I don't think we will see Fox and Lindy NOR Mika & Kreider split up.

Drury wants to increase team speed. Meaning they need to play faster. So to me, it doesn't make sense to break up the players who have most chemistry. Put Kakko on RW1 and PP1 and lets roll.

Miller and Trouba stay together bc Laviolette likes puck moving defenseman on each pair. If anything, Miller and Schneider should be the second pair.

Kreider gets PK time too

If jones doesn’t make it, then I hope Drury gets good value trading him because he won’t clear waivers

Of all the 4th liners we have signed, I feel the most comfortable moving Vesey up

New coach so I’m hoping he explores new possible line and pair combos. You already know what works so why not try new things and if it doesn’t work, you can go back to Mika/Kreider and Lindgren/fox

I wasn't suggesting the Rangers would do this. That said, we have been going with the current pairings and appear to be regressing. The Devils demonstrated that in the playoffs. What I offered up here was an opening season lineup that you go with for 10 games and evaluate.

We might be pleasantly surprised. To suggest that say Kreider and Zibanejad or Fox and Lindgren cannot succeed without each other is a myth. If that were true, then the logic follows that you would have to trade them together as well. After all, coaches mix things up in the middle of games, especially when things are not going well.

Your puck mover comment is not without merit. Miller at PP2 D-man would resolve that issue, and that actually might be the better choice. Against heavier teams, Trouba may be the better option, unless Miller gets feistier.

I have Kappo on the first PP at RW!

Finally, I don't see how team speed has been increased with this group no matter how you set them up. Most of them were on last year's roster and they will all be a year older.

Reasonable comment all!!