Speculation: Line combinations for 2016-17

[cgf]

Hoping to see sometime soon:

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Compher
Grigorenko - Duchene - Rantanen
Colborne - Soderberg - Comeau
McCleod - Mitchell - Iginla/Martinsen

Barrie - Johnson
Zadorov - Beauchemin
Tyutin - Bigras

Varlamov
Pickard

Expecting to start the season with:

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Grigorenko - Soderberg - Duchene
Comeau - Colborne - Iginla
McCleod - Mitchell - Martinsen/Compher

Beauchemin - Johnson
Bigras - Barrie
Zadorov - Tyutin

Varlamov
Pickard

 

[Der Jaeger]

Kane - O'Reilly - Okposo
Girgensons - Eichel - Ennis
Carrier - Reinhart - Moulson
Foligno - Larsson - Gionta
Deslauriers, Cal O'Reilly

Kulikov - Ristolainen
Gorges - Bogosian
McCabe - Franson
Nelson

Lehner
Nilsson

A lot depends on Vesey and the Sabres' next move. Okposo mentioned he doesn't think the team is set.

 

[huntison]

I'm aware but supply and demand don't always line up.
Edler, Hutton, Tryamkin and Sbisa all play left but obviously there's only 3 spots

Rodin, Hansen, Burrows, Virtanen and Dorsett all play RW but again too many cooks

Tryamkin plays both sides well.
Burrows plays both.

 

[ohmyjlord]

Still think Shaw should / will be used as a 3rd liner. There's a spot to be won on the second line, and it'll be between Carr, Andrighetto, Hudon and Lehkonen. I expect Carr to get the first crack at it. He can bring a Gallagher-ish type of game, and Andrighetto looks a lot better playing right.

Pacioretty - Galchenyuk - Gallagher
Carr - Plekanec - Radulov
Danault - Desharnais - Shaw
Byron - Mitchell - Andrighetto
(Flynn, Matteau)

Beaulieu - Weber
Markov - Petry
Emelin - Pateryn
(Barberio)

Price
Montoya

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

Milan Lucic - Connor McDavid - Nail Yakupov/Jordan Eberle
Benoit Pouliot - Ryan Nugent Hopkins - Zack Kassian
Patrick Maroon - Leon Draisaitl - Jesse Puljujarvi
Matt Hendricks - Mark Letestu - Tyler Pitlick
(Anton Lander, Iiro Pakarinen)

Andrej Sekera - Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom - Brandon Davidson
Jordan Oesterle - Mark Fayne
(Mark Fraser)

Cam Talbot
Jonas Gustavsson

 

[Evergreen]

Milan Lucic - Connor McDavid - Nail Yakupov/Jordan Eberle
Benoit Pouliot - Ryan Nugent Hopkins - Zack Kassian
Patrick Maroon - Leon Draisaitl - Jesse Puljujarvi
Matt Hendricks - Mark Letestu - Tyler Pitlick
(Anton Lander, Iiro Pakarinen)

Andrej Sekera - Adam Larsson
Oscar Klefbom - Brandon Davidson
Jordan Oesterle - Mark Fayne
(Mark Fraser)

Cam Talbot
Jonas Gustavsson

So in your view, one of Eberle or Yakupov will be gone by the start of the season? And Kassian on the 2nd line? I don't think these lines are likely at all.

 

[BoldNewLettuce]

So in your view, one of Eberle or Yakupov will be gone by the start of the season? And Kassian on the 2nd line? I don't think these lines are likely at all.

well i dont disagree.....i just like the the idea of having a "gritty" RW there.

 

[LordNeverLose]

Expected:

Ladd-Tavares-PAP
Lee-Nelson-Strome
Chimera-Cizikas-Clutterbuck
Kulemin-Grabovski-Bailey
Prince, Quine

Leddy-Hamonic
De Haan-Boychuk
Hickey-Pulock
Mayfield

Hopeful:
Ladd-Tavares-PAP
Lee-Strome-Nelson
Chimera-Grabovski-Prince
Kulemin-Cizikas-Clutterbuck (most expensive "4th" line ever)
Quine, Bailey

Leddy-Boychuk
CDH-Hamonic
Hickey-Pulock
Mayfield

 

[PAZ]

Hoping to see sometime soon:

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Compher
Grigorenko - Duchene - Rantanen
Colborne - Soderberg - Comeau
McCleod - Mitchell - Iginla/Martinsen

Barrie - Johnson
Zadorov - Beauchemin
Tyutin - Bigras

Varlamov
Pickard

Expecting to start the season with:

Landeskog - MacKinnon - Rantanen
Grigorenko - Soderberg - Duchene
Comeau - Colborne - Iginla
McCleod - Mitchell - Martinsen/Compher

Beauchemin - Johnson
Bigras - Barrie
Zadorov - Tyutin

Varlamov
Pickard

You think Dutchy will be on the RW? I would've assumed Roy will roll with basically what we had last year, along with trusting a vet more on defense:

Landeskog - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Grigorenko - Duchene - Colborne/Iginla
Comeau - Soderberg - Colborne/Iginla
McLeod - Mitchell - Compher
Martinsen

Beauch - EJ
Tyutin - Barrie
Zadarov - Gelinas/Weircoch

I do like your ideal lineup though.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Bump. Added more rosters to the OP.

 

[herzausstein]

Nashville for now (without those going to arbitration):

Fiala Johansen Neal
Forsberg Ribeiro Smith
Wilson Fisher Arvidsson
Bass Sissons Salomaki

Josi Subban
Ekholm Ellis
Bitetto Y.Weber

Rinne
Mazanec