Barabanov should be w/ Couture, they had great chem last season
Zadina should be in top 9, only way he can try to reach potential
Mukh should start w/ Barracuda and Thrun should be in the lineup

Vlasic has a NMC which means in addition to not being able to be traded, he also can't be sent to the minors. He also had a good season with Benning. He'll be in the lineup until the young guys REALLY show that they're able to be full time NHLers.

I don't think they'll buy him out unless the team is competitive faster than anticipated (like Seattle or Minnesota from a couple years back) and need to re-sign guys to bigger contracts

I agree, I thought Vlasic had a good season last year. Maybe it was Boughner? I was surprised.
Or maybe he was dealing with something we don't know about.

I mean he was injured a lot of the 2019 run and hasn't looked the same since. They also won all 4 games he played in in the Vegas series and lost the 3 games he was out for.
It sucks that he gets so much hate now. People forget just how important he was

Fell off after Braun was traded and never found a good partner since imo.
Plus the system changes.

Did not know that Vegas series stat.

Same thing with 2014. Stoll injured him in game 4. They lost that game and the next three.

And yeah, Ferraro seemed to be the only d-man who played well under Boughner

Thanks. I also realized that I forgot Bordeleau.

My gut tells me he's starting in the AHL. Just because they went out and got more NHL filler people.

He'll be back up again after the TDL and then full time next yar.