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Assuming Laviolette is open to the idea of playing a line of Russian forwards together (I think Kovalchuk and Ovechkin got, like, two shifts together under Reirden), how would you sell the Caps on Grigorenko as opposed to E. Svechnikov or Protas? I like his faceoff success from last year with Colorado, but that doesn't seem to be a thing this year?
Also, I like the idea of Columbus auditioning Johnson at 1C. I don't think Johnson waives until after one more playoff as a favorite, and the expansion draft. He could be 1C in Seattle, too, and is from around there.