knies wont be here till the playoffs, and that line is amazing until they face a physical top 6

I know he won't be here till his season is done, just thought I would add him in there. And yes, the Kerfoot line would struggle with hard hitting lines... if they were getting hit

I would play Robertson with Marner And Matthews and move Bunting with Nylander and JT because JT is not a third line player. Also I think Malgin will be a Healthy Scratch with Steves

they played the horrible habs who finished 32nd, give it time, they will get bullied again, it happens every year

steeves is doing horrible mistakes at the nhl level, hes going to the ahl where he can get 20 mins of ice per night

Steeves gets the 9 games practically is what im saying and move him into AHL after the start of the season

I'm dubious with Sandin on the right, but we'll see how it goes.

I think I'd prefer to have Holl on the third pair at 2 million than Engvall at 2.25 on the fourth line, especially if Sandin doesn't work out on the right (or Giordano or Muzzin get injured).

There's also Zach Aston-Reese who could provide more value than Engvall at a sub 1 million cap hit, at least defensively. While I like Engvall a lot, I think the defensive nature of Kampf's line and the readiness of waiver ineligible pieces in Steeves, Holmberg, and McMann make Engvall more replaceable.

I think Kerfoot being the 3C makes more sense than Tavares, especially minutes-wise.

ZAR and NAK will also lose their physical play. After a big hit by them they will find out their all alone in the scrums and nobody has their back. I don't think either guy is much of a fighter as well.

thats why we need simmonds on the 4th line imo