I think Gostisbehere is in the 2nd pair but on the right side paired with Maatta and Holl and Chiarot are in the 3rd pair.

Ras won't be 4C. It'll be Dirty Joe. We need Ras' size somewhere in the top 9 to offset the smaller guys like Cat, Raymond and Bergy. I have Ras at LW riding shotgun with Larks.

I would put Ras on LW beside Larkin and Lucas. He played better at LW than centre in my opinion. His size, physicality and defensive play can offset some of Raymond's lack thereof. That first line the way you have them will get pushed around. I have Copp on the second line but in my opinion, it doesn't really matter if its him or Compher. I have Cat on the second line with whichever centre and Perron, again those two can offset Cat's lack of size and defensive play. Third line I have Compher/ Copp, Kostin and Berggren. Kostin I think could really add an element of physicality to that line and he does have some skill as we saw in Edmonton. I have Fabs on the fourth line with Veleno, or a UFA centre, and Sprong. Sprong might end up working his way up the line up though. I run my defence the same as what you got.

I would keep it how he has it. Chiarot and Maatta weren't that bad together at the end of the year last year. Gost and Holl should ideally compliment each other with one being a little more offense and one more defense.

Holl and Chairot together sounds like nightmare fuel.

I was thinking the same thing but I couldn't figure out who would be the healthy scratch.

They might be really good together or really bad together. They both like pretending they're Bobby Orr at times skating the puck up ice and creating turnovers (not Orr). They both need to stay back, use their size to seal off opponents.

Chiarot is big and nasty to play against and borderline dirty. Holl is big but doesn't play big. But he's good at reading angles and using his size to frustrate opponents. When he's playing well.

When he's not playing well? It's ugly. If they're both bad and paired together? It's a nightmare fueled $hit sandwich.

I think Chairot in the 3rd pair with Holl is better than him playing on his off side, he struggles enough on his good side.