Teams

Power Play 1
Coyle, C.		Bergeron, P.		Marchand, B.
	Krejci, D.		Grzelcyk, M.

Power Play 2
Ritchie, N.		Smith, C.		DeBrusk, J.
	Kase, O.		McAvoy, C.

Penalty Kill 1
	Bergeron, P.	Marchand, B.
	Lauzon, J.	Carlo, B.

Penalty Kill 2
	Kuraly, S.	Wagner, C.
	Miller, K.	McAvoy, C.

Jan. 9, 2021 at 11:08 a.m.

bhavikp27

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Weird PP lines but we'll see.

Jan. 9, 2021 at 11:41 a.m.

BigBadBruins214

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BigBadBruins

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They worked on specials teams during yesterday’s scrimmage and those were the lines. I agree it’s a weird combo especially with no true center on the second PP unit (Apparently Smith can take face offs). Zboril was also rotating in on the second PP unit in Kase’s spot. It seems as though the 1st unit will be Bergeron in his usual bumper position, Marchand on right lane, Coyle as the net front presence. Gryz taking Krugs spot in the back and Krejci in Pastas normal spot on the left .

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Jan. 9, 2021 at 7:06 p.m.

Pasta88bruins

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Quoting: bhavikp27

Weird PP lines but we'll see.

The second unit is off but that’s what Bruce has been using in camp

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