Not surprised by the lineup.
Forwards: Greenway looked good with Staal and Fiala and should be a solid 1st line. Parise-Ek-Kunin all play the grind + 2-way play style for a perfect shutdown 2nd line. Foligno-Galchenyuk-Zuccarello feels like the island of misfit toys, but it makes sense. Foligno brings toughness and solid defense to match the offensive play styles of Galchenyuk and Zuccarello. The 4th line is almost polar opposite, with Donato bringing offensive creativity to the defensive play styles of Koivu and Hartman. For the leftovers: I'm annoyed that Anas isn't given any chance but Rau is? Seriously?
Defense: not shocked with who is still in camp. The Athletic article basically said that Addison isn't strong enough to battle players, like Foligno, in front of the net and that's why they didn't keep him. My impression of Addison, having watched about 1.5 periods of a scrimmage, was that his offense was pretty good. His passing was good. His decision making when it comes to pinching/defensive situations was questionable. I can recall him putting Suter in a bad spot for a 2-on-1 against, which Suter handled really well so it was easy to overlook. With all that being said, I think that Addison would have been a much better choice than Bartkowski. I don't know how one can justify keeping Kaprizov, especially with him having visa issues, and not use the same logic to keep Addison.
Goalies: If Kahkonen doesn't start we are hard throwing for a shot at Lafreniere.
