Speculation: 2025-26 NHL Lines & Lineup Notes Thread (as of June 14th ‘26 @ 8:00pm ET)

[EbonyRaptor]

Prob don't want him as 4C......so could be either put him at 3C and move Hartman to 4C with Hinostroza out, or if MoJo is bad, then 3C with Hartman to wing and MoJo out.

Or maybe 2/3 line wing to make his transition to the NHL game a little easier.

 

[NetflixandPhil]

This looks really good for the most part. Here's the changes I would make:

BOS: Minten makes team (BOS goes 14F).
BUF: Zac Jones to AHL (2 way contract).
CBJ: Fasching to AHL (2 way contract).
DET: No clue who the 13th F is. Doubt its Mazur coming off injury.
NYI: Gatcomb and MacLean make team, Engvall to AHL. Varlamov starts on IR.
NYR: Perreault makes team, Othmann to AHL.
OTT: I've seen nothing that says Jensen is definitely out to start the year. Even if he is, Yakemchuk is almost certainly going to the AHL.
PHI: 3 goalies make team including Fedotov. Gilbert, Bump to AHL. Ristolainen may be healthy.
PIT: McGroarty makes team (team wouldn't include him in social media posts if he wasn't here to stay).
TBL: Geekie makes team.
TOR: Myers as 7D instead of Thrun (more cap savings).
WSH: Miroshnichenko to AHL. McIlrath stays as 8th D.
CHI: Levshunov makes team, Allan to AHL.
EDM: David Tomasek makes team as extra F.
LAK: Burroughs makes team as 8th D, Andre Lee to AHL.
MIN: Yurov makes team.
NSH: Stastney makes team instead of Englund. Kemell to AHL. I'd leave the last forward blank because i'm almost certain they will sign someone.
SJS: Ostapchuk to AHL. Misa on team once he officially signs his ELC.
SEA: Fleury, Hayden to AHL.
UTA: 3 goalies on roster. Vanecek, DeSimone make team. Yamamoto, Lamoureux to AHL. Valimaki will be sent to AHL if healthy.
VAN: Willander makes team. Kravtsov to AHL (2 way contract).
VGK: Holtz is an extra F if he resigns.

 

[BonMorrison]

This looks really good for the most part. Here's the changes I would make:

BOS: Minten makes team (BOS goes 14F).
BUF: Zac Jones to AHL (2 way contract).
CBJ: Fasching to AHL (2 way contract).
DET: No clue who the 13th F is. Doubt its Mazur coming off injury.
NYI: Gatcomb and MacLean make team, Engvall to AHL. Varlamov starts on IR.
NYR: Perreault makes team, Othmann to AHL.
OTT: I've seen nothing that says Jensen is definitely out to start the year. Even if he is, Yakemchuk is almost certainly going to the AHL.
PHI: 3 goalies make team including Fedotov. Gilbert, Bump to AHL. Ristolainen may be healthy.
PIT: McGroarty makes team (team wouldn't include him in social media posts if he wasn't here to stay).
TBL: Geekie makes team.
TOR: Myers as 7D instead of Thrun (more cap savings).
WSH: Miroshnichenko to AHL. McIlrath stays as 8th D.
CHI: Levshunov makes team, Allan to AHL.
EDM: David Tomasek makes team as extra F.
LAK: Burroughs makes team as 8th D, Andre Lee to AHL.
MIN: Yurov makes team.
NSH: Stastney makes team instead of Englund. Kemell to AHL. I'd leave the last forward blank because i'm almost certain they will sign someone.
SJS: Ostapchuk to AHL. Misa on team once he officially signs his ELC.
SEA: Fleury, Hayden to AHL.
UTA: 3 goalies on roster. Vanecek, DeSimone make team. Yamamoto, Lamoureux to AHL. Valimaki will be sent to AHL if healthy.
VAN: Willander makes team. Kravtsov to AHL (2 way contract).
VGK: Holtz is an extra F if he resigns.

Thanks for this! I did some but not others only because I've heard/read conflicting things on the ones I didn't do.

 

[SomeDude]

PIT: McGroarty makes team (team wouldn't include him in social media posts if he wasn't here to stay).

They had quite a bit of social media stuff about Sebastian Aho last summer and he never played a game for the big team.

 

[emptyNedder]

Great tool--thanks for all the effort.

 

[BruinsJoe]

Blumel Zacha Pasta ( CZE line)
Geekie Lindholm Arvidsson ( Sweden line)
Jeannot Locemelis Poitras ( chemistry line)
Essymont Kuraly Kastelic ( bangers line)

Lohrei Stallion
Lindholm Peeke
Zad Joker

* Mittelstatd will be trade for pick
*not a playoffs team

 

[STL fan in MN]

For the Blues, everything looks right except for a couple tweaks to the bottom-6. I’d go with.

Neighbours-Suter-Bjugstad
Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Walker
Joseph and Texier as the 2 extras

Last season, Sunny was our 3C while Texier was our 14th forward. I see no reason to assume Tex will beat out Sunny for a spot to start this season.

I expect one of Sunny/Bjugstad to be the 3RW and the other the 4C. Expect they’ll try both in both spots and go with whatever configuration seems best for the team.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Hello and welcome to a new season of line-up fun! As with every year, I'm not perfect. I built this on my own speculation plus digging around the sub-forums of your respective teams. If needs fixing, let me know and I'll follow whatever seems to be most consistent with those amongst your fanbase. I think I got all the major injuries but if I missed any, please flag.

For Colorado the only thing I would do is switch RosCo to LW and VO to RW.

Then line out Girard and just ensure Toews and Makar get double shifted... but not together.

Toews-Makar
Toews-Manson
Malkinski-Makar

Before you ask, Burns is playing 3C because the AVs bottom six sucks as much as their bottom 3 on D if either Toews or Girard is hurt. And unfortunately, Samwise... well I fear he was pierced by the morgul blade as well. He's just never healthy.

 

[NetflixandPhil]

I would refrain from labelling a guy as injured unless he's confirmed out to start the regular season.

Should mark guys like Edvinsson, Hyman, Nick Jensen as on roster until it's confirmed.

 

[kimzey59]

For the Blues, everything looks right except for a couple tweaks to the bottom-6. I’d go with.

Neighbours-Suter-Bjugstad
Toropchenko-Sundqvist-Walker
Joseph and Texier as the 2 extras

Last season, Sunny was our 3C while Texier was our 14th forward. I see no reason to assume Tex will beat out Sunny for a spot to start this season.

I expect one of Sunny/Bjugstad to be the 3RW and the other the 4C. Expect they’ll try both in both spots and go with whatever configuration seems best for the team.

At this point it's all speculation.
This weekend's Preseason games will tell us a LOT about how the Blues brass view the bottom 6. We should have a better grasp on the potential lines on Monday.

 

[Stuzchuk]

Even if still not a powerhouse, PIT looks a lot better than what i was expecting to start the season TBH

SJ and CHI are a lot worst than them

 

[Stuzchuk]

OTT: I've seen nothing that says Jensen is definitely out to start the year. Even if he is, Yakemchuk is almost certainly going to the AHL.

"Nick Jensen is currently listed as "OUT" with a hip injury, but he has started skating and is progressing ahead of schedule. While he is unlikely to be ready for the start of the NHL season in October 2025, he is expected to join the team at the latest September 28, 2025, according to Sportsnet.ca. His recovery is going well, with a focus on building strength and skating, and the team is hopeful for a return to his early-season form. "

He will miss some time, he needs some conditioning but likely to miss less time than first anticipated. I wouldnt be surprise to see Yak with a few games here and there to start the season alternating with Matinpalo but yeah Yak will spend the majority of the season in Belleville.

 

[NotNotALeafsFan]

Is Stankoven really playing C on Carolina? I always thought he was a winger

 

[Checkmate17]

Evgenii Dadonov on the first line of NJ ??
Gezz this team needs wingers badly !!

 

[Horvath Broncos]

Is Stankoven really playing C on Carolina? I always thought he was a winger

They really don't have much in the C department. As much as I hoped for Kotkaniemi to be the 2nd line C I doubt that will ever happen.

 

[tmlfan98]

For the Leafs the forward line projections could use some changes, and Myers is likely the 7D again with Thrun probably getting waived.

Knies-Matthews-Domi
McMann-Tavares-Nylander
Maccelli-Roy-Joshua
Lorentz-Laughton-Robertson
Scratched: Kampf, Jarnkrok

Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-OEL
Scratched: Myers

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Even if still not a powerhouse, PIT looks a lot better than what i was expecting to start the season TBH

SJ and CHI are a lot worst than them

Won’t stop them from winning the lottery

 

[lakai17]

Is Stankoven really playing C on Carolina? I always thought he was a winger

I thought he was a center in juniors or maybe it was partially

 

[Stuzchuk]

Won’t stop them from winning the lottery

Never under estimate the power of Gary!

I'm sure that he wants the 2 cousins playing together in CHI!

 

[shaner8989]

A lot of these need updating

 

[BonMorrison]

A lot of these need updating

Who in particular? I’ve been feverishly updating this like every like 15 minutes for weeks. Few teams are still quite unclear to me like Calgary.

 

[shaner8989]

Who in particular? I’ve been feverishly updating this like every like 15 minutes for weeks. Few teams are still quite unclear to me like Calgary.

Sorry you’re actually pretty bang on. Just saw a few leafs were off

Knies-Matthews-Maccelli
McMann-Tavares-Nylander
Joshua-Domi-Cowan
Lorentz-Roy-Jarnkrok

Rielly-Carlo
McCabe-Tanev
OEL-Benoit

Stolarz
Hildeby/Reimer

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Islanders announced opening 23 man roster.

FORWARDS (14)
Mathew Barzal
Casey Cizikas
Jonathan Drouin
Anthony Duclair
Marc Gatcomb
Emil Heineman
Simon Holmstrom
Bo Horvat
Anders Lee
Kyle MacLean
Jean-Gabriel Pageau
Kyle Palmieri
Max Shabanov
Max Tsyplakov

DEFENSEMEN (7)
Adam Boqvist
Tony DeAngelo
Scott Mayfield
Adam Pelech
Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov
Matthew Schaefer

GOALTENDERS (2)
David Rittich
Ilya Sorokin

Players on Injured non-roster include: Pierre Engvall, Daylan Kuefler, Jesse Nurmi and Calum Ritchie.

Ethan Bear and Semyon Varlamov are on regular Injured Reserve.

Islanders Announce 23-Man Roster | New York Islanders

 

[SopelFanThe3rd]

I'm hoping the Canucks will swap Bains for Raty but it is correct.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

I'm hoping the Canucks will swap Bains for Raty but it is correct.

Canucks announced opening roster.

FORWARDS (14)
LW DeBrusk
C Pettersson
RW Boeser
LW Kane
C Chytil
RW Lekkerimaki
LW Sherwood
C Blueger
RW Garland
LW O’Connor
C Raty
RW Karlsson
C Cootes
LW Bains

DEFENSEMEN (7)
LD Hughes
RD Myers
LD M. Pettersson
RD Hronek
LD Forbort
RD E. Pettersson
LD Joseph

GOALTENDERS (2)
Starter: Demko
Backup: Lankinen

Injured Reserve (IR) (1)
LW Hoglander + Sprained Ankle IR

Season Opening Injured Reserve (SOIR) (1)
LD Brisebois + Lower body surgery

Injured Reserve Non Roster (IR-NR)(1)
RD Woo + Undisclosed

VANCOUVER CANUCKS ANNOUNCE 2025.26 OPENING NIGHT ROSTER | Vancouver Canucks