Speculation: Your team's 2016-2017 lineup
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Lance Bouma - Matt Stajan - Garnet Hathaway
Matthew Tkachuk - Sam Bennett - Michael Frolik
Micheal Ferland - Mikael Backlund - Troy Brouwer
Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - Alex Chiasson
Tyler Wotherspoon - Dennis Wideman
Jyrki Jokipakka - Dougie Hamilton
Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie
Chad Johnson
Brian Elliott
2016-17 Calgary Flames
Matthew Tkachuk - Sam Bennett - Michael Frolik
Micheal Ferland - Mikael Backlund - Troy Brouwer
Johnny Gaudreau - Sean Monahan - Alex Chiasson
Tyler Wotherspoon - Dennis Wideman
Jyrki Jokipakka - Dougie Hamilton
Mark Giordano - TJ Brodie
Chad Johnson
Brian Elliott
2016-17 Calgary Flames
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edguy
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Clarke MacArthur-Derick Brassard-Mark Stone
Mike Hoffman-Kyle Turris-Bobby Ryan
Zach Smith-JG Pageau-Curtis Lazar
Ryan Dzingel-Chris Kelly-Chris Neil
Marc Methot-Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf-Cody Ceci
Mark Boroweicki-Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Andrew Hammond
Mike Hoffman-Kyle Turris-Bobby Ryan
Zach Smith-JG Pageau-Curtis Lazar
Ryan Dzingel-Chris Kelly-Chris Neil
Marc Methot-Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf-Cody Ceci
Mark Boroweicki-Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Andrew Hammond
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Henrik Zetterberg-Dylan Larkin-Justin Abdelkader
Thomas Vanek-Frans Nielsen-Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar-Darren Helm-Reily Sheahan
Steve Ott-Luke Glendening-Drew Miller
Tomas Jurco/Teemu Pulkkinen
Danny DeKeyser-Mike Green
Niklas Kronwall-Alexy Marchenko
Jonathan Ericsson-Brendan Smith
Xavier Ouellet
Petr Mrazek
Jimmy Howard
Thomas Vanek-Frans Nielsen-Gustav Nyquist
Tomas Tatar-Darren Helm-Reily Sheahan
Steve Ott-Luke Glendening-Drew Miller
Tomas Jurco/Teemu Pulkkinen
Danny DeKeyser-Mike Green
Niklas Kronwall-Alexy Marchenko
Jonathan Ericsson-Brendan Smith
Xavier Ouellet
Petr Mrazek
Jimmy Howard
Leo Komarov - Nazem Kadri - Nikita Soshnikov
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Mitchell Marner
Milan Michalek - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Matt Martin - Brooks Laich - Zach Hyman
Colin Greening
Morgan Rielly - Martin Marincin
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Matt Hunwick - Roman Polak
Connor Carrick
Frederik Andersen
TBD
James van Riemsdyk - Tyler Bozak - Mitchell Marner
Milan Michalek - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Matt Martin - Brooks Laich - Zach Hyman
Colin Greening
Morgan Rielly - Martin Marincin
Jake Gardiner - Nikita Zaitsev
Matt Hunwick - Roman Polak
Connor Carrick
Frederik Andersen
TBD
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Philadelphia Flyers Line up as of 8-22-16
LW Schenn C Giroux RW Simmonds
LW Raffl C Couturier RW Voracek
LW Laughton C Cousins RW Weise
LW Bellemare C Gordon RW Read
LD Del Zotto RD Gudas
LD MacDonald RD Gostisbehere
LD Schultz RD Streit
G #1 Mason
G #2 Neuvirth
Scratched List
LW VandeVelde
C Weal < could be sent to AHL if he clears waivers.
LD Manning
Could be on opening night roster
LD Provorov
RW-C Konecny
Brayden Schenn suspended first 3 games of 2016-17 season.
LW Schenn C Giroux RW Simmonds
LW Raffl C Couturier RW Voracek
LW Laughton C Cousins RW Weise
LW Bellemare C Gordon RW Read
LD Del Zotto RD Gudas
LD MacDonald RD Gostisbehere
LD Schultz RD Streit
G #1 Mason
G #2 Neuvirth
Scratched List
LW VandeVelde
C Weal < could be sent to AHL if he clears waivers.
LD Manning
Could be on opening night roster
LD Provorov
RW-C Konecny
Brayden Schenn suspended first 3 games of 2016-17 season.
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Conor Sheary - Sidney Crosby - Patrick Hornqvist
Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin - Nick Bonino - Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl - Matt Cullen - Eric Fehr
Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
Olli Maatta - Trevor Daley
Ian Cole - Justin Schultz
Derrick Pouliot
Marc-Andre Fleury
Matthew Murray
Subject to change, but this is a decent guess.
Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - Bryan Rust
Carl Hagelin - Nick Bonino - Phil Kessel
Tom Kuhnhackl - Matt Cullen - Eric Fehr
Brian Dumoulin - Kris Letang
Olli Maatta - Trevor Daley
Ian Cole - Justin Schultz
Derrick Pouliot
Marc-Andre Fleury
Matthew Murray
Subject to change, but this is a decent guess.
Why did you write upside down? Confused the **** out of me haha.
Like the lines except for Chiasson. "What a hole". I don't really have a better suggestion though.
Shinkaruk, Poirier, or Pribyl. Please one of you guys step up. Poirier would be my dream scenario. Hoping last year was the flukey bad year.
The Leafs have so many players, and so few roster locks, it's hard to really have a strong idea. Here's my best shot:
James vanRiemsdyk - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov
Nikita Soshnikov - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner
Brendan Leipsic - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Matt Martin - Peter Holland - Zach Hyman
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick
Morgan Rielly - Nikita Zaitsev
Martin Marincin - Frank Corrado
Frederik Andersen
Jhonas Enroth
I'll just start by saying that I think given reports out of Sweden, there's a good chance Enroth becomes official whenever the Leafs' cap situation is worked out. I don't know if this is a trade situation, or they'll have to give him a camp invite and sign him once someone's on LTIR, or maybe the Cowen buyout eventually goes through somehow, idk.
So, JVR/Kadri/Komarov did a good job together possession-wise, and I think they maintain that as the top line for some semblance of stability. Babcock said at the draft that they had Matthews on the third line to start the year behind Kadri and Bozak. I'm a little skeptical, but I'll grant him that. I wonder if Nylander and Marner switch centers one way or the other, because Nylander is a slightly more pass first guy, and Bozak really needs a distributor, but it's possible Marner will shoot less/pass more now that he's out of junior, himself. So, we'll see. I'm tempted to switch Martin and Leipsic, because Leipsic ain't a liability defensively, but he's not a defensive conscience. Babcock likes to have a defensive guy/play disruptor, a distributor, and a shooter on every line. Komarov is the disruptor on line one. Soshnikov on line two. Line three, Matthews projects to be good defensively, but he'll be 19. Leipsic is a bit of a pain in the ass, but idk if he's gonna be that guy. Meanwhile, the entire fourth line of Maritn, Holland, and Hyman can play that role, so I could see them switching Leipsic and Martin from what I have, and give a better offensive player to Holland/Hyman, and a better defensive player to Matthews/Nylander. There are other complications here, too. Leivo requires waivers now. But there's also a point where you wonder when he's ever going to fit. I think he's gonna be a 20 goal, 35-40 point guy, a real useful depth scorer, but he hasn't shown enough to get back a real asset, and the team is just so deep with futures right now. He may just be gone. Connor Brown is gonna push for a spot on the right side, and I gave it to Hyman because he's older. Then there's Kerby Rychel, who may even overtake Leipsic, just because his issues in Columbus were opportunity related, and they did go out and trade for him. Hard to see him in the AHL. Babs also isn't Holland's biggest fan, so I could see him as the thirteenth forward, Hyman moved back to center, and Brown on their right wing, in which case, I'd think that makes Martin staying on the fourth line more likely, given Hyman is tall but lanky, and Brown is small, they might wanna balance the size. I personally think Leipsic is a guy who can be a real solid second line winger, and Rychel is probably more of a decent checking third liner. Sorta the difference between... I don't know, Darcy Tucker and Chris Neil, I guess.
As for the defense, Babcock also likes to balance defensive pairings. Given the ice-time allocation from last year, I expect Gardiner is the top LHD, Rielly second, and Marincin third. Marincin and Corrado are very defense-offense balanced. They also, in a limited sample, really caved in opponents in terms of possession. Gardiner and Carrick also did really well together, although to my eyes, they both look pretty good both ways. Rielly and Zaitsev present a problem. Zaitsev is obviously very smooth offensively, but given how much spacing matters in defensive play, I wonder how the smaller ice changes things. If he's not strong defensively, there's nobody to balance just how weak Rielly is defensively. I have faith in his right now, but I'm not the world's biggest fan of Rielly, and if Zaitsev can't cover for him, they'll probably end up on the bottom pairing. Given the roster, and Shanahan's comments about Polak being "more of a depth guy" rather than "a solid number five or six" when they got him the first time, I think one of Hunwick or Polak sits in the press box, the other goes to the Marlies.
I've also left out Greening, Michalek, and Laich. Here's the deal there: I think they try to dump all of them at the soonest possible point, and I'm not really convinced they have the off-season they just had (signing Martin, getting Rychel, pushing hard for Vesey, etc) if they're supposed to play regularly. I could see Greening and Laich being in the lineup over Leipsic/Holland on opening night. But I just can't see any of them going the whole year without being waived, demoted, or traded. Maybe Greening. Had good possession numbers in Toronto, Babcock seems to like him. Idk. Again, this is really difficult, I think there'll be a hundred Leaf posts ITT and nobody, myself included, has much of an idea what we're on about. Maybe the Leaf forum should have some sorta contest to see who can name the most players in the opening night lineup. Then they'll sign Brad Boyes or Jiri Hudler and we'll all be screwed.
James vanRiemsdyk - Nazem Kadri - Leo Komarov
Nikita Soshnikov - Tyler Bozak - Mitch Marner
Brendan Leipsic - Auston Matthews - William Nylander
Matt Martin - Peter Holland - Zach Hyman
Jake Gardiner - Connor Carrick
Morgan Rielly - Nikita Zaitsev
Martin Marincin - Frank Corrado
Frederik Andersen
Jhonas Enroth
I'll just start by saying that I think given reports out of Sweden, there's a good chance Enroth becomes official whenever the Leafs' cap situation is worked out. I don't know if this is a trade situation, or they'll have to give him a camp invite and sign him once someone's on LTIR, or maybe the Cowen buyout eventually goes through somehow, idk.
So, JVR/Kadri/Komarov did a good job together possession-wise, and I think they maintain that as the top line for some semblance of stability. Babcock said at the draft that they had Matthews on the third line to start the year behind Kadri and Bozak. I'm a little skeptical, but I'll grant him that. I wonder if Nylander and Marner switch centers one way or the other, because Nylander is a slightly more pass first guy, and Bozak really needs a distributor, but it's possible Marner will shoot less/pass more now that he's out of junior, himself. So, we'll see. I'm tempted to switch Martin and Leipsic, because Leipsic ain't a liability defensively, but he's not a defensive conscience. Babcock likes to have a defensive guy/play disruptor, a distributor, and a shooter on every line. Komarov is the disruptor on line one. Soshnikov on line two. Line three, Matthews projects to be good defensively, but he'll be 19. Leipsic is a bit of a pain in the ass, but idk if he's gonna be that guy. Meanwhile, the entire fourth line of Maritn, Holland, and Hyman can play that role, so I could see them switching Leipsic and Martin from what I have, and give a better offensive player to Holland/Hyman, and a better defensive player to Matthews/Nylander. There are other complications here, too. Leivo requires waivers now. But there's also a point where you wonder when he's ever going to fit. I think he's gonna be a 20 goal, 35-40 point guy, a real useful depth scorer, but he hasn't shown enough to get back a real asset, and the team is just so deep with futures right now. He may just be gone. Connor Brown is gonna push for a spot on the right side, and I gave it to Hyman because he's older. Then there's Kerby Rychel, who may even overtake Leipsic, just because his issues in Columbus were opportunity related, and they did go out and trade for him. Hard to see him in the AHL. Babs also isn't Holland's biggest fan, so I could see him as the thirteenth forward, Hyman moved back to center, and Brown on their right wing, in which case, I'd think that makes Martin staying on the fourth line more likely, given Hyman is tall but lanky, and Brown is small, they might wanna balance the size. I personally think Leipsic is a guy who can be a real solid second line winger, and Rychel is probably more of a decent checking third liner. Sorta the difference between... I don't know, Darcy Tucker and Chris Neil, I guess.
As for the defense, Babcock also likes to balance defensive pairings. Given the ice-time allocation from last year, I expect Gardiner is the top LHD, Rielly second, and Marincin third. Marincin and Corrado are very defense-offense balanced. They also, in a limited sample, really caved in opponents in terms of possession. Gardiner and Carrick also did really well together, although to my eyes, they both look pretty good both ways. Rielly and Zaitsev present a problem. Zaitsev is obviously very smooth offensively, but given how much spacing matters in defensive play, I wonder how the smaller ice changes things. If he's not strong defensively, there's nobody to balance just how weak Rielly is defensively. I have faith in his right now, but I'm not the world's biggest fan of Rielly, and if Zaitsev can't cover for him, they'll probably end up on the bottom pairing. Given the roster, and Shanahan's comments about Polak being "more of a depth guy" rather than "a solid number five or six" when they got him the first time, I think one of Hunwick or Polak sits in the press box, the other goes to the Marlies.
I've also left out Greening, Michalek, and Laich. Here's the deal there: I think they try to dump all of them at the soonest possible point, and I'm not really convinced they have the off-season they just had (signing Martin, getting Rychel, pushing hard for Vesey, etc) if they're supposed to play regularly. I could see Greening and Laich being in the lineup over Leipsic/Holland on opening night. But I just can't see any of them going the whole year without being waived, demoted, or traded. Maybe Greening. Had good possession numbers in Toronto, Babcock seems to like him. Idk. Again, this is really difficult, I think there'll be a hundred Leaf posts ITT and nobody, myself included, has much of an idea what we're on about. Maybe the Leaf forum should have some sorta contest to see who can name the most players in the opening night lineup. Then they'll sign Brad Boyes or Jiri Hudler and we'll all be screwed.
Funny thing is, I think that's a bubble team. I don't know why you would want to be a bubble team but there you are. Top 6 is good but old.
Edmonton Oilers
Lucic McDavid Eberle
Pouliot RNH Puljujarvi
Maroon Draisatl Yakupov
Hendricks Letestu Kassian
Klefbom Larsson
Sekera Davidson
Nurse Fayne
Talbot
Gustavsson
Lucic McDavid Eberle
Pouliot RNH Puljujarvi
Maroon Draisatl Yakupov
Hendricks Letestu Kassian
Klefbom Larsson
Sekera Davidson
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Domi - Hanzal - Duclair
McGinn - Strome - Vrbata
Reider - Dvorack - Doan
Martinook - Richardson - White
OEL - Murphy
Goligoski- Stone
Connauton- Schenn/Michalek
Smith
Domingue
Coyotes 2016/17
McGinn - Strome - Vrbata
Reider - Dvorack - Doan
Martinook - Richardson - White
OEL - Murphy
Goligoski- Stone
Connauton- Schenn/Michalek
Smith
Domingue
Coyotes 2016/17
I'm not a big fan of mike Smith, and I'm not sure any of those kids are elite scorers quite yet, but that looks like an actually pretty decent team.
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QU! Bobcats!
Andrew Ladd - John Tavares - PA Parenteau
Anders Lee - Mathew Barzal/Ryan Strome - XXX/Ryan Strome/Josh Ho-Sang
Nikolay Kulemin - Brock Nelson - Josh Bailey
Jason Chimera - Casey Cizikas - Cal Clutterbuck
Shane Prince, Alan Quine
LTIR: Mikhail Grabovski
Nick Leddy - Travis Hamonic
Calvin deHaan - Johnny Boychuk
Thomas Hickey - Ryan Pulock
Scott Mayfield
Jaroslav Halak
Thomas Greiss
JF Berube
As of now there's definitely going to be competition in camp for a top-6 spot, probably coming from Barzal and Ho-Sang.
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FOR THE BRUINS;
best guess as is today....
Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak
Belesky-Krejci-Backes
Vatrano-Spooner-Hayes
Rinaldo(?)-Acciari-Nash
ex:Randell
Chara-Mcquaid
Krug-K Milller
Liles-C Miller
ex: Morrow
Rask
Khudobin
best guess as is today....
Marchand-Bergeron-Pastrnak
Belesky-Krejci-Backes
Vatrano-Spooner-Hayes
Rinaldo(?)-Acciari-Nash
ex:Randell
Chara-Mcquaid
Krug-K Milller
Liles-C Miller
ex: Morrow
Rask
Khudobin
AIexisLafreniereNYR
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Chris Kreider --- Derek Stepan --- Rick Nash
Pavel Buchnevich --- Mika Zibanejad --- Mats Zuccarello (The BZZ line
) JT Miller --- Kevin Hayes --- Jimmy Vesey
Jesper Fast --- Josh Jooris --- Michael Grabner
Ryan McDonagh - Dan Girardi
Marc Staal - Brady Skjei
Kevin Klein - Dylan McIlrath
Henrik Lundqvist
Annti Raanta
phosphene*
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Sabres
Ennis - O'Reilly - Okposo
Moulson - Eichel - Reinhart
Foligno - Larsson - Gionta
Deslauriers - Girgensons - Fasching
Kulikov - Ristolainen
McCabe - Bogosian
Gorges - Franson
Lehner
Nilsson
Ennis - O'Reilly - Okposo
Moulson - Eichel - Reinhart
Foligno - Larsson - Gionta
Deslauriers - Girgensons - Fasching
Kulikov - Ristolainen
McCabe - Bogosian
Gorges - Franson
Lehner
Nilsson
I assume we aren't using players not signed (yet), right?
If unsigned players count, then add Rakell & Lindholm - probably take out Noesen & Theodore (sadly).
But realistically, Fowler will be dealt for a top-6 forward.
Garbutt-Getzlaf-Perry
Cogliano-Kesler-Siflverberg
Ritchie-Vermette-Raymond
Noesen-Wagner-Boll
Despres-Fowler
Vatanen-Manson
Theodore-Bieksa
Gibson
Bernier
Cogliano-Kesler-Siflverberg
Ritchie-Vermette-Raymond
Noesen-Wagner-Boll
Despres-Fowler
Vatanen-Manson
Theodore-Bieksa
Gibson
Bernier
If unsigned players count, then add Rakell & Lindholm - probably take out Noesen & Theodore (sadly).
But realistically, Fowler will be dealt for a top-6 forward.
