Othmann-Kressler-Piercey
C. Pitre-Lombardi-Hayes
Slavicek-Hay-Giroux
Assinewai-K. Pitre-Pitters
Bradshaw, Petrou, Aspinall
Deline-Petrovski
Kuzmin-D’Amato
Bertucci-MacLean
Terry-Gee
I run 4 OA’s until they can find a landing spot for Terry. I like Petrou a lot but I try to find a good landing spot for him too. Hayes, Assinewai and Pitters are all familiar with each other from Compuware. Pitters is American and I’d think promises were made to get him to sign. He’ll only be 17 and he did have 4pts in just 9 games as a 16yo which is pretty decent. There’s gonna be injuries and Bradshaw and Aspinall with both find their way into the lineup. There’s speed with that F group and size. Piercey, Hayes, Bradshaw, Aspinall are big and Othmann, Pitre, Petrou, Giroux all hit or have an edge. I think I’m actually fine rolling that F group into the playoffs with no additions. I expect huge strides out of Bertucci and Petrovski. James played big minutes through stretches of the playoffs....I mean BIG minutes for a few games and I have no worries about him. MacLean? He’s big. He’s 18. He hits. He looked ok as a forward but we only saw a little of him on D. Can he handle a regular shift back there? I hope but I think Flint needs to use their limited assets to go get a stud D. Then hope they don’t have to use more for a goaltender. So that’s my logic on roster construction there but a bit of that is thinking with my heart and trying to find a spot for Piercey. I just find it hard to move on from someone I expect to be one of the top legit power forwards in the league in an era power forwards barely exist anymore. I think there’s a possibility they could move Panwar for a pick pre-season. Maybe. He’d be really good this year too. Mayotte was good in the playoffs. Really good at times but the OA market is crowded.