In the next 90-minutes or so we should get some more clarity on the opening day roster.
We will 100% for sure know if we're going with 8D, if a defenseman is not waived, then we will be running 8 defensemen to start teh year. However if someone is waived, it doesn't mean we aren't still going with 8, as they don't have to be demoted.
If Cooley is waived, it seems likely we'd be going with 2 goalies, if he's not, we're likely going with 3 but it's not guaranteed since Wolf is waiver exempt.
Up front... things are more fluid here... # of forward slots depends on if we go 2 or 3 goalies, and 7 or 8 defensemen. If both a defenseman and goaltender are waived, it seems likely that they will run 14 forwards (or a 22-man roster)... if no forwards are waived, no more than 1 of Honzek, Klapka or Coronato can make the team. But whether that forward slot is open depends on what the roster makeup will be