Marchand - Bergeron - Pastrnak
Hall - Coyle - Smith
Debrusk - Haula - Studnicka (maybe switch Stud and Haula)
Foligno - Nosek - Lazar
Extras: Frederic, Kuhlman
Grzelcyk - McAvoy
Reilly - Carlo
Forbort - Clifton
Extras: Zboril, Vaak
Ullmark
Swayman
Foligno
Pastrnak - Bergeron - Marchand
Grzelcyk
Coyle
Hall - Haula - Debrusk
McAvoy
Forwards: Foligno should be the first dude going up when injuries happen to the wingers (he's not a center, stop putting him there). Freddy will be the 13th forward, but The 4th line can be Foligno with any one of Nosek/Freddy/Lazar. I know I could put Foligno on the 3rd line RW, but I want to give Stud a chance on the 3rd line to start. Haula is a shoot first guy so maybe Stud feeding him could work well, same with Debrusk who digs pucks out and battles when he isn't playing like shit. When injuries happen to our centers, propel Studnicka up (if earned of course). Kuhlman/Wagner can be 14th forward and can come in for any short term injuries. Anything long term, I'd like to see Providence kids getting the chance
All in all, you can go about 2500 different directions with this group of forwards. I expect a lot of shuffling.
Defense: Pretty ordinary. Nothing too exciting here. Clifton as a regular is gonna have me cursing at the TV regularly. Almost wanted to put Zboril on his offside there, but decided against it. I appreciate Clifton's effort, but he's not an every day defenseman. Pairings will be shifted around depending on the game situation as usual. I'm sure Forbort - McAvoy will be on the ice to protect leads.
PP Unit 1: First unit is pretty routine with the top 3 stars. the QB can be anyone between Grzelcyk/McAvoy/Reilly. I expect McAvoy to be our #1 EV dman in time on ice and one of our bigger PKers so I went with him on the 2nd unit. I kind of wanted to put Debrusk in front of the net again, but decided to put Foligno there to start.
PP Unit 2: Yeah Idk. Decided to have some fun with this one. In my brain. You have Hall on the left half boards with 2 left handed shots to work with. Haula in the Bergeron position. Debrusk on the right half boards. Haula in the bumper can be set up for some shots considering he likes to let it fly. Decided to put Debrusk on the right instead of the front of the net because he has one hell of a shot that we don't see enough. Let him tee up a couple. Maybe it'd work out. I imagine Coyle can be a decent enough net front guy. 1st unit will be on for 90 seconds at least most of the time so this unit won't do much.
PK: I expect Forbort/Reilly/Carlo/McAvoy to take this responsibility. Grizz will have his fair share I'm sure. Keep Clifton off of special teams thank you. Usual suspects will be the forwards here scoring some mean shorties.
I have way too much fun with this stuff for some reason. Just keep in mind that I am not a coach of any level of hockey and have no clue what I am talking about.
The more I see y'all propose Studnicka on the 2nd line, the more I want to see it. Marchand/Bergeron/Smith or Foligno and Hall/Stud/Pasta is intriguing.