Gaudreau plays very good with Chinakhov, also Yegor is a sniper with excellent for/back checking and acceleration. Johnson has great chemistry with Fantilli, also remember how Marchenko played very good with Adam. Gudbranson player good with Provorov, somebody must pla in the net, let Jiříček plays with experienced Johnson. So if Patrik stays, my idea (years according year):
Gaudreau plays very good with Chinakhov, also Yegor is a sniper with excellent for/back checking and acceleration. Johnson has great chemistry with Fantilli, also remember how Marchenko played very good with Adam. Gudbranson player good with Provorov, somebody must pla in the net, let Jiříček plays with experienced Johnson. So if Patrik stays, my idea (years according year):
Gaudreau (31/32) - Monahan (30/31) - Chinakhov (23/24)
Jenner (31/32) - Voronkov (24/25) - Laine (26/27)
K. Johnson (22/23) - Fantilli (20/21) - Marchenko (24/25)
Danforth (31/32) - Sillinger (21/22) - Olivier (27/28)
Werenski (27/28), Severson (30/31)
Provorov (27/28), Gudbranson (32/33)
J. Johnson (37/38), Jiříček (21/22)
Tarasov (25/26)
P.S. please, let Elvis does not play here anymore.
I'm just curious to see who of the Werenski, Severson pairing would play in front of the net. Those two certainly won't be , and Severson isn't Jones of the 2017-2019 seasons.
I have a bad feeling we'd be better there. 
From what I've seen and read, Chychrun wouldn't have been all that different from Provorov.
I still believe in him too. I think the organizations plan is obviously to have Mateychuk take over for Provorov one day soon, and I hope they see Svozil as the guy who can take the 3rd pair spot away from JJ after this year.Don't sleep on Svozil. I know, not the sexy name and I don't think he's NHL ready, but he did just play on the top pair throughout the AHL playoffs allowing Jiricek to play his offensive game. He's a 200 ft player with decent size, good skater and good with puck distribution. I could see him playing well in camp and allowing Mateychuk and little more time in the AHL since he only had the cup of coffee in the playoffs (Granted he looked very good there too).
Just a name, not saying he should be it before all you rabid, jumpy, edgy doomsayers come at me...
(yes, the last sentence is a joke - I'll make sure I keep saying that since we have lost the ability to detect sarcasm even when it's pretty freaking heavy!)
I've been thinking that Chinakhov goes on the top line with Monahan and Gaudreau too. That could be a really fun line. I feel like Chinakhov might be on the verge of a breakout season.Gaudreau plays very good with Chinakhov, also Yegor is a sniper with excellent for/back checking and acceleration. Johnson has great chemistry with Fantilli, also remember how Marchenko played very good with Adam. Gudbranson player good with Provorov, somebody must pla in the net, let Jiříček plays with experienced Johnson. So if Patrik stays, my idea (years according year):
Gaudreau (31/32) - Monahan (30/31) - Chinakhov (23/24)
Jenner (31/32) - Voronkov (24/25) - Laine (26/27)
K. Johnson (22/23) - Fantilli (20/21) - Marchenko (24/25)
Danforth (31/32) - Sillinger (21/22) - Olivier (27/28)
Werenski (27/28), Severson (30/31)
Provorov (27/28), Gudbranson (32/33)
J. Johnson (37/38), Jiříček (21/22)
Tarasov (25/26)
P.S. please, let Elvis does not play here anymore.
Chychrun is 1 year away from good two-way results. I would have happily taken the same bet Capitals took. It's a gamble but the downside isn't far off Provorov, so there little to lose.
... or else...I read somewhere that Johnson has great chemistry with Voronkov. But then again, almost everyone seems to have great chemistry with him.
I meant the peak form from 4/5 years ago, but yeah youre right. At this point of his career this season was likely his good form
With a bit of exaggeration, the future of CBJ hockey might depend on whether at least one of Svozil or Jiricek succeeds.
Guess I'm a MacLellan cheerleader then. Life takes you to strange places
I think the consensus seems to be that we're likely continuing to look for a solution, but at the absolute worst we have a stop gap and it's going to give the kids an opportunity to seize a spot over a "weaker" veteran. If they can't do that, they aren't ready and we make a move during the season once things pick back up. Teams aren't going to be making moves until they can see what they have on the ice to know what worked and whose healthy.
