I think the opening day roster has these 23 players, unless some gets hurt.
#2 Dylan De Melo
#4 Neal Pionk
#5 Brendan Dillon
#12 Jansen Harkins
#17 Adam Lowry
#19 David Gustafsson
#21 Dominic Toninto
#22 Mason Appleton
#26 Blake Wheeler
#27 Nikolaj Ehlers
#33 David Rittich
#37 Connor Helleybuck
#44 Josh Morrissey
#47 Morgan Barron
#54 Dylan Samberg*
#55 Mark Scheifele
#64 Logan Stanley
#65 Jonathan Kovacevic
#80 Pierre-Luc Dubois
#81 Kyle Connor
#88 Nate Schmidt
#89 Sam Gagner
#91 Cole Perfetti*
2 rookies to start as both Barron and Gustafsson have exceeded the game limit. Perfetti, Samberg and Barron are all still waiver eligible ELCs but I'd say they might have spots to lose in camp.
The only players who would have to clear waivers under such a lineup are Kevin Stenlund, #11, Kyle Capobianco, #75, as well as Ashton Sauntner, Alex Limoges and Mikey Essimont, and I think all are safe.
Things to watch:
Defensive competition in TC. Probably a couple of spots that can be decided still. I don't necessarily know if previous combinations will be much of a factor under a new coach.
Forward spots look taken up as well if the Jets carry 13 forwards, but where players can play can still be decided. It's possbile the Jets carry 2 extra forwards, and if so that would increase the competition. I wonder about a player like Chaz Lucius traveling with the team to start, getting a bit of a college bonus, and an opportunity to gel with the group. A player like Maenalanen who made the jump to make the NHL you would have to think is competing hard in camp.
Special teams units. There is where Stanley lost his spot to Samberg last year. How does Bowness use Perfetti?
Without Copp and Stastny who are the main faceoff guys for Bowness? Guaranteed it will be Lowry in the defensive zone. Scheifele is the only other roster player, who took a lot of draws, and made it over 50% last year.
Where does Wheeler fit now? Be interesting to see.
Last year is water under the bridge. I think that a lot of things from last year will not matter once the puck drops. Could see some new and different combinations. Could see more of the same, just a different coat of paint.